The following day, Aurelia woke up groggily with a blank mind and a splitting headache.

When her thoughts came back to her, she recalled what happened last night briefly. She was moody after leaving Cordelia’s place and wanted to get drunk but could not due to her non-existent ID.

She then ran into her old neighbor. The kind nomad had given her his beer, and she drank, sitting by the road.

Then… Then how did she get back to the hotel?

From what she could remember, she seemed to have scanned her keycard, but…

Aurelia’s eyes flew open abruptly.

The room’s design was different from hers! The faint fragrance on the pillow was the smell of Neil’s aftershave! And she—she was lying in Neil’s bad!?

“Ah!” Aurelia screamed in hysterics.

She was doomed, she was done for! She slept with him in her dream yesterday and thought that she could do anything she wanted in her dream, even rated things… so she let it all go and said whatever she should and should not have!

Who would have known that it was not a dream!?

Aurelia scratched her head in regret.

She peeked to her left and right like she was a thief. Neil did not seem to be in the room. She should take the opportunity to flee…

Biting her lips, Aurelia was going to get out of bed when the door opened.

Neil came in, dressed in pajamas and slippers, holding a glass of honey lemon water.

Aurelia gaped at him with widened eyes, unable to utter a single word.

Neil had wanted to sober her up and talk to her about last night seriously, but he was amused looking at her and suddenly felt like teasing her.

With a smirk, he placed the glass of water on the bedside table and sat on the bed, crossing his legs.

“You’re awake?”

Aurelia looked down timidly, and her nod was as good as none.

“Drink it. It’ll sober you up.”

and then at the man, her hands gripping the blanket

he seemed to also be wearing these pajamas—satin with an open

eyes in pain. How could she be such a pervert

face?” Neil asked in a deep voice, “So much drama this early in

question out of her

“What do you think?”

Aurelia was stunned.

to her. “Do

should something that would not have an end happen? Would it trouble him? Would it

she deserve him? She only wanted to like him in secret and keep him in her heart forever. She did

froze again. Neil was waiting for her response, only for

a deep breath and said

It bewildered Neil.

“Uncle, I’m sorry.”

of bed and bowed deeply, so guilty she could not

looked at him with a complicated gaze

shut closed. When he chased out,

you see you’re

not knowing what

urgent voice on the other end of

“What now?”

“Hannah was kidnapped.”

Hannah to the

by mountains and was quiet in isolation. Even if she died

at the unhinged man in

A day earlier…

the disgrace between Chuck and Ava with her own eyes, and her heart felt like it was plunged

did not sleep for the night, the past flashing in her mind… She had taken her daughter

challenged. No one in the Bakers had

her. He was much better than the fool. This was why she was willing to spend so much money for him over all these

expect to put all the money forward to an ungrateful

She was her only

sorted through the evidence of

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