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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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fixed time

was

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

run.

be precise, he hadn’t

somewhat more disheveled, and

less exhilarating.

made him speed

at a

started flowing, his entire

water pouring over his face, and his

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taking a shower, Lewis glanced

sky.

a.m. and

appointment with Keira that day to get

divorce.

calm he had just regained. weighed on

didn’t sleep well that night either.

sent made

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

they want her to

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

and went

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

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it be?

They did say they would come to see her today…

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

She went outside.

door and saw the woman in

fifties. She was dressed

person who had sent her

wasn’t

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

of her wasn’t that

as she thought about this, the woman had

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her arm.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized

herself for not sleeping well

her mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman

the woman had already clung tightly to her clothes,

don’t have anything to

three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around

“Mrs. Horton, I’m live streaming, and the whole internet is following your and Mr. Horton’s situation.

know he had a

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