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Charmaine awoke, the sunlight pouring through the window and nudging her from sleep.

She squinted, instinctively raising her hand to block the brightness.

Once her eyes adjusted, she sat up, still feeling a bit groggy.

The room, large and elegant, was empty. Emyr, the one who should’ve been there, was nowhere to be found.

Had he used her and just left without a word?

“Typical,” she muttered under her breath.

But then, as the thought settled in, something else hit her.

Hadn’t she done the same thing not too long ago?

Great. The so–called villain was just as bad as she was.

Shaking off the thoughts, she stood and opened the door, intending to return to her room for some quiet time.

But there, standing outside, was Alfred.

They both paused, caught off guard by the unexpected meeting.

Alfred was the first to break the silence, offering a wide smile. “Ms. Nelson, you’re awake! How are you feeling?”

“Uh, Alfred, I think you’ve got the wrong person,” she said, her brow furrowed.

If anyone should’ve been unwell, it was Emyr, not her.

Alfred quickly cleared his throat, his demeanor shifting to one of genuine respect and appreciation. “Thanks to you, Ms. Nelson. Mr. Emyr made it through the night without any problems. We really appreciate what you did.”

need for thanks. It’s what I should’ve done.” She hesitated before continuing, “But you might want to think ahead next time. If something like this happens again, it could be

as strong, as proud as Emyr, had broken down so

similar episodes before. She also wondered, though, if in her past life, Emyr had ever been given a chance to heal that leg injury.

if he

dark thought crossed her mind, and she

painkillers in the manor have all been dealt with,” Alfred continued, “and Tad

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some rest. Mr. Emyr has already left for the company, but before he left, he asked me to remind you to

small sense of satisfaction rising within her. At least Emyr had

spending an uncomfortable night wrapped in his damp

emerged, saw a new message from Rex waiting for her.

that Tad had assigned, asking

hesitation, Charmaine typed back, “I’ll take

into her dark web account. In her inbox was the

footage from a camera Charmaine herself had destroyed.

opened the corrupted video and started typing with quick,

movements.

the video was compressed and sent out

relax. She sank onto her bed, closing

Cross Group.

CEO’s office.

eyes scanning a multi–million–dollar contract, though his mind felt a million miles away. Ten minutes passed, and not a single word of the contract

“Mr. Emyr, the hospital surveillance

eyes unfocused. Without a word,

had entered the

video clearly showed Robin walking into the

revealing a

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