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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

was going

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

run.

be precise, he hadn’t slept

seemed somewhat more disheveled, and his run

somehow less

suddenly made him speed up, dashing

a swift

sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his

water pouring over his face, and

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shower, Lewis

sky.

already 7 a.m. and broad

an appointment with Keira that

divorce.

about this, the calm he had just regained.

sleep well that night either.

sent made her feel the

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

want her

these issues, her melancholy over the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving

got dressed and went downstairs.

“Miss, someone outside wants to

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could it be?

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

to meet the other party at eleven in

She went outside.

in front of her,

her fifties. She was dressed

the person who had sent

wasn’t

who sent her the text message last night said their child had just fallen asleep and needed to be quiet, meaning that the child

front of her wasn’t

this, the woman had

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her arm. “Mrs. Horton,

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

finished speaking, Keira

blamed herself for not sleeping well the last two

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

the woman had already clung tightly to

have anything to talk about with you…”

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

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

know he had a girlfriend when you were

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