Chapter 1 A Troubling Call From A Stranger

Early in the morning, a ray of sunlight sneaked past the curtains and shone on a woman still fast asleep, making her seem as gentle as a baby.

The woman had soft skin, cherry-red lips, a tall nose, and eyelashes so long that they could shield her eyes from the sun. There was a sense of tranquility about her as she slept under the golden sunlight.

Suddenly, the abrupt ringing of a phone interrupted the sweet calmness of the scene and woke the woman from her dreams.

With her eyebrows furrowed tightly, she rolled over and covered her ears with a pillow, intending to ignore the phone call.

However, the caller refused to give up. Only after being tortured by the ringing for a while did the woman finally decide to extend her long fair arm to grab the device on the bedside table.

“Hello.” The woman’s voice was hoarse as she was only half awake, and there was a hint of irritation in her tone.

is all over the news, yet you don’t seem to have lost any sleep over it.” The voice from the other end of the line was as

the woman opened her eyes wide to stare at the unfamiliar phone number on display before exclaiming,

call. I’ve prepared something special for you as a wedding gift. I believe

heart began to race after listening

had an ominous feeling about it, but before she could seek out answers, her butler knocked on her door. “Ms. Michaela, there’s a package

stranger had just mentioned. What does

another knock on the door before

heard

the stranger hung up on her. All she could hear was the beeping of

woman shook her head as she thought about how odd the whole thing was,

downstairs and saw a somewhat restrained

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