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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 on?

morning that Lewis stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely

run.

be precise, he hadn’t slept in

seemed somewhat more disheveled, and his

less

frustration suddenly made him

a swift

sweat did he step into the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that seemed suppressed deep

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

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a shower, Lewis glanced outside at the

sky.

a.m. and broad daylight.

an appointment with Keira

divorce.

calm he had just

didn’t sleep well that

message she sent made her

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

want her to divorce?

over the impending divorce faded without her noticing,

dressed and went downstairs.

the nanny came in. “Miss,

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could it be?

sent the text? They did say they would come

at eleven in the morning. Had

She went outside.

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

slender woman in her fifties. She was dressed plainly and probably from the countryside.

had sent her the

wasn’t

their child had

in front of her

this, the woman had

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grabbing her arm. “Mrs.

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized trouble

sleeping well

slower, allowing the woman

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

said indifferently, “I don’t have anything to talk about with you…”

or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the

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

you know he had a girlfriend when you were

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