Sebastian Brenand was now sporting a messy, untrimmed beard, appearing exhausted.

He handed his letter over to Xyla Quest the moment he walked in. "Here, what did you want to tell me?"

With that, he promptly reached for a chair, placing it next to Xyla and Stanley Batton's bed before sinking down on it.

Xyla stayed in bed and directly opened Rachel Wood's letter, noticing a dried tear mark in the center of a red flower at the bottom right of the paper.

It was indicative of how heartbroken Rachel had been as she wrote this letter.

However, the mark was faint, so no one would notice it with a single glance.

Frowning deeply, she peered at Sebastian. "Before Rachel left, did anything happen between the two of you? Or did Rachel show any odd behavior?"

Sebastian shook his head. "No, everything was fine between us. We went shopping after leaving your place the other day, and then she asked me to take her out to a fancy place for dinner.

she was very affectionate and gentle. She even gave me a massage. I didn't

was gone when I woke up in the morning. That's when I

considered it through, she was probably preparing to leave. That's why she wanted to be

the tears away before attempting to

It didn't help.

so much time with Rachel, they'd

accept what had happened. He'd already experienced the pain of losing Rachel once. He didn't want to go through it

meet anyone before she

been busy at

sprang to his feet as if something

the case all along. Neither of them showed any reactions

asked me to return home. When I got there,

Rachel. I

to reason with them, and that's when I mentioned leaving that house

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