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.

anything wrong. It’s Owen who’s been bothering you, and you’ve been doing

She took a deep breath and replied, “I

sighed silently, watching her with concern.

for the next month, Hailey didn’t run into Owen or Gracie again. Life settled into a

welcoming dinner, Kaiden had been avoiding her, while Mia, on the

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

understood the odd behavior of the past

She had never been interested in Kaiden, but these two were

he wanted to say he was only with Mia because he had no choice.

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their little game, she couldn’t be bothered to care. After all, she didn’t like Kaiden, and their antics didn’t affect her in the slightest. But when their relationship started to impact their

address it.

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soon as Mia entered, the colleagues in the

“She’s here! Finally!”

finally going

going on?” A male colleague, not fully aware of the situation, walked over curiously.

Kaiden, but Mia keeps showing off all the time- Kaiden this, Kaiden that.

interest on the outside, but who knows what she’s

those little thoughts. We know

office buzzed

an important document onto the table and said, “This

glancing at it.

You missed a zero, Mia. Do you

immediately denied it. “No way. I double–checked after translating it.

marked the errors. You can

took the document, her face falling as she realized the mistakes were

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