d family could prove so deviously calculating-daring to stretch out the promise of the substantia

le strategy was to make Nicole collect each payment from the Reeds. Ultimately, a burial ceremony was merely a somber ritual; it paled in importance wh

commanding authority, rendering them incapable of expressing their s

dow descended smoothly, exposing Jerald's familiar features-precisely as she had preserved them in he

Nicole, Erika flung herself into Jerald's em

id eyes on Nicole. Their previous meeting in a h

s for him without fanfare. Even amid her demanding job and the responsibilities of tending to her ailing mother, she wo

repeatedly insisted that Nicole

profoundly devoted to Erika and strongly resented Nicole's relentless advances, espe

g Nicole's absence, Jerald experienced an

usly shifted toward Nicole. Her subdued and solitary posture stirred

downpour. With mock solicitude, Erika proposed, "Jerald,

ons, Jerald would have

rent compassion; mindful of the impending rain,

. Nicole, conscious of her fuller figure, found it challenging to

erhaps you ought to have chosen a more spacious

and her personal insecurities had long filled her with self-consciousness. Perhaps this painful chapter was ult

figure, yet her heart no longer responded. If he had found contentment in his current life, then restoring his old memories was pointless. He w

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pairments. Although certain features required some adjustment, she reasoned that Connor, at jus

ils into the device as an emergency option. She also

To her profound alarm, the moment she pushed open the room door, she stared dir

lly lowered the weapon, idly spinning it with g

al protection tool she kept hidden, her brea

had been uncovered. Biting her lower lip anxiously, she opted for honesty. "It's nothin

u when you arrived, yet conveniently left it behind upon departing.