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By mid–afternoon, Zina received a call from Edward. “Zina, are you at the hotel?”

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“Edward, are you done with your surgery?” Zina glanced toward Lydia, who was making cupcakes in front of

her.

All afternoon, Lydia kept Zina company, chatting about anything and everything, so Zina never got a chance to leave.

Edward’s voice was gentle and clear. “Just finished, Zina. Are you outside having fun? I can come pick you up.”

“No need, Edward. I’ll head back on my own later,” she said.

His voice was gentle, yet clearly exhausted. Zina didn’t want him to go through the hassle of coming all the way to pick her up again.

Edward agreed warmly, his voice mellow with laughter. “I’ll wait for you at the hotel, Zina. I heard about an amazing restaurant. Let me take you there to try it together.”

Zina nodded. “Okay.”

Lydia brought over the freshly made cake, a beautiful chocolate mousse adorned with blueberries and mint leaves in the center.

Around the edge, plump ruby–red strawberries were arranged. The color scheme was elegant and clean. It looked absolutely delicious.

Lydia set the cake down in front of Zinnia, her eyes shining with anticipation. “Zinnia, I baked you a chocolate mousse cake. I wonder if it’s still your favorite flavor.”

Zina said apologetically, “Thanks, Lydia, but I’ll have to pass on the cake. My friend is waiting for me.”

Right now, Edward mattered more to Zina than Lydia, whom she had only just met.

Lydia heard her but didn’t respond, simply offering a gentle smile. “Alright, I’ll pack this up for you to take home. Let me walk you out.”

Zina smiled and said, “Don’t worry. I drove here myself.”

Lydia lowered her gaze, a flicker of disappointment in her eyes.

“Lydia, I’ll be staying in Jinston for a while. Feel free to come visit me if you have time,” Zina quickly added.

‘Anyway, I’m alone in Jinston now, and Edward can’t be with me every day. He has a two–week academic conference starting in a couple of days,‘ Zina wondered.

Lydia’s eyes instantly lit up. “Okay.”

should get going now. Please let

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the car

crinkled into a gentle

memory, and after four years apart, the easy familiarity between them was gone. Lydia knew she had to take

to herself, ‘At least I’m the first one to see her again. Compared to everyone

bound to run into Zina eventually. There was no hiding it. Compared to

finally lower her gaze, and only then did a faint glimmer

she’s finally back, she

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where Edward was waiting

Edward opened the car

asked casually, “Edward, how did your surgery go

smoothly,” Edward replied with

and asked warmly, “Where did you go today, Zina? Did you run into anything interesting? You

run into someone I used to know today.” Zina didn’t hide it from him. After all, Edward had come back with her precisely

come back to you?” he

taken Zina to seek out those from her past, yet he hadn’t concealed their whereabouts

life hanging by a thread. If it hadn’t been

they were actually quite reluctant to let Zina reconnect with people from her

searching nor concealed their whereabouts. If she didn’t cross paths with them,

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shook her

together, but Zina still couldn’t recall a single thing. Not even a single memory

you can’t remember right now, we’ll take

meal with the Perkins Group tomorrow?”

mentioned this

Zina searched online for information about

Perkins Group, only 28 years old. But she couldn’t

his phone. “We’re meeting them at noon at

had already received the time and location

to herself, “I will meet

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