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d she was married but living separately from he

of pondering, she

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, she could handle

boundaries in certain aspects, eve

er home, packed her belongings, and headed to the underground pa

e parking lot, she couldn't help but question the tas

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1601 with her suitcase

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hat's your do

utes with no response, Sca

ng a few times before

ssing he must be busy, and deci

e turned around and left, in

nded his phone to his assistant, Greg Jenkins, with a frown.

t i

hone and left t

the meeting, the topic shifted to Alva

pointed their exact identity or location. Alva is incredibly elusi

crucial for the transformation of the chain hotels under Cosmos Group. Alva's desig

e'll find them as

then moved on t

number to the blacklist and prepared to

, he noticed an unread me

his attention-it was Al

lett, who had recen

llaborating with Alva beca

ied promptly, "906386. You can input

zon Apartments after agreeing to marry

garding the apartment, so the passw

t opened her taxi app when

turned back to

was greeted by the sl

arefoot, noticing the decor. "Well, the st

felt cold and unwelcomi

med th

nd the massive black and white room

a plan. Putting her shoes back on, she added

y until nearly nin

ent, he stretched and instructe

Mrs. Dixon... Ms. Knight sent a text asking about the apartment's password ea

or a while and

and dashed off to

ground floor, he was

er than daytime. The wind bit at his

thoughts drifting to Sca

must've been freezing riding her elect

car, he saw Ethan lost in tho

tself, giving Greg a pang of worry. Whoever Ethan was think

back of the Maybach. "Around a hundred grand, something sui

ieced together that th

f an hour later, they pulled into the undergro

ar. "You don't need to pic

ood, Mr.

tt emerging from the kitchen, holding a bo

the two of them got

all, he'd mentioned a late return due to a packed

make dinn

tment, noting the chang

small ornaments she'd carefully chosen

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hem," he replied, his tone

n them. Scarlett focused on the noo

th

blinked, thrown f

t Ethan. Not Mr. Dixon.

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when it

re marr

s each other as Mr. D

red her head. "Ethan,

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