While Nash spent time with his daughter, Gemma, every day, Nina and Pharaoh had missed out on so much together. Now that the doctors had given Pharaoh only five years to live, it was clear they needed to make the most of the time they had left and create as many good memories as possible.

Lydia completely understood.

She waved goodbye to Nash, then linked her arm through Quincy's as the two walked toward their parked car.

"I was thinking that, since work has been slow, we could take a short trip to a nearby city," Quincy said, glancing at her with a warm expression. "But it looks like we'll have to postpone it." With her by his side, life felt perfect.

Lydia smiled. "If not this week, then next week or the one after. We've got all the time in the world."

They were still young, with plenty of time to do everything they wanted.

The villa was large, and cleaning

left alone at home since

clock and decided to call Ben. She just wanted to hear his voice. Even if he couldn't come home,

the time she was

a long time, but no one answered. She sent him a text, trying to be patient, but after

time to call her back or send a quick reply. But today, there was nothing, not

hesitating for a while, she decided to call his law firm. Ben had given her the number long ago, but she had never needed to use it until now. When she finally dialed it, the number was

Her mind raced.

about a scam in the news, where fraudsters would set up a fake company, hire employees, and operate normally for a few months before suddenly claiming to take everyone on a team-building

to Ben? Panicked, she decided to call the

since Ben hadn't been missing for 48 hours, but Winnie tearfully

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