Chapter 1092

7 o’clock in the evening

Downtown Greenfield.

lan stared at the documents in his hands, his eyes hardly blinking.

Earlier in the evening, he had visited the old family home one last time, sorting through the few belongings his grandfather had left behind

His grandfather hadn’t left much, no extra inheritance for his descendants, and now the bulk of the shares in Raymond Corporation were firmly in lan’s grasp Regardless of how much others might wrestle for it, they couldn’t stir up any significant trouble

Ian had hoped that spending time sorting through his grandfather’s belongings would distract him from thoughts of Maja.

But the code to unlock the box was like a needle, piercing deep into his heart

He remembered the time he had tried to rescue Maja during an earthquake and the door that wouldn’t open.

In his unconscious state, he saw Maja desperately trying different combinations, and finally, the door opened

He had trusted her so much then that he never for a moment thought it was anything other than a coincidence. How likely could someone guess the correct code after only a few tries?

He had never questioned her motives, his mind filled with the life–and–death experiences they had shared

birthday, the same as the one for her box.

all her passwords were that same sequence of

about it made lan feel sick as if he had been slapped across the face

day of their hike, the forest air had been so fresh, and she had whispered stories of her childhood to him while clinging to his back. Occasionally. she would swing her legs

that the road could go on forever, stretching out into the

acting all this

never felt

every detail of their time together, even as it felt like self–torture. The sweet moments between them were far too few. Initially, their relationship was purely transactional, and

confirming their relationship was the start of their love story, not expecting it to be a fleeting

darkness of the living room, lan could barely

staff of Greenfield Gardens had left early, leaving him alone in

belongings, he heard the doorbell ring.

he ignored it until he heard Tyler’s voice

“Tan, open up

the door to find Tyler

them letting themselves in and closing the

placed the wine bottles on

years, have a drink Phelps will join us too,

knew that lan must be the one most affected by his grandfather’s passing, so his friends had come to

few glasses of wine and then noticed that the mansion was unusually dark,

turn it on, and perhaps the dim setting was more suited to masking one’s

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