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.

Lucas with a raise of an eyebrow. "Hold on a sec, I'll get someone to open it for

to the yard and

was opened wide, Jeremy stepped on the gas and

got out of the car hurriedly and ran toward

still in

was so panicked that she grabbed Lucas' collar and interrogated, "Don't you know she's out of prison? You were so close to her, but you're telling me that you

happened. He put his hands on Corinne's shoulders to calm her down, then turned to Jeremy who had just gotten out of the car. "What

We suspect it has something to do with Anya-she got

finally understood why Corinne lost her usual composure. "Corinne, how did you know that Anya

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