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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 morning!

was going on?

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

run.

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

seemed somewhat more disheveled,

less exhilarating.

made him

kilometers at a

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

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Lewis glanced outside

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and broad

Keira that

divorce.

about this, the calm he had just regained. weighed

didn’t sleep well that

she sent made her feel the situation

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

didn’t they want her to divorce?

faded without her noticing, leaving her in

got dressed and

came in. “Miss,

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could it

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

to meet the other party at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived

She went outside.

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

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

person who had

wasn’t right…

night said their child had just fallen

in front of her wasn’t that

she thought about this,

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arm. “Mrs.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

Keira

not sleeping well the last two

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

retreat and close the door, but the woman had already clung tightly to her clothes, “Mrs.

indifferently, “I don’t have anything to talk about with

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

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

he had a girlfriend when

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