Shutting his eyes, he reminisced about the time when Millie entered his house, playfully calling out, “Hey, honey, are you looking for me?”

With a mixture of disdain and irritation on his face, he retorted, “Who gave you permission to address me that way?”

“If not ‘honey,’ then what should I call you? Mr. Thomas? Marcus…”

Back then, she had been clever, lively, and full of vitality. The more he recalled, the more the pain in Marcus’ chest intensified.

In the changing room, Leon removed his sterile attire, revealing his well-defined back. His lips tightened into a thin line, his brows furrowing slightly as he grappled with a torrent of emotions.

He was engulfed by a sense of emptiness when exiting the operating room. Just moments before, while performing surgery, he was suddenly reminded of Millie’s words. “Leon, if I were to go in place of Miss Rayne, would I die?”

his hand holding the surgical knife trembled, causing him to inadvertently nick the patient’s major artery. The surgery nearly ended in

for a

the

his body, he radiated an irresistible allure. She was aware that before he came back to the Thomas family, Leon had a history

weary? Shall we

hurriedly put it on, obscuring his

shirt, Leon

in the unfinished building? Weren’t the kidnappers supposed to wait for Marcus to

Lois immediately blamed herself.

time, the kidnappers kept calling Marcus, but they couldn’t

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