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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

began to light up in the morning that Lewis 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 a

run.

night… To be precise, he hadn’t

more disheveled, and his

somehow less exhilarating.

made him speed up,

a

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

the shower’s water pouring over his face, and

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Looking

a shower, Lewis glanced outside

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and

Keira that day to get their

divorce.

had just regained. weighed on him once

sleep well that night either.

made her feel the situation

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

they want her to divorce?

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

got dressed and went

“Miss, someone outside wants to

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it be?

person who sent the text? They

to meet the other party at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived

She went outside.

opened the door and saw the woman in

fifties. She was dressed

this the person who had sent her the text

that wasn’t

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

fifty-year-old in front of her wasn’t that

she thought about this, the woman had

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arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

Keira immediately realized

not sleeping well the last two

which made her mind a half-beat slower,

woman had

don’t have anything to talk about

she said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the corner, all pointing their cameras at her.

following

you know he had a girlfriend when you

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