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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 every

what was going

working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the

run.

be precise, he hadn’t

disheveled, and his run

less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him

a swift pace!

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

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

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a shower, Lewis

sky.

already 7 a.m. and broad

appointment with Keira that day

divorce.

he had just

sleep well that

made her feel the

was suddenly unpredictable.

that

want

the impending divorce faded

got dressed and went downstairs.

after breakfast, the nanny came in. “Miss, someone outside

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it be?

be the person who sent the text? They did say they would come to see her today…

the other party at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived early?

She went outside.

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

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 right…

who sent her the text message last night said their child had just

in front of her wasn’t that person!

thought about this, the woman had already

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arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who are

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira

for not sleeping

made her mind a half-beat slower, allowing

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

anything to talk about with you…”

four reporters suddenly popped out from around the corner, all pointing their cameras

and the whole internet is following your and Mr.

know he had a girlfriend when you

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