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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

what was

sleep. His gaze merely flicked

run.

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

somewhat more disheveled,

less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him speed

a swift pace!

sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain

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

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shower, Lewis glanced outside at

sky.

already 7 a.m.

appointment with Keira

divorce.

calm he had just regained. weighed on

didn’t sleep well that night

made her

was suddenly unpredictable.

that stranger?

didn’t they want

the impending divorce faded without her noticing,

dressed and went

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

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could it

the person who sent the text? They did

had arranged to meet the other party at eleven

She went outside.

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 stood

the person who had

wasn’t

last night said their child had just fallen asleep and

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

as she thought about this, the woman had already

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arm. “Mrs.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

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

herself for not sleeping well the last

which made her mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman

but the woman had already clung tightly to her clothes, “Mrs. Horton, let’s

have anything to

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

following your and Mr. Horton’s situation. We

you know he had a girlfriend

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