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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

was going

sky began to light up in the morning that Lewis stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he

run.

he hadn’t slept in two nights.

more disheveled, and his run

less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him

a swift pace!

bedroom drenched in sweat did he 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

over his face,

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a shower, Lewis glanced outside at

sky.

7 a.m. and broad daylight.

with Keira that day

divorce.

this, the calm he had just regained. weighed on

sleep well that night

made her feel the situation

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

didn’t they want her to divorce?

impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving her in intense contemplation.

got dressed and went

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

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could it be?

be the person who sent the text? They did

the other party at eleven

She went outside.

opened the door and saw the woman in front

fifties. She was dressed plainly and

had

that wasn’t right…

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

fifty-year-old in front of her wasn’t that person!

thought about this, the woman

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over, grabbing her arm. “Mrs.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who are

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

finished speaking, Keira immediately realized

blamed herself for not sleeping well the last two

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

but the woman had already clung tightly to her

have anything

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

streaming, and the whole internet is following your

a girlfriend when you were with

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