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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.

worried ... worried that if he died, Clarissa

fingers stiffened, and her breathing

Zev...

her face as

years in Solmaris, she had survived on fantasies about Eric. Returning to Seaville had shattered her

told her that her parents' deaths and their peril in Solmaris weren't accidents,

rest of her life in darkness, pain, and regret,

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never felt truly confident and doubted how long

years together, could change his

lasting love exist in

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at this moment... put his

had even handwritten a letter listing whom she could contact after his death, who could be

holding

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

on the

brother. I've arranged everything. You can trust him entirely. He will take you to meet his brother, who is very capable. Together, they

was Shaun, noted as

marital debts to trouble you after I'm gone, you can trust Shaun. He is the elder brother of

third was Oscar, a police officer. The paper listed 50 names across

food and hygiene, which supermarkets had

had even arranged for a

frantically wiped them away, carefully put

the box, and slid

rose with resolve and left the

time, she wouldn't let Zev

would take

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