Chapter 1038

Maja touched her forehead, realizing the fever had indeed subsided.

“Zoey, are you sure you don’t want to stay home and rest? I’m a businessman, and I really need you to come back to the office with me, but work comes second to your health.”

“Mr. Pennyfeather, I’m fine now.”

Seeing she was insistent, Maja dropped the subject, and they hurried off to the office.

In the following week, Maja barely returned home. The few times she did, she saw lan waiting for her at their shared townhouse, Rosewood Manor

She was too busy, however. She’d grab a few clothes, peck him on the cheek, and leave him to go to sleep alone.

lan went from understanding to silence after being persistently neglected for a week.

The last time she returned to Rosewood Manor, lan wasn’t there.

She was too swamped to look for him, and when she tried calling him, he didn’t pick up.

She considered driving to his office at Raymond Corporation, but her own executives phoned her to hurry back for a meeting. Nowadays, she only had half an hour of free time each day, the bare minimum to grab a bite.

By the time she reflected on her relationship

Maja was about to call Jeff to check

lan, they hadn’t been in touch for three

lan when the company receptionist called her.

to the

thought she

Sheard.

receptionist sounded quite

said they

Mr. Pennyfeather. Would you like to

She had never done a thorough investigation because she had

her birth parents had shown

call and headed down to the reception. There, she saw a modestly

woman approached her and

nearby sofa. “Let’s

her partner, Drew, and they

they presented her with a DNA

that

explained, her voice

the DNA results, Maja asked, “What did you use for

way from Crystalbrook Valley.”

you were hospitalized. We had reported our daughter stolen years ago, and the police had kept our files for DNA

been Phelps, who

you can have another DNA test done if

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