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Shiyao clearly felt his heart sinking slowly, throat tightening until he could barely breathe.

Momentster, he distinctly heard rieka’s response.

When Shiyao heard rieka’s answer, he wished his hearing weren’t so sharp–wished he hadn’t caught her words clearly.

But he’d asked the question himself. Hurting as he was, he truly needed to know.

rieka said: “Yes.”

Shiyao’s heart plummeted instantly.

Shiyao opened his mouth, voice trapped in his throat, staring dumbly at rieka for an eternity.

The terrifying truth he’d dreaded finally solidified in his mind.

After a long pause, Shiyao forced out: “…So that’s how it was?

Then you two-”

“No,” rieka cut in briskly. “Nothing between us. Never dated, never crossed that line. My feelings were ancient history. Stop imagining things.”

Shiyao couldn’t rx, forcing a weak joke: “Good. Didn’t let him take advantage.”

Silence filled the car. Shiyao didn’t know how to process this.

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Jed waxing Marika once loving Kieran, pieturing them living kowy w you at the Agents poing through things he’d never

#chove han sk with salons

2wxx none of it had ever happened

Now he couldnt dy the Agents had helped rieka tremendously in Avow Yows on after everything fell apart, that support had been

Abersoka chokAxt: “What’s that look? Like you’ve seen a ghost.”

Shead at her eyes dark with barely concealed sorrow

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Since when did Shivao look like this?

She frowned slightly “Shivao, what’s wrong?”

Shi Yao took a deep breath, the loneliness in his eyes vanishing instantly He parted his lips, resuming his careless demeanor, and said half jokingly

“I just think your taste is awful. You could even fall for Kieran, yet you don’t notice a handsome guy like me standing right in front of you

ricka was momentarily speechless.

As expected, Shi Yao remained unchanged just as infuriating and unbearably arrogant

Her concern had been unnecessary

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rieka shot him a re before turning to exit the car.

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Shi Yao suddenly grabbed her wrist, urgency in his tone: “Where are you going?”

ricka sighed: “The car broke down. I’m checking it out. What did you think I was doing?”

Shi Yao could still see the man standing there in his peripheral vision. He said: “I’lle with you.”

rieka pulled her wrist free from Shi Yao’s grip: “Suit yourself.”

After rieka turned away, Shi Yao swiftly nced toward Kieran’s direction.

Kieran remained standing there.

Though the car had clearly stopped before him and the restaurant waiter had opened its door, Kieran refused to enter, his gaze still fixed here.

Shi Yao’s sense of danger instantly surged. He immediately followed rieka out of the car.

It was still summer, the scorching sun zing overhead. The assistant stood under the sunlight, sweat beading on his forehead and soaking his back. He murmured: “Mr. Argent, the meeting starts in an hour.”

Kieran gave no response.

The assistant clearly felt the pressure, exchanging a helpless nce with the waiter.

The assistant followed Kieran’s line of sight

His eyes abruptly froze

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ricka had gotten out, apanied by a strikingly handsome young

man.

Before ricka’s car stood a middle–aged man in a suit. He lifted the hood, bending to examine something inside. ricka and the young man approached together, quietly asking a few questions.

That young man…

More sweat trickled down the assistant’s forehead.

He knew exactly who this young man was–he’d appeared repeatedly in the investigation reports.

Shi Yao, heir to the Shi family, with exceptional background and education. Since graduating at neen, he’d stayed by rieka’s side for five full years. In every report documenting rieka’s departure from the Argent family and Shanghai, this man featured prominently.

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