The living room light was still on as Lucas sat on the sofa and sighed. He lit a cigarette and asked the servants to have an early night. He wanted to be alone for a while. Wisps of smoke rose from the burnt end of the cigarette, but Lucas only took a few puffs. He was lost in thought.

Suddenly, a strong light shone through the French window and into his eyes. It was the headlights of a car.

'Who'd come at this hour?' thought Lucas irritatedly as he saw the car stopping at the main gate.

When he flicked the cigarette ashes, his phone on the table rang. His eyes immediately lit up after glancing absent-mindedly at the caller ID.

He quickly picked up the phone and answered, "Hey, Corinne. What's wrong? What can I do for you?"

"Open the gate!" said Corinne from the other end.

eyebrow. "Hold on a sec,

he ran to the yard and asked two servants on duty to open the

on the gas and whizzed in, stopping right

got out of the car hurriedly and ran toward

was puzzled. "She's still in prison,

of prison? You were so close to her, but you're telling me that you have no

Corinne's shoulders to calm her down, then

We suspect it has something to

her usual composure. "Corinne, how did you know that Anya got an early release? No one, not even I, heard anything about

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