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.

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

took a deep breath and replied, “I know.”

sighed silently, watching her with

Hailey didn’t run into Owen or Gracie again. Life settled into a calm

been avoiding her, while Mia, on the other hand, made sure to show off in

work, that Hailey finally figured out what was going on. She saw Mia walking arm–in–arm with Kaiden, leaving

she understood the odd

couldn’t help but laugh—it was absurd. She had never been interested in Kaiden, but

when he glanced at her, almost as if he wanted to say he was only with Mia because he had no choice. Meanwhile, Mia

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game, she couldn’t be bothered to care. After all, she didn’t like Kaiden, and their antics didn’t affect

address it.

said with a

as Mia entered, the colleagues in the Translation Department

“She’s here! Finally!”

like Miss Dalton is finally going to deal

fully aware of the

much. Hailey obviously isn’t interested in Kaiden, but Mia

but who knows what she’s

those little thoughts. We know

office buzzed with gossip.

table and said, “This file is yours, right?”

it up, glancing at it. “Yeah, what’s the

and one mistake with the figures. You missed a zero, Mia. Do you realize how big a mistake that is?” Hailey’s

denied it. “No way. I double–checked after translating it. There’s no way there are errors.”

already marked the errors. You can

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

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