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.”

man, her hands gripping the blanket with

these pajamas—satin with an open collar

in pain. How could she be such a pervert

a deep voice,

the question out of her lips. “Uncle, did we… Did anything happen between us last

“What do you think?”

Aurelia was stunned.

close to her. “Do

why should something that would not

How would she deserve him? She only wanted to like him in secret and keep him in her heart

was waiting for her response, only for the girl’s

a deep breath and

It bewildered Neil.

“Uncle, I’m sorry.”

and bowed deeply, so

complicated gaze and

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

you see

not knowing what to

on the other end of the line.

“What now?”

“Hannah was kidnapped.”

the forest

quiet in isolation. Even if she died there,

man in

A day earlier…

between Chuck and Ava with her own eyes, and her heart felt like it was plunged into

for the night, the past flashing in her mind… She had taken her daughter to try

her, but he was mentally challenged. No

knew what to say to coax her. He was much better than the

put all the money forward to

was her only

sorted through the evidence of

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