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However, soon, she realized she had been mistaken. She quickly discovered her error.

By around five in the afternoon, mosquitoes from the bushes outside the villa started flying in as the sun descended

In less than a minute, her legs were covered in mosquitoes, densely packed, and she couldn’t fend them off no matter how

much she swatted.

Those workers wore long sleeves and pants, causing almost all the mosquitoes to swarm around Grace Sherman, leaving her the sole target for their bites.

She had to stand up and walk around, yet the mosquitoes continued to chase after her.

Finally, it reached six o’clock, but the workers showed no sign of wrapping up for the day.

“Hey, it’s already six o’clock, why aren’t you guys finishing work?”

One of the workers installing wires said, “Young lady, Miss Adkins said this is a new house, and they must move in quick, so we have to work overtime until eight o’clock every day.”

“Eight o’clock” Grace gasped in disbelief.

She thought, Isn’t that practically killing me?

At Francis Group.

Brian Francis looked at the message on his phone; his expression darkened to the extreme.

The phone displayed a picture of Justin Vance and Grace strolling in the small garden outside the hospital. Grace had at radiant smile as she gazed at him affectionately

One of the nurses at their hospital took this photo and shared it with their nursing group.

Brian had a friend in the Cardiology Department at Southside Hospital. After hearing what Louise Adkins said last night, he

inquired whether ce had any romantic involvement with someone

As a result, his friend sent him this photo.

He stared at Grace’s smiling face in the photo, wishing he could pull her out of the screen and viciously tear apart her smile.

afternoon.

Growing increasingly furious, he left the office at five in the after

When he arrived home, Grace wasn’t there. Louise kept pulling him to discuss the plans for starting a studio, and he never had the chance to ask where Grace was

with still no sight of Grace, he couldn’t resist asking.

I asked her to supervise. Is something the matter? Do you need to find her for something?”

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heart skipped a beat

with no electricity there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t she

explain, “I was afraid the renovation wouldn’t be finished on time, so I asked the workers to do an extra two hours of overtime. Brian, do

My mother wanted me to ask her about

harbored doubts about what he had just

past 6 o’clock. Just then, his phone rang, and he stepped outside

returned to the living room and said to Louise, “There’s an urgent

say something, perhaps intending to offer to accompany him,

enough, his car

clenched her

truly went to

the newly

dark, yet the workers continued their overtime, hustling at the construction site. Grace

he could hear the buzzing sound

hearing footsteps, Grace turned around and saw Brian with

come you’re here?” Grace

brief moment of hesitation, a mosquito landed on her cheek.

his brow and walked over, gently

gently against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her to

her reaction, Brian couldn’t help but scold, “Are you foolish?

forehead, while her fair

skin, those red marks

do? Do I have any other choice?” Grace asked him back while

flying around. He grabbed

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the passenger seat by him. The air conditioning was on Inside the car, and a refreshing breeze greeted her

slumped wearily into the seat.

rummaged through the trunk, pulled out a bottle of flora water, and handed

took it and applied the flora water to each red mark on her body. The

Itchiness.

returned the flora water to

resting his hands on the steering

asked, “Aren’t we leaving?”

not directly answering her question.

“Rumble-”

humorously mimicked a deceptive tactic, prompting her

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