Chapter35

If they’d been lovers for over ten years, what did her three–year marriage to Geoffrey during that time even mean?

Just then, a video call buzzed through.

Maureen glanced at the screen–it was her younger son Ethan calling.

She only answered after making sure she didn’t look like she’d been drinking. Otherwise, her son would lecture her again.

“Mommy Mwah~”

A frail, cooing voice came through the video. A boy who looked exactly like Jacob lay pale on the hospital bed, call- ing out to Maureen in a soft and sweet tone.

Maureen’s heart melted instantly.

“Ethan, mwah.”

Ethan gazed at her with melancholy eyes. “Mommy, you didn’t call me last night. Nighty night.”

Unlike her eldest son Jacob–a warm but talkative boy–her younger son was a typical clingy child craving reassurance. At least, that’s how Maureen saw it.

“Sorry, Mommy forgot. Mwah, don’t be mad, okay?”

Since Ethan had always been frail and was now diagnosed with leukemia, Maureen paid him extra attention.

He puckered his lips. “I’ll forgive you this time.”

“But no next time!”

Watching the little one playfully pout, the gloom in Maureen’s heart vanished. She nodded repeatedly.

“Where’s Grandma and your brother?”

Hearing this, Ethan pretended to sulk. “If I knew you’d ask about them, I wouldn’t have called.”

Maureen couldn’t help laughing–this kid truly had Lin Daiyu’s melancholy air.

“Alright, no more questions. It’s late–get some rest now. Nighty night.”

After hanging up, the smile vanished from Ethan’s face as he glared at his twin brother Jacob sitting in front of the laptop.

“Mom’s drinking again.”

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Jacob closed the laptop upon hearing this. “Guess I’ll head back to Karaville first to look after her.”

“Yeah.”

Ethan shut his eyes.

his health, he’d want to return too–to see that infuriating father

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no idea about

hugged two rabbit plushies

unfamiliar bed or encountering Geoffrey earlier, Maureen slept restlessly, drifting in and

she woke and checked the

when she noticed an unread text

of

after you returned last night, I noticed a vehicle

sent the message at 3

“Still there

Justin: “Yeah.”

a genius to guess it

told Justin

to get close to Geoffrey anyway, his

and had the

Sutton Group, CEO’s

clutched the multimillion–dollar check, lost

Five million!

she’d lived well

people

update, he promptly reported: “Checked surveillance. Ms. Ramirez only appeared in public

at airports or train stations–just

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his

Vanished for four years!

sudden return?

unusual. Our men say her

“Keep digging!”

Geoffrey ordered.

“Yes.”

looked up sharply: “If she slips away again, you won’t be

“Understood.”

Geoffrey’s mood remained

Maureen dragged back immediately–yet part of him wanted to see

What amnesia!

didn’t buy it at

after Wayne’s departure, he knocked and

Ms. Ramirez seems to be heading

of something unreadable passing

Wayne

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sharply: “If she slips away again, you won’t

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