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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!

what was going

stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he changed his clothes and went out for

run.

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

disheveled, and his run

less

him speed

kilometers at a swift

bedroom drenched in sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire

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

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Lewis glanced outside at

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and broad

appointment with Keira

divorce.

he had just regained. weighed on

sleep well that night

text message she sent made her

was suddenly unpredictable.

that

didn’t they want her to

impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving

got dressed and

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

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it

who sent the text? They did say

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

She went outside.

the door and saw the woman in front of her,

dressed plainly

the person who had sent her the text

wasn’t

who sent her the text message last night said their child had just fallen asleep and needed

fifty-year-old in front of her wasn’t

as she thought about this, the

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grabbing her arm. “Mrs. Horton,

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

the middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira

not sleeping

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

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

have anything

popped out from around the corner, all pointing their cameras

and the whole internet is following your and Mr. Horton’s situation. We want

know he had a girlfriend when

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