Genevieve was drifting in and out of consciousness when she heard the phone ring.

Just as she looked in the direction of the ringtone, she felt someone putting the phone in her hand.

“Hello?” the woman answered in a groggy state.

“Genev, the news of Mrs. Wood’s death has started to spread.” The person on the other end of the line was Johanna.

“The reporters are camping outside the company now. Should I go and pick you up?”

“It is all right. I’ll head over there myself in a while.”

“Sure.”

After hanging up, Genevieve glanced at the phone screen, feeling considerably more awake.

It was almost nine a.m..

As she was used to waking up early, it felt strange to her that she had woken up at nine a.m. that day.

really that

was trying to reach for her

something heavy

woman looked down at once and saw a hand on her

moment, the hand tightened around her

she could hear his heart thumping steadily as she

Dub-lub! Dub-lub!

heard a man speaking in a hoarse voice, “Did that

already

just imagining things, she tried to scramble out of the man’s arms

at her. Even though it was still that familiar pair of intense deep-set

waved her hand in front of the man’s face and said, “Can

Armand replied,

eyes were out of focus. Instantly, the joy which she had felt a moment ago from

go get the

out of bed, Armand suddenly lifted his

long

affectionate term which he had used to address

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