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

remembered that when she was trying to reach for her phone earlier on, someone had stuffed it into her

also realized that something heavy was pressing down on

such, the woman looked down at once and saw a hand on her waist. She got such a huge shock that she almost

around her waist,

into the man’s arms, she could hear his heart thumping steadily

Dub-lub! Dub-lub!

a man speaking

he already

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

looking at her. Even though it was still that familiar

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

blinking, Armand replied,

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

go get the

to get out of bed, Armand suddenly lifted his hand

slept for a long time?” Armand asked in a

toward the affectionate term which he had used to address her. Pushing the man’s hand away from her face, she continued, “Have some rest while

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