Chapter 188

Chapter 188

In a flash, Hailey suddenly remembered something.

The night she returned to Wothaland and ran into Owen, he had come to this very place.

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Hailey thought, ‘Could it be that Owen had purposely left it here that night? But that didn’t make sense. Why would he do

that?‘

“Miss Dalton,” Gracie called again, her voice a bit louder this time.

Hailey took a deep breath and said, “Miss Burke, I just want to clarify–your boyfriend didn’t stay here last night

“No, he didn’t. But what about the night before? The night before that?” Gracie’s eyes reddened, and her beautiful face looked on the verge of breaking.

She said again, “Miss Dalton, from the moment you arrived, I felt something was off. But after being with Owen for so long, I’ve never seen him with anyone else special. I trusted him and I trusted you, but you both have betrayed my trust.

Hailey felt a shiver run down her spine. “Miss Burke, you’re mistaken.”

“Then tell me, what exactly is your relationship with Owen?” Gracie asked coldly.

“They’re cousins.” A voice came from the doorway. Raphael stood there, his tone detached and calm.

“Cousins?” Gracie raised an eyebrow, clearly surprised.

Raphael nodded, walking over to Hailey and putting an arm around her shoulder. “Yes, they’re cousins. If you don’t believe me, feel free to ask your boyfriend. I’m sure he’ll give you a straight answer.”

Gracie bit her lip but didn’t say anything more. She took the watch and walked out.

As Gracie left, Hailey’s body went limp with relief. She closed her eyes, her face pale, and a faint expression of pain crossed her features.

sofa, saying softly, “Don’t worry, you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s Owen who’s been bothering you, and you’ve been doing your best

head throbbing. She took a

silently, watching her with

went smoothly, and for the next month, Hailey didn’t run into

while Mia, on the other hand, made sure to show off

evening, after work, that Hailey finally figured out what was going on. She saw Mia

was when she understood the odd behavior of the past few days.

was absurd. She had never been interested in Kaiden, but

was only with Mia because he had

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and their antics didn’t affect her in the slightest. But when their relationship started to impact their work, she

address it.

moment.” Hailey said with a

Mia entered, the colleagues in the Translation Department stopped working eager

“She’s here! Finally!”

like Miss Dalton is finally going to deal with

A male colleague, not fully aware of the situation,

ask me, Mia is being too much. Hailey obviously isn’t interested in Kaiden, but Mia

Hailey might not show interest on the outside, but who knows what she’s thinking on the inside? Maybe she’s secretly holding a grudge against

women always have those little thoughts.

buzzed with gossip.

the table and said,

at it. “Yeah, what’s the

with the figures. You missed a zero, Mia. Do

it. “No way. I double–checked after translating it. There’s no way

marked the errors. You can take

her face falling as she realized the mistakes were obvious. These were basic errors, and it

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