The following day, Aurelia woke up groggily with a blank mind and a splitting headache.

When her thoughts came back to her, she recalled what happened last night briefly. She was moody after leaving Cordelia’s place and wanted to get drunk but could not due to her non-existent ID.

She then ran into her old neighbor. The kind nomad had given her his beer, and she drank, sitting by the road.

Then… Then how did she get back to the hotel?

From what she could remember, she seemed to have scanned her keycard, but…

Aurelia’s eyes flew open abruptly.

The room’s design was different from hers! The faint fragrance on the pillow was the smell of Neil’s aftershave! And she—she was lying in Neil’s bad!?

“Ah!” Aurelia screamed in hysterics.

She was doomed, she was done for! She slept with him in her dream yesterday and thought that she could do anything she wanted in her dream, even rated things… so she let it all go and said whatever she should and should not have!

Who would have known that it was not a dream!?

Aurelia scratched her head in regret.

She peeked to her left and right like she was a thief. Neil did not seem to be in the room. She should take the opportunity to flee…

Biting her lips, Aurelia was going to get out of bed when the door opened.

Neil came in, dressed in pajamas and slippers, holding a glass of honey lemon water.

Aurelia gaped at him with widened eyes, unable to utter a single word.

Neil had wanted to sober her up and talk to her about last night seriously, but he was amused looking at her and suddenly felt like teasing her.

With a smirk, he placed the glass of water on the bedside table and sat on the bed, crossing his legs.

“You’re awake?”

Aurelia looked down timidly, and her nod was as good as none.

“Drink it. It’ll sober you up.”

at the glass and then at the man, her hands gripping

to also be wearing these pajamas—satin with an open collar exposing his

her eyes in pain. How could she be such a

the face?” Neil asked in a deep voice, “So much drama this early in the

forced a smile and finally pushed the question out of her lips.

“What do you think?”

Aurelia was stunned.

close to her. “Do you really not

she could die… even though she was happy. However, why should something that would not have

She only wanted to like him in secret and

again. Neil was waiting for her response, only for the girl’s eyes to turn

a deep breath

It bewildered Neil.

“Uncle, I’m sorry.”

out of bed and bowed deeply, so guilty she could not

him with a complicated

manage to stop her, only hearing the door next door beep open and then shut closed. When he

you see you’re still

his lips, not knowing what to do next,

on the other end of the line. “Neil,

“What now?”

“Hannah was kidnapped.”

to the forest by

quiet in isolation. Even if she died there,

unhinged man in front of

A day earlier…

with her own eyes, and her heart felt like it

her daughter to try and survive in the

to her, but he was mentally challenged. No one in the Bakers

for life. The man was a romantic and knew what to say to coax her. He was much better than the fool. This was why she was willing to spend

just did not expect to put all the money forward to an ungrateful

was also Ava… She was her only daughter—her only family in

cried as she sorted through the evidence of Chuck’s

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