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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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at a fixed time every morning!

what was going on?

he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he changed his clothes

run.

be precise, he hadn’t slept in

disheveled,

somehow less

suddenly made him

a swift pace!

flowing, his entire body

over his face, and his fists

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Lewis glanced outside

sky.

was already 7 a.m.

an appointment with Keira that day

divorce.

the calm he had just regained. weighed

well

text message she sent made her feel the

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

want her to

her melancholy over the impending divorce faded without her noticing, leaving her in intense contemplation.

got dressed and went

in. “Miss, someone outside wants

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could it be?

sent the text? They did say

had arranged to meet the other party at eleven in the morning. Had

She went outside.

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

was a slender woman in her fifties. She was dressed plainly and probably from the countryside. She stood there timidly and uneasily.

person who had sent her the text message?

that wasn’t

their child had just fallen asleep and needed to

of

she thought about this, the woman

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arm. “Mrs.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

speaking, Keira

herself for not sleeping well the

which made her mind a half-beat slower,

close the door, but the woman had already clung tightly to her clothes,

anything to

said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out

of them said, “Mrs. Horton, I’m live streaming, and the whole internet is following your

know he had a girlfriend when you

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