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Noah sighed. "I went back, but it wasn't quite what I imagined."

He plopped down on the sofa, arms spread wide, one leg crossed over the other. Even though his face looked like he was carrying the weight of the world, his typical lounging posture exlided a powerful presence. Ophelia thought. 'Aren't the president and the First Lady of Heloria Noah's parents?' Now, she was even more curious about what Noah was like before he lost his senses.

"So, what did you imagine it to be like?" Ophelia asked. She thought, 'Isn't his mind supposed to be blank? How could he even imagine?

"Isn't a home supposed to be warm and cozy?" Noah asked as he looked down.

Ophelia noticed that when it came to the West family, Noah wasnt as carefree as before.

But Noah was asking the wrong person for this. Both Ophelia and Kenneth probably didn't know what a normal family should be like.

Ophelia thought, 'It should be warm and cozy, perhaps After all, in her previous life, everyone else at Hastings Villa, except for her, was quite harmonious and warm.

Noah said, "Oh, by the way, here's the list of attendees for tomorrow." He pulled a triply-folded list from his inner jacket pocket and handed it over.

Kenneth unfolded it and glanced over the names.

The attendees for tomorrow were from the government, military, and business sectors. In the government sector, the leading figures were the president of Heloria, Xander, and First Lady Elena. Suddenly, Ophelia's eyes locked on a name in the center of the military section: Victor. She only discovered today that Kenneth's father was in charge of a huge military base in Waston.

Ophelia thought, 'No wonder Ivy once said that to take down Victor, the support of the Davidson family is absolutely necessary.

No matter how dominant Kenneth was in the business world, shaking up the military sector was truly a tough task. Ophelia noticed on the guest list that every entry had two names, indicating each guest came with their family, except for Victor Sinclair, whose column only had his name.

and tossed it

doorway and gently knocked on the door. He said, "Mr.

and six or seven people pushed in three rows of garment racks. Various outfits hung on the racks, with one row for men's suits and two for

are all custom-made to

from the family gathering at Carnegie Villa,

one, Kenneth said as he let go of

along the clothes rack from beginning to end.

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dress she once had. However, this dress was entirely backless, supported only by twlstraps tied around the neck. Meetings slightly narrowed eyes, Ophelia swallowed hard and said,

was about to hang the dress back when Kenneth stopped he. He said, "This one looks

he really allow me to wear this? That's not

"Okay," Ophelia said.

said he needed to see every outfit before Ophelia wore

dress and randomly found a room to change. When she walked out in the red dress, Kenneth was the

city lights reflected in Ophelia's eyes through the large floor-to-ceiling windows. She stood there like a beautiful rose, yet her looks and demeanor were prickly, radiating a

Her

his black shirt collar as he leaned into Ophelia's car and said softly, "I take back what I said earlier. This dress is just

I knew

a chair for her. They

seemed to be dressed a bit

the bustling city night view. Suddenly, countless drones flew by outside like stars in the

in mid-air.

proposing out there?" Ophelia glanced

guess it?' His smile froze, and his expression became serious. He stood up and instructed Mark outside the

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