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Chapter 207 Take His Place

Zev kept his head down, speechless after the slap.

"This mission, is it dángerous?" Kelly asked, already knowing the answer.

"No, I was just joking," Zev said, smiling as he held her.

"Joking or not, if anything happens to you, I will remarry," Kelly said softly.

Finished

Zev rested his head on Kelly's shoulder, a bitter smile crossing his face. "I'll do my best... to stay safe."

Kelly looked away, her fingers nervously gripping each other.

The next morning.

Kelly had lied to Zev. It was supposed to be a day off, but she hadn't told him.

Zev had gone to drop Faye off at school. Kelly pulled out Zev's suitcase from under the bed and retrieved the prenuptial agreement he had once insisted she sign

Back then, she thought Zev didn't have much to his name and signed without hesitation. But now, looking at it, her heartbeat quickened.

It turned out Zev had meticulously documented all the assets his parents had left him-real estate, investments, funds, trusts... stocks and more.

Zev had left everything to her.

Inside the suitcase, she found Zev's handwritten will and a USB drive.

Her breathing quickened as she opened the USB drive and saw a video-recorded will, with a lawyer present.

Zev had prepared for the worst.

that if he died, Clarissa or Wade might try to claim his inheritance from

stiffened, and

Zev...

uncontrollably down her face as

survived on fantasies about Eric. Returning to Seaville

told her that her parents' deaths and their peril in Solmaris weren't accidents, she wouldn't have had the courage to

the rest of her life in darkness, pain, and regret, never

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felt truly confident and doubted how long Zev's feelings

Eric, after ten years together, could change his

could genuine, lasting love exist in this

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no matter what the future held, at this moment... put his life on the line and left everything to

whom she could contact after his death, who could be trusted, including their

holding

good with words or sentimentality, but the long page was filled with

on the list was

wrote, "Caden is my sworn brother. I've arranged everything. You can trust him entirely. He will take you to meet his brother, who is very capable. Together, they will take care of

was Shaun, noted as a

gone, you can trust

Oscar, a police officer. The paper

which restaurants had good food and

even arranged for a nanny

the letter. Kelly frantically wiped them away, carefully put the

box, and slid

deep breath, she rose with resolve

wouldn't

would take

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