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.

was very affectionate and gentle. She even gave me a

the morning. That's

she was being spontaneous, but now that I've considered it through, she was probably preparing to leave. That's

tears away before attempting to

It didn't help.

so much time with Rachel, they'd

had happened. He'd already experienced the pain of losing Rachel once. He didn't

before she left?" Xyla

"Not that I know of as I had been

his feet as if something just occurred to him. "I know! It

Stanley had already suspected this was the case all along. Neither of them showed any reactions to his derived

home. When I got there, she said she would introduce a

Rachel. I

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

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