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Geoffrey replied.

Maureen picked up a gift box and opened it. Inside lay a custom necklace from a brand she’d once adored.

She realized belatedly: “Did you read my old diaries?”

“I thought they were just notes. Glanced at a few pages.”

Geoffrey averted his eyes.

Maureen understood him less and less.

She put the necklace back. “I don’t need these. Return everything.”

If all the gifts in this room were truly what she’d listed on that so–called memo, their value could have bought a few mansions.

Geoffrey’s expression shifted slightly: “No returns. Take it or leave it.”

He kicked aside a nearby gift and headed straight to the bathroom.

After entering, he felt intense itching all over. Swallowing two anti- allergy pills, he stepped into the shower.

Alone outside, Maureen scanned the room. Hundreds of gifts lay scattered everywhere.

Since marrying Geoffrey, she’d secretly funneled most personal savings to support his company, denying herself even basic luxuries.

She’d meticulously researched desires, jotting down items and prices like a budget spreadsheet.

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Looking back now, that version of herself seemed foolishly devoted- genuinely loving Geoffrey.

He could effortlessly acquire anything with a snap, yet she pinched pennies fearing professional setbacks might trouble him.

Geoffrey’s shower dragged on. When he finally emerged, Maureen’s eyes widened in shock.

Red hives now covered the man’s face and body!

“Geoffrey, what happened?”

His breathing grew labored.

Just… overwhelming

Wayne for

reached for her

A night’s rest will

special to

thought it was nothing serious,

the bedroom, Geoffrey lay down, brows furrowing intermittently, his breathing growing

“Geoffrey!”

“Hmm?”

of an

Maureen learned

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pollen

a hospital corridor chair, she clenched

memory, Geoffrey had never

meds to

looked up

always been allergic

“You didn’t

loved him, how attentively she cared for him–how could she not know about

Maureen nodded.

a pollen allergy

Wayne replied.

Meaning it was innate.

now understood: the Geoffrey lying here–her husband–wasn’t the one she’d loved since

her mother used to beat

said with a gentle smile: “I really like flowers, but my family doesn’t. Could you take care of

was from that time that she liked growing some flowers

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home.

him…” Maureen

she seemed

he reassured her: “Don’t worry, the doctor

go in

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