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After dinner, Marcus and Valerie took Emma to a hotel where they had reserved a room for her. The house didn’t have furniture yet. Marcus was eager to go shopping with Valerie to furnish their new home. For that first night, though, they planned to sleep on the floor. Being in their new home, even without comforts, carried a special meaning for both of them.

Later that night, Marcus ran his hand over his wife’s bare body as she slept deeply beside him. Lost in his thoughts, he eventually got up and headed to the garden. Sometimes, he enjoyed smoking a cigar, and tonight he couldn’t resist the temptation.

[Flashback in Coravela, Hesperia]

“Sir… you can’t keep going like this,” Frederick said as he entered Marcus’s study.

“What is it, Frederick? What are you talking about?” Marcus replied, sitting behind his desk, a glass of cognac in hand.

“This,” Frederick said, gesturing to the glass. “You can’t keep drowning your sorrows in alcohol and women.”

been awfully observant lately.

to serve you. I can send as many women to your house as you want, but the why behind it

serious. Frederick’s words had struck a nerve.

yet you don’t seem happy about it. In all the years I’ve worked for you, I’ve never seen you like this. This past year, you’ve spent your time between

hesitated but

behind it. If you were in love with someone, I wouldn’t be worried. In fact, I’d be happy. I’d love to see this house filled with children. But that’s not the case, is it? Have you considered that this might be causing you more pain than

a deep discomfort. It was as if Frederick could see straight

they managed to locate Miss Preston?” Marcus asked, abruptly changing the subject.

the hint and decided not

sir. Unfortunately, we haven’t had any luck. It’s as if she vanished off the face of

when we last saw each other in Valentia. I didn’t weigh my words or actions. At the time, I was dealing with the Palmers fighting me over Peter’s remains, and I took my

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Palmers reacted. They refused to honor Peter’s final wishes. But honestly, if you had left Miss Preston there, I don’t

We need to find her. Peter’s daughter should have been born a few months after she arrived in Hesperia. I

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