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

was trying to reach for her phone earlier on, someone had stuffed it

realized that something heavy was pressing down on

on her waist. She got such a huge shock that she almost rolled off

tightened around her waist, pulling her into a warm

fell into the man’s arms, she could hear

Dub-lub! Dub-lub!

a man speaking

already woken

realized that she was not just imagining things, she tried to scramble out of

up and saw that Armand, who had been unconscious for over a month, was looking at her. Even though it was still that familiar pair

front of the man’s face

Armand

noticed that his eyes were out of focus. Instantly, the joy which she had felt a moment

go get

about to get out of bed, Armand suddenly lifted his hand and brushed his fingertips against her

have I slept for a long time?” Armand asked

feeling indifferent toward the affectionate term which he had used to address her. Pushing the man’s hand

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