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Elijah’s heart suddenly ached, and those words pressed down on him so hard that he could hardly catch his breath. He remained stunned for a while, unable to utter a word.

Seeing that he seemed fine, Sheena forcibly released his hand and went upstairs to her room.

Elijah watched her figure leave and, turning around, saw the carefully prepared table of food from last night, still neatly arranged and untouched. The presentation was still exquisite, but the dishes had gone cold, much like his heart.

Soon, a sense of indescribable loss and guilt surged within him.

Sheena changed into a new outfit and came downstairs. She noticed him standing there, lost in thought, in the stairwell. She lightly cleared her throat, pulling him back to reality.

“Quickly finish your meal and change into clean clothes. After that, we’ll head out for a bit.”

“Where to?” Elijah asked.

Sheena smirked as she said, “The Freeman residence.”

loud bang

unexpected noise. Wilfred hurriedly brought his

frightened. Running downstairs, she asked, “Mom, Dad! Was that an earthquake?

living room when they reached the ground floor. Sheena sat on the main

the

Elijah stood at the side. The group was intimidating, looking as if they were there for debt collection.

at each other, all looking utterly confused. As they approached, Sheena smiled and said, “Mr. Wilfred, it seems your family hasn’t been doing well lately, even laying off your servants. In

deliberately pointing out their shortcomings but had no way to refute them. The Freeman residence had relied on monthly dividends from the Freeman Group shares to get by. With the Freeman Group in the state it was after Bethany and Faye’s poor management. Having it return to its former glory would take who knew how long, and there was not

them.

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period, they all lived

grim and spoke in an unpleasant tone, “Is this how you enter someone else’s home? Don’t you know how to knock? What was that loud noise just now? What did you

wincing at the sight. “Oh dear! Look

knocked, he used just a tiny bit of force, and it fell apart on its own. Oh well, I’m just helping Mr. Wilfred clean up the mess.‘

Wilfred was furious.

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