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Chapter 22 Cecilia roughly wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, frowned, and hid her left hand under the table. She didn't want to introduce Arkan, a third party, so she hurriedly answered before Esmerilda could ask another question. “I’m only pretending to be married to someone I get along with so we can avoid the road inspections. I can't let anyone find out that I'm alive.” “I went to your funeral too. I saw with my own eyes as they buried your body in that cemetery.…-
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Chapter 21 Oh, my goodness. Cecilia's heart began pounding for an entirely different reason. Now that Esmerilda was certain of her identity, she quickly closed the distance between them and pressed her for an answer. “Countess Cecilia Winterhall? The wife of Davion Sisledown Winterhall?” A moment later, Esmerilda crossed over the lift and bent down to examine Cecilia's face. Cecilia was so flustered that she began to stammer. “Ah, no, I'm not.” “Oh, come on. You are. I could…
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Chapter 20 She had to earn money, so Cecilia somehow managed to come to work, but she was so troubled that she couldn't concentrate on her work at all. Even the sandwich Arkan had packed for her lunch tasted like tasteless rubber. Cecilia sat in the corner of the break-room table, deep in thought, chewing mechanically on her sandwich until someone spoke to her. “How did you seduce him?” At first, Cecilia absentmindedly assumed the question had been directed at someone else. Then she felt…
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Chapter 19 First of all, the cat's white fur was so long that it dragged along the floor, and its face was round and flat. Its wrinkled nose was almost pressed against its face, so from Davion's point of view, it could never be called pretty. Of course, how could an animal possibly resemble a person? Yet, strangely enough, the cat inside the box reminded him of the mean old woman from a picture book. When he checked, he discovered that it was female as well. Compared to Ruby, who couldn't stay still…
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Chapter 19 First of all, the cat's white fur was so long that it dragged along the floor, and its face was round and flat. Its wrinkled nose was almost pressed against its face, so from Davion's point of view, it could never be called pretty. Of course, how could an animal possibly resemble a person? Yet, strangely enough, the cat inside the box reminded him of the mean old woman from a picture book. When he checked, he discovered that it was female as well. Compared to Ruby, who couldn't stay still…
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Chapter 18 Ruby's beak fell open. Oh, my goodness! There was a huge pile of peanuts on the coffee table nearby! And they were roasted peanuts, no less! 「Peanuts...!」 Caw! Completely forgetting that she was in the middle of a secret mission, Ruby happily hopped up and down in place. 「Oh, yes! Peanuts! Peanuts! Peanuts!」 She quickly flew over to the table and greedily began stuffing peanuts into her beak. As the weight of the plate gradually became lighter and reached a…
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Chapter 17 I am that woman's husband. I would like to meet you in person. At the very bottom of the note was a phone number. It was a number Arkan didn't recognize. It wasn't easy for an ordinary household to have a telephone, either. Just as Cecilia had said, it was becoming clear that her husband was someone in a fairly high position. It would probably be better not to show this to her. Arkan stared at the elegant handwriting. When he heard a sound coming from the bathroom, he…
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Chapter 16 This time, Cecilia could not hide her surprise. She choked and started coughing, her face turning slightly pale. “You-you were a soldier?” “Yes. I graduated from the Royal Oaktree Military Academy. I retired from the military for personal reasons.” Until now, whenever her coworkers asked about Arkan's occupation, Cecilia had lied and told them that her husband was a retired soldier. But it turned out that he really was a retired soldier! Goodness, and not just any…
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Chapter 15 The mansion was clean thanks to the servants having cleaned up after the event. Just as Liam had said, the suitcase that had been placed in Cecilia's grave was sitting on the desk in the study. How did that get back here? It was unbelievable. Davion immediately opened the suitcase and checked first for anything resembling bloodstains. Wrinkled clothes, the romance novels she liked to read, and snacks for the animals she loved as dearly as children all came out one after another. At the…
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Chapter 14 Theodore Sisledown. The eldest son of the family, six years older than Davion, was more often called by his nickname, “the bastard of the Sisledown family,” than by his actual name. At eighteen, he had caused an incident at the military academy and been expelled. After leaving home and wandering the streets, he eventually ended up in prison. “Don't worry about Theodore. Even there, he acts like he's the boss. He's doing so well that sometimes he looks like a man who came to a…
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