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243 Someone Looking for You
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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fixed time
what was going
to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front
run.
night… To be precise, he
seemed somewhat more disheveled,
less
made him speed
at a swift
drenched in sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his
looked up, the shower’s water pouring over his face, and
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Lewis
sky.
7 a.m.
had an appointment with Keira
divorce.
the calm he had just regained. weighed
sleep well
text message she sent made her feel the
was suddenly unpredictable.
that
want her
issues, her melancholy over the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving
dressed and went downstairs.
breakfast, the nanny came in. “Miss, someone outside wants to see you.”
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could it be?
the text? They did say they would
meet the other party at
She went outside.
the door and saw the woman in front
dressed plainly and probably from the countryside.
person who had sent her the text message?
wasn’t right…
their child had just fallen
of her wasn’t
this, the woman had
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grabbing her arm. “Mrs.
Mrs. Horton, right?”
frowned, “Who are
“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”
speaking, Keira immediately realized trouble was brewing!
blamed herself for not sleeping
half-beat slower, allowing the woman to
door, but the woman had
“I don’t have anything to talk about
sooner had she said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the corner,
whole internet is following your and
you know he had a girlfriend when you were
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