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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 every

what was

working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked over the package in front of him before he

run.

be precise, he

disheveled,

somehow less exhilarating.

frustration suddenly made him speed

kilometers at a

the shower, as the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that seemed suppressed deep within erupted like a valve had

the shower’s water pouring over

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taking a shower, Lewis

sky.

was already 7 a.m. and broad

appointment with Keira that day to get

divorce.

he had just regained. weighed

sleep well that night

she sent made her feel

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that stranger?

they want her to divorce?

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

dressed and went

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

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it be?

it be the person who sent the text? They did say they would come

she had arranged to meet the other party at eleven in the morning. Had they arrived early?

She went outside.

woman in front of her, she was

slender woman in her fifties. She was dressed

had sent her the text message?

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

she thought about this, the woman had

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over, grabbing her arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

frowned, “Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

middle-aged woman finished speaking, Keira

blamed herself for not sleeping

made her mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman to

had

have anything to talk

had she said this than three or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the

whole internet is following your and Mr. Horton’s situation. We want to know, what exactly is going on?”

a girlfriend

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