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The driver from the Horton’s old house had been

waiting all day.”

He intended to just hand the delivery to Fiona and leave, but Mr. Horton insisted he deliver it personally

to Lewis!

So he ended up waiting all day long.

Fiona said Lewis usually came back at noon, yet today, of all days, he didn’t come back in time. He arrived by car at midnight the previous night, exhausted out of

his mind.

He even dozed off outside under the sun!

Rubbing his eyes, the driver handed the package to Lewis and immediately went to sleep in the room Fiona had arranged for him!

Lewis was slightly startled.

He looked down at the package in his hand but felt nothing.

The courier had made the delivery directly, so there

was no name written on it.

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Lewis simply wondered what had been sent to the old family home…

He didn’t enter the bedroom with the package but went into his study and sent Tom a message. “Meeting.”

Busy with international affairs in the afternoon, he hadn’t dealt with company business.

That night, he was prepared to work overtime, keeping himself busy.

He didn’t want to leave himself any idle time for unfounded thoughts; only by keeping busy could he feel somewhat better.

It seemed he might avoid those troubling issues…

Lewis despised such behavior from himself.

Yet he couldn’t help but act this way.

After Tom called for an international meeting, five hours later, everyone was astonished.

It was 2 a.m. in the morning!

Lewis was normally very health-conscious, not wanting work reports after midnight, and he always

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at a fixed time every

was

stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he changed his clothes and went out for

run.

precise, he

disheveled, and

somehow less exhilarating.

suddenly made him speed up,

at a

he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that seemed suppressed deep within

over his

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a shower, Lewis glanced outside

sky.

7 a.m. and broad

an appointment with Keira that day

divorce.

the calm he had just regained. weighed

well that night either.

sent made her feel

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

they want her

faded without her noticing, leaving her

and

after breakfast, the nanny came in. “Miss, someone outside wants to

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it

be the person who sent the text? They did say they would come to

arranged to meet the other party at

She went outside.

opened the door and saw the woman in front of

a slender woman in her fifties. She was dressed plainly and probably from the countryside. She stood

the person who had sent her the text message?

wasn’t

her the text message last night said their child had just fallen asleep and needed to be quiet, meaning

in front of

about this, the woman had

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arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

the middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized trouble

herself for not sleeping well the last

half-beat slower, allowing the

door, but the woman had already

have anything to

this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the corner, all pointing their cameras at her.

internet is following your and Mr.

you know he had a girlfriend when you

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