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But once he started talking, he’d nag like an elder–who knows where he got that from.

Sometimes Maureen felt he was the parent and she the child.

“Okay, Mommy will remember everything.”

Only after Jacob finished did Maureen reluctantly hang up.

She had depression, weak hearing, and was pregnant. When she first moved abroad, she’d lie awake all night unable

to eat.

After the children were born, though uncured, her condition improved.

As they grew older and started walking and talking, both boys naturally began caring for her.

They became her lifeline in this world….

Maureen drank the milk, took her vitamins, then opened the suitcase. Inside were two rabbit plushies carrying the faint scent of milk.

That night, Maureen lay in bed, holding them and slept very soundly.

The next day, early in the morning.

Maureen received a text message.

“Geoffrey is coming back today, and he’ll be at the InterContinental Hotel at nine tonight for a charity auction.”

Before coming back here, Maureen had already asked people back home to look into Geoffrey.

She knew he was handling a project overseas and would be back soon, but she didn’t expect it to be this fast!

It had been four years. Although she had gradually let go, the thought of having to approach this man again made her feel extremely conflicted.

At nine in the evening, the charity Holiday Gala officially began.

as powerful as Geoffrey had a private box and didn’t need to bid in person; his assistant or secretary

the second floor, in the VIP box, Geoffrey, dressed in a

was here today for

Maureen had left behind at the Ramirez family home, which Noelle and Maureen’s brother had

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it had made its way

years, he had never missed any

it was soon time for that emerald jewelry necklace, with a starting bid of ten

secretary immediately raised the

astonishment–the bid had doubled instantly. Many

better than to cross

necklace belonged to Geoffrey, an

woman of almost enchantingly striking

breath–not because of

who dared take what he

city’s undisputed ruler; none

her. His dark pupils constricted, his heartbeat seeming to halt in

in Geoffrey’s obsidian eyes was Maureen’s devastatingly

only darker shades without makeup. Now she stood draped in an ivory off–shoulder V–neck gown, raven hair cascading over her shoulders, a pearl

Geoffrey’s blood surged through his

Maureen!

inside, Maureen had already noticed the most luxurious and best–positioned private box

glass–those inside could see out,

a seat visible from that

if casually, she

fleeting look held not a flicker of emotion in

box, Geoffrey’s assistant Wayne stared in

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