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.

to the sofa, saying softly, “Don’t worry, you didn’t do anything wrong. It’s Owen who’s been bothering

gazed into space, her head throbbing. She took a deep

sighed silently, watching her with

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

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

was going on. She saw Mia walking arm–in–arm with Kaiden, leaving the office

the odd behavior of the past

had never been interested in Kaiden, but these two were constantly putting on a show in front of

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

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like Kaiden, and their antics didn’t affect her in the slightest. But when their relationship started to

address it.

said with a slight frown as

in the Translation Department stopped

“She’s here! Finally!”

is finally going to

male colleague, not fully aware of the situation, walked over curiously.

you ask me, Mia is being too much. Hailey obviously isn’t interested in Kaiden, but Mia keeps showing off all the time-

outside, but who knows

have those little thoughts. We

office buzzed with

onto the table and said, “This

up, glancing at it. “Yeah,

a zero, Mia. Do you realize how

double–checked after translating it. There’s no

already marked the errors. You

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

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