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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 every morning!

today… what was going

until the sky began to light up in the morning that Lewis stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze

run.

be precise, he

more disheveled,

somehow less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him speed up,

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 pain that seemed suppressed deep within erupted like a valve had

pouring over

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shower, Lewis glanced

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and broad

with Keira that day to get

divorce.

calm he had just regained. weighed on

sleep well that night

she sent made her feel the situation

was suddenly unpredictable.

that stranger?

they want her to

the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving

and went

in. “Miss, someone outside wants to see

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could it

sent the text? They did say they

party at eleven in the morning. Had

She went outside.

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

her fifties. She was dressed plainly and probably

who had sent her

wasn’t

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

front of her wasn’t

as she thought about this, the woman had already

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grabbing her arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

finished speaking, Keira

for not sleeping

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

but the woman had already clung tightly

don’t have anything to talk about with you…”

said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out

following your

had a girlfriend when you

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