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Mary immediately frowned and looked at her.

Keira pursed her lips, trying to make her gaze seem

softer.

Mary examined her face back and forth, then suddenly stood up, walked over to her, and touched her

forehead.

Keira was dumbfounded.

“You don’t have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? You refused to tell me who they were back

then, saying it would compromise my safety. Why are you asking me now?”

For the first time, Keira sensed Keera’s caution.

At least regarding this matter, she was very careful.

Keira just said “Right”, her expression unchanged. “I was worried you might have discovered some clue, but it seems you still know nothing. That’s good.”

Sure enough, Mary was led astray. “Keera, you really are too cautious. Didn’t you say? Since you couldn’t even complete their first task, they wouldn’t come

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looking for you again.”

That remark made Keira momentarily stunned. “The

first task?”

“Yes, you said the first task involved someone very important to you, so you refused…”

Someone very important…

Keira frowned. “The very important person to me…

who is it?”

Mary immediately rolled her eyes. “Who else could it be? Howard! You two were already together then.”

She then spoke with a strong hint of jealousy. “Anyway,

it’s not me.”

After saying that, she couldn’t help but complain. “I considered you my best friend; we’ve been to the same school since kindergarten and have stayed friends all these years, but to you, I’m less significant than Amy, let alone your mother-in-law and Howard. For them, you actually abandoned me… Forget it, let’s not talk about it. It makes me feel so sad!”

She was genuinely aggrieved!

Mary pouted.

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Keira wasn’t good at comforting others, so she remained silent. Just then, the sound of the door opening was heard, and Howard’s mother walked in.

Humming a tune from a dance, she didn’t look toward the living room as she entered but headed straight for the kitchen. “Keera, what’s for dinner? I’m hungry after

exercising!”

in the kitchen, only to find it completely empty, without a trace of cooking.

was startled, then stormed out shouting, “Keera, what have you been doing at home

Mary? Haven’t seen you here in over half a

responded with a facade of a

a year, somehow you look even more spiteful?”

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expression faltered, and she said

“You’re so

hands. “Just

“You!”

at Keira, saying furiously, “Keera, you’re just going to stand there watching your friend insult me? Let me tell you, her being rude to me is the same as being disrespectful to you! She obviously doesn’t take you seriously, otherwise, wouldn’t she know such

If you don’t, I swear I’ll tell Howard you allowed

when she

looked at Keira.

it was just like this.

words made Keera

outright.

when she ran into

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if her family’s company partnered on a project with him, Howard would

back.

at the

was treating her best friend and their friendship like commodities being negotiated for a price!

Keera’s sake, frustrated that she had somehow set her sights on

Mary was

would be swayed once again by Howard’s mother’s words…

and Howard’s moth started to get arrogant. “Why the silence? Cat g tongue? Weren’t you quite articulate just

took a deep breath.

had just said she wanted a divorce, she hadn’t made up her mind yet. No matter how anxious Mary was, she knew this was Keera’s life, and she couldn’t make decisions for her.

to make things difficult for her,

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now. Contact me if

saying this, she got up and walked

her to the door. “Okay, let me see

out.”

Mary pause slightly, and a sense of emptiness suddenly filled her

really hadn’t made up her

and reached the door, then turned back to Keira. “Keera, everything can be fought for again, but freedom is your

her voice calm. “Don’t worry have a

not be

she feared pressuring Keera too much and being blocked

Mary left, Keira turned back

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sneered. “What are you staring

so wooden and clumsy. How can you compare to Cindy? No wonder Howard never

gaze grew

faint smile. “Alright, I’ll

dinner now.”

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