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Maureen met his pitch–black eyes, suddenly at a loss for words.

Wife…

Didn’t he never admit that she was his wife?

Geoffrey continued driving, a mix of emotions churning inside him.

That child looked about four years old, just the age when Maureen was carrying his child.

An excitement he’d never felt before surged in his heart; this feeling, he thought, was strange but not unpleasant.

They sped along the way.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance of Pearl.

A large villa, outside of which a few small flowers were faintly blooming, flowers that Maureen had planted with her own hands in the past.

Since Geoffrey didn’t like them, she could only plant them outside, and now few remained.

Geoffrey stepped out of the car first, then opened the passenger door.

“Get out

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Everything before her looked familiar, identical to four years ago.

“You’ll live here from now on.”

Geoffrey added.

Hearing this, Maureen blurted out: “No.”

She immediately regretted it–living close to Geoffrey was a perfect opportunity.

But memories of the cold treatment she’d endured in this house made

her want to flee.

“Mr. Sutton, I don’t remember marrying you. Living together wouldn’t be proper.”

“Besides, I have a place to stay. It suits me just fine.”

In the past, Geoffrey would never tolerate refusal from Maureen.

Yet now, it kept happening.

He didn’t buy her amnesia act–she was still pretending.

the drive home had

the only reason?”

Maureen nodded: “Yes.”

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Geoffrey remained unconvinced.

can sleep

“That still wouldn’t work.”

don’t want people

Afraid of gossip?

what woman wouldn’t want to be

remembered her spending the past four or five years with Gareth. Proximity breeds affection, especially between

sweethearts.

might hear the

eyes turned

Maureen’s expression darkened instantly.

refused to indulge his arrogance:

live. That’s none

past Geoffrey without

like a slap across

“None of your business“?

he realized she was slipping

away.

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Geoffrey hated this feeling.

He dialed Wayne.

the child back. Whatever

“Yes, sir.”

every project of his to go down

darkened as

promised to

could feelings change so

fallen

no, he must

to him–even if discarded–couldn’t be given

car, lighting one cigarette after another, pulling

his own child,

he brought the child back,

this time

her slip beyond his

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on the

upon learning Geoffrey had taken her

over

her head. “I don’t know what’s gotten into

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