Had she heard those words five years ago, Maureen would’ve been overjoyed. Now, she didn’t believe him.

“I’m tired. I need rest.”

Geoffrey scooped her into his arms and carried her inside.

That night,

Geoffrey held Maureen against him, refusing to let go.

He couldn’t sleep. Each time he closed his eyes, he saw the empty house greeting him earlier.

The wound on his hand still stung.

Maureen suddenly spoke after an unknown length of time: “Can I ask about Andrea saving your mother?”

Why didn’t she know anything about this?

Geoffrey told her how Heather and Sean were framed years ago, how they took the same car to the company, got into an accident, and were saved by Andrea.

After hearing this, Maureen’s eyes filled with shock.

Only now did she understand why Sean treated Andrea so well, and why Geoffrey tolerated Andrea so much…

Only now did she realize Andrea had taken credit for her own act of saving them!

Clutching Geoffrey’s sleeve, her hand trembled: “What if… just what if it wasn’t her who saved your mother, but me? Would you believe me?”

Geoffrey’s dark eyes widened,

Before he could speak, Maureen quickly added: “Don’t overthink it, I was joking.

I’m tired, going to sleep.”

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Maureen closed her eyes, unsure why she’d spoken, yet afraid to hear Geoffrey’s response.

it was his constant distrust, his frequent mockery, the persistent neglect–she no longer believed he’d

first words

happened over a decade ago. With no

words seriously. After all, when his mother had the accident years ago, he rushed to the hospital and saw Andrea taking care of her with his

held Maureen close and finally fell asleep after a long

again, and this time he could never

when it was still dark outside, instinctively

embrace and was now sleeping in

into his arms,

sleep, but

quietly, stepping

“What is it?”

said your private account got hacked!

been compromised–a first

hadn’t expected it either; he’d been stunned when the

on who

showed only a flicker of surprise

“Not yet.”

added, “This was too sudden. We had no defenses ready.

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the hacker who breached Geoffrey’s account had taken

a private

“You have one day.”

Geoffrey hung up.

wasn’t the hard

merely digits disappearing; it didn’t mean

a drop

to kindergarten. She pushed the door open only to find him still fast

What’s going

up exactly on time without needing a

seeing him sound asleep. She couldn’t bear to wake him, gently pinching his rosy

a rare sight. I’ll let

night hacking into Geoffrey’s private accounts, finally drifting off

he woke, it was already half past

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