Chapter 30

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

Grace, he couldn’t resist

something the matter? Do you need to find her for something?”

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a beat for

electricity there yet and

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

My mother wanted me to ask

internally harbored doubts

on his watch, it was already past 6 o’clock. Just then, his

an urgent matter at the

say something, perhaps intending to offer to accompany him, but before

enough, his car

clenched her

went to the company, she

the

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

As soon as he stepped in, he could hear the buzzing sound of

turned around and

come you’re here?” Grace paused in surprise.

moment of hesitation, a mosquito landed on her cheek.

walked over, gently pressing

slightly calloused palm pressed gently against Grace’s face, momentarily

“Are you foolish?

on her forehead, while her fair and smooth legs were covered in tiny red welts.

those red marks looked particularly

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

away the annoying mosquitoes flying around. He grabbed her

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Chapter 30

conditioning was on Inside the car, and a refreshing breeze

into the

pulled out a bottle of flora water, and

water to each red mark on her body.

Itchiness.

flora water to him, saying,

on the steering wheel, but didn’t start the car.

asked, “Aren’t we leaving?”

you eaten?‘ Brian asked, not directly answering her

“Rumble-”

fittingly, made a sound that humorously mimicked a deceptive tactic,

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