Thomas’ face was covered in tears before he realized it. “Zachary. Zachary!”

However, the voice was gone for good, and Thomas didn’t see anyone around him, no matter how hard he looked. Thomas put his head in his hands. How am I supposed to resolve my guilt? The scene in my head is still as clear as day even now… I can see my pointer trembling as I curl it around the trigger… I ended Zachary’s life… I’m the person who killed Zachary!

“Are you home, Thomas?” Thomas had just lit another cigarette when he heard Chloe’s voice coming from the room.

Chloe had heard some noises in her sleep, and she got out of bed to check on Thomas as she was worried.

“Yeah!” he replied.

“Are you okay, Thomas? Can I come in?” she asked. She sensed something odd in the man’s voice.

Thomas hastily wiped his tears before replying. “Come in,” he said.

“Hey, Thomas. Are you crying?” she asked when she saw him

He shook his head firmly. “I’m a man. Why would I cry?!” He rubbed his eyes as if they were itchy.

that, he didn’t have much to do, so he strolled over to the hall and took a seat on the couch. He had just lit up a cigarette when his phone rang. He held his phone

will you be free, Thomas? Our parents wanted to buy you a

no need for that, is there?” Thomas curled his lips into an

us. Our parents are aware of this, so they wanted to buy you a meal to thank you. It’s just a meal—it’s reasonable

great deal when I had that argument with Norman. He stood up for me even though it meant risking a fight between his and Norman’s families. William has been really supportive, too, of course. He only gave Howard that decent job because of me. I guess I do feel pretty thankful for both of

Let’s have dinner

sounds great, Thomas!” Both Sean and William were overjoyed to hear this,

the Peraltas had tight connections with one another, and they had frequent exchanges in their business. Sean and William grew up together, and they were so similar that

him. Izzy utterly despised Thomas—he was the reason why she spent an entire day in the police

was also lucky that William hadn’t been too harsh with his

hadn’t expected to bump into Thomas early in the morning. How unlucky, she thought. But how am I supposed to deal with this b*stard? Izzy’s mind was racing when a bold thought surfaced in her head. She made sure that there was no one around her as she crept over to Thomas. Then, she threw the diamond

was considered a luxury item. Izzy had a perfect plan—she was going to hide the necklace away before claiming that Thomas was the one who had stolen it. He forced me to stay in the station for an entire day, so I’m going to make sure that he spends his whole life in jail! Once this is over, I’ll sneak back here to take the necklace. That way, I might even be able to

my necklace?!” Izzy put on an anxious look

when he saw the woman. What’s up with her? I’ve been sitting here for a while, and

daze when she pointed her finger at him. “You’re

a problem? I’m sitting here and minding my own business. I didn’t

attention of a lot of staff members. It was peak hour then, so a bunch of curious staff

is it, Miss Lynch?” Curtis walked over

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