Katherine knew what she was worried about.

Just as Maureen was about to discuss next steps with her, the phone rang.

She checked her phone and saw it was Gareth calling.

His magnetic voice came through: “Reenie, I’m boarding now. I’ll land in Karaville at 11 tonight.”

“Okay.”

Eleven at night…

Maureen didn’t know if she could go pick him up.

On the other end, Gareth gripped his phone tightly, gazing at the clear blue sky.

“Tomorrow’s your birthday, right?”

Maureen froze.

She’d almost forgotten her own birthday.

Because her birthday was a calamity for her mother Noelle. After returning to Karaville and living with her parents, she never celebrated it again.

Later, after marrying Geoffrey, every birthday was spent alone.

Over time, she simply stopped observing it.

“Yeah.”

“I’ll spend tonight with you.”

Gareth said,

Maureen thought for a moment: “Yeah, I’ll pick you up tonight. I’m staying at a friend’s place today,”

Hearing this, Gareth asked: “Won’t it bother your friend?”

Maureen glanced at Katherine eavesdropping nearby, who shook her head repeatedly: “No bother, tell

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him to come.”

Over these four years, Katherine had only seen Gareth from afar a few times.

She thought him devastatingly handsome–like a male fox spirit, if she had to describe him.

it’s fine, come

then, I’ll hang up

call, his lips curling

boarded the private jet as the doctor examined his wound: “Avoid strenuous movement at all costs. Once back

“Got it.”

an exquisite little box. Never had he antic- ipated meeting

up, Maureen pondered

text him. You’re not

“True.”

traveled, he’d simply text

the message and

Corporate Headquarters.

Main conference room.

Geoffrey’s phone buzzed mid–meeting.

He opened Maureen’s text:

with friends tonight. Not

instantly frosted over Geoffrey’s

made executives tremble

“Carry on!”

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strode

Everyone was taken aback.

had never left a meeting

gazes, Wayne reluctantly

“Boss.”

be silent, then

his finger hovered over

it

Forget it.

powered off the

him all

dinner and had his driver take

door open, he was met with eerie silence in the living

Darkness enveloped him instantly.

turn on the lights,

kept checking his phone, unsure what

as he sat

felt like ages, his screen finally lit

snatched the phone–a text

Seems headed toward the

His pupils contracted.

screamed she was

her vanishing for four or five years

without even grabbing his coat, car keys

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