Maureen glanced at the sterile container holding the precious sample she’d struggled to obtain–it was time to leave.

As she tried to slip from Geoffrey’s embrace, his arms only tightened around her.

Left with no choice, she secretly stashed the container beneath the bed, planning to retrieve it after Geoffrey left for work tomorrow.

Looking up at Geoffrey’s sleeping face, Maureen was overwhelmed with guilt and silently mouthed:

“Last time I apologized, I meant it–but not for faking my death to leave

you.”

“It’s for this…”

Jacob and Ethan were forced upon me.

That didn’t make me feel indebted. But this time, hiding the truth from Geoffrey felt wrong.

Yet she had to do it. Only this way could she keep her children.

The next morning.

Dawn was breaking.

Geoffrey woke with a throbbing headache and immediately looked

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down. Maureen was still in his arms.

Relief washed over him.

He pulled her closer.

Just then, he noticed an old scar resembling a knife wound marring the smooth skin of her back.

Maureen stirred awake and was about to rise when Geoffrey asked:

“How did you get that scar on your back?”

Maureen froze.

at Geoffrey’s all–too–familiar face, her eyes filled with sorrow and resentment. “You don’t

it for him

He’d actually forgotten?

Sean truly deserved being

Geoffrey genuinely couldn’t recall: “When

“When

he first took the reins at Sutton

relatives of the Suttons or business rivals remained unclear–until

him.

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in the Sutton family knew this story.

her back, his gaze

Maureen shook her head.

know. They

fell silent for a moment before

never came naturally to

were

getting late. You should

Maureen spoke evenly.

wanted. No

sudden chill made

burned like wildfire

let go. “Not

kisses to Maureen’s cheek,

resembled an insatiable

had gotten what she wanted and was all coldness

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turning her face away.

her reaction. Though bewildered by her sudden shift, he’d held back

streamed through

chest. “I’m hungry. Let’s

then did he relent, keeping her in his

I’ll have

tenderness: “Let me hold

him baffling. He’d despised her for years, claimed indifference mere days ago, yet now acted utterly

against her hair: “I know you drugged

at

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