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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

what was

light up in the morning that Lewis stopped working, but he didn’t go to sleep. His gaze merely flicked

run.

be precise, he hadn’t slept in two

seemed somewhat more disheveled, and

somehow less

him speed up, dashing

kilometers at a swift pace!

the cold water started flowing, his entire body jolted, and the pain that

water pouring over

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a shower, Lewis glanced outside

sky.

7 a.m.

with Keira that day to get

divorce.

this, the calm he had just regained. weighed on him

well that night either.

made her feel the

was suddenly unpredictable.

was that

they want

faded without

dressed and

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

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could it

sent the text? They did say they would come to

at eleven in the morning.

She went outside.

the door and saw the woman in front of

slender woman in her fifties. She was dressed plainly and

who had sent her the text

wasn’t

their child had just fallen asleep and needed to be quiet, meaning

of her

about this, the woman had already

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her arm. “Mrs. Horton, you’re

Mrs. Horton, right?”

“Who are you?”

“I’m Madeleine’s mother!”

woman finished speaking, Keira immediately realized trouble

for not sleeping well the last two

her mind a half-beat slower, allowing the woman to seize an opportunity.

woman had already clung tightly to her clothes, “Mrs. Horton, let’s

don’t have anything to talk

or four reporters suddenly popped out from around the

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

he had a girlfriend when you

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