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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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a fixed time every

was

to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him

run.

precise, he

somewhat more disheveled,

somehow less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him speed up,

kilometers at a swift

step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that seemed suppressed deep within erupted like a valve had been opened

up, the shower’s water pouring over his face, and his fists

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a shower, Lewis

sky.

a.m. and broad

with Keira that

divorce.

about this, the calm he had just regained. weighed on

well that night either.

message she sent made her feel the

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

want her

the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving her

got dressed and went

nanny came in. “Miss, someone outside wants

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person who sent the text? They did say they

the other party at eleven

She went outside.

woman in

was dressed plainly and probably from the countryside. She stood there timidly and

this the person who had sent her the text

wasn’t

person who sent her the text message last night said their child had just fallen asleep and needed to be quiet, meaning that the child was still

of her wasn’t

about this,

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grabbing her arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who are

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized trouble was brewing!

for not sleeping

her mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman to seize an

and close the door, but the woman had already clung

have anything to

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

“Mrs. Horton, I’m live streaming, and the whole internet is following your

you know he had a girlfriend

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