?Chapter 649:

    His frustrated expression sent waves of satisfaction coursing through Adah. “Regal Grove, naturally.”

    An clenched his jaw, started the engine, and drove toward Regal Grove without another word.

    The journey passed in suffocating silence.

    When they reached Regal Grove’s entrance, An’s face was carved from stone, refusing even to nce in her direction as he delivered his cold dismissal: “Get out.”

    Adah felt a spark of irritation but masked it perfectly. Instead, she beamed at him with radiant brightness. “Mr. Shaw, from this moment forward, we’re strangers. I sincerely hope our paths never cross again.”

    She opened the door and stepped onto the pavement with fluid grace. Before closing the door, she threw him a flirtatious wink that could have melted ice and then purred in a honeyed tone, “Farewell, darling.”

    The door mmed shut with finality as she strode toward the imposing iron gate with newfound confidence.

    An sat frozen,pletely dumbfounded. That single wink struck him like lightning, leaving him mesmerized as he watched her retreating figure with vacant eyes.

    Damian swung open the ornate gate, and Adah walked purposefully toward the house, vanishing through its entrance without a backward nce.

    An remained transfixed, unable to tear his gaze away from where she’d disappeared. Something nagged at him—a persistent feeling that he’d encountered her before. Despite searching every corner of his memory, he couldn’t pinpoint when or where their paths might have crossed.

    Damian secured the gate behind Adah, thinking to himself how both Elliana and Adah possessed this maic quality. Even disguised in deliberately unttering attire and makeup, they could still entrance powerful men who lingered helplessly at the entrance.

    Oblivious to Damian’s observations, An stared at the door of the house for several long minutes before finally driving away. Adah was right. They shared no connection now. They would walk separate paths, and dwelling on her served no purpose. Even if they had met previously, it clearly hadn’t been significant enough to warrant his concern. What consumed his thoughts now was finding that breathtaking woman with cascading waves he’d encountered in Podgend. After just one brief meeting, she had haunted his every waking moment.

    Adah, meanwhile, couldn’t have cared less about An’s internal struggles. With the engagement sessfully terminated and 3.1 billion dors burning a hole in her pocket, her spirits soared to new heights. Now that Regal Grove stood empty of outsiders, she felt liberated to express her true self.

    Once inside the house, she ripped off her wig, peeled away the fake skin, and tore off her gaudy costume, hurling everything onto the floor while shouting with pure tion, “Never again will I have to y that hideous country bumpkin! I’m finally free!”

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    Elliana sat peacefully by the table, savoring her midnight snack,pletely unfazed by Adah’s dramatic celebration.

    Adah’s face lit up when she spotted her friend. “Elliana, you actually emerged from yourboratory?”

    Elliana nodded with casual indifference. “Once I finish this snack, I’ll be heading straight back to work.”

    “Oh my!” Adah eximed, her eyes wide with shock. “What groundbreaking research keeps you burning the midnight oil like this?”

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