But all of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain on his face, which immediately reminded him of what had happened the previous day.

“Alexis!” he called out.

Without waiting for a response, he jumped up from the sofa and rushed downstairs. As he ran down, he thought he could see Alexis sitting at the dining table. After all, she always had breakfast at home.

But to his surprise, when he got to the dining room, he found that there was nobody seated there.

Nova was the only one in the room, cleaning. When she saw Leonel come in, she pursed her lips and said, “Mr. Douglas, Mrs. Douglas went out early this morning.” After saying that, she turned her attention back to her chores.

Not caring that his clothes were wrinkled, Leonel sat down at the table and lit a cigarette. Then, he asked in a hoarse voice, “Did she eat breakfast before she left?” Glancing at the newspaper on the table, Nova muttered, “How would she be in the mood to eat anything after reading the newspaper?” When Leonel heard this, he immediately picked up the paper to take a look at it.

front page had a

a photo of himself and Anika.

Anika's plan. Just to end up on the front page of the newspaper, she had spent $2 million, thinking that it was worth it if Leonel wound leave

seductress,” Nova said mockingly.

of woman?” Leonel took a drag of his cigarette and

kept her mouth shut

while, Leonel finally spoke up. “She's

statement didn't make any sense. If he was not interested in Anika, why would he spend so much money on her? Did he just feel generous and want to throw his money on a random someone and in this case, Anika? He could have done it for any one of so many reasons, but

drinking a cup of coffee, Leonel went upstairs. He took a shower and

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