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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!

today… what was going

go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he changed

run.

be precise, he hadn’t slept

somewhat more disheveled, and his

somehow less exhilarating.

him speed

kilometers at a

when he returned to the bedroom drenched in sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the

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

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Lewis glanced outside

sky.

7 a.m. and

appointment with Keira that day to

divorce.

just regained. weighed on

didn’t sleep well that

message she sent made her feel the situation

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

didn’t they want

issues, her melancholy over the impending divorce faded without her

dressed and went downstairs.

“Miss, someone outside wants to

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could it be?

They

at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived early?

She went outside.

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

in her fifties. She was dressed plainly and probably from the

person who had sent her the text

that wasn’t right…

child had just fallen asleep and needed to be quiet,

front of her wasn’t that

about this,

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over, grabbing her arm. “Mrs. Horton,

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

finished speaking, Keira immediately realized

not sleeping well the

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

but the woman had already clung tightly to

have anything to

said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped

said, “Mrs. Horton, I’m live streaming, and the whole internet is following your and Mr. Horton’s situation. We want to know, what exactly is going

you know he had a

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