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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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fixed time every morning!

what was going on?

that Lewis stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front

run.

sleepless night… To be precise, he hadn’t slept in

somewhat more disheveled, and his

somehow less exhilarating.

him speed up,

at a swift

water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that seemed suppressed deep within erupted like

shower’s water pouring over his face, and

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taking a shower, Lewis glanced

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and broad

had an appointment with Keira that day to

divorce.

the calm he had just

sleep well that night either.

made her feel

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

didn’t they want her to

issues, her melancholy over the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving

dressed and went

in. “Miss, someone outside wants to see you.”

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could it be?

text? They did say they would come to see

had arranged to meet the other party at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived early?

She went outside.

opened the door and saw the woman in front of her, she was

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

had sent her the text

wasn’t right…

who sent her the text message last night said their child had just fallen asleep and needed to be

front of her wasn’t that

as she thought about this, the woman had already

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her arm. “Mrs. Horton,

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized

herself for not sleeping well the last two

mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman to

but the woman had already clung tightly to

“I don’t have anything to talk about with

she said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the corner,

live streaming, and the whole internet is following your and Mr. Horton’s situation. We want to know, what exactly is

he had a girlfriend when you were

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