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Jeremy froze for a second. He gazed at Natalie deeply and said softly, “I’ll wait for you outside.”
Natalie dared not look at Jeremy. She knew how hurtful her
rejection had been. She’d agreed to come back and try to forget what had happened. But now…
Natalie stared at the pasta as it softened in the boiling water, lost in her thoughts.
When she finished preparing two plates of pasta, Jeremy had
changed out of his pajamas. He had put a suit on and sat before the dining table. He was scrolling through the news on his phone.
This felt like a scene from their past.
Natalie was disoriented. After a few moments, she remembered the plates of pasta she was holding. She walked over and placed one plate in front of Jeremy.
Jeremy looked at the pasta before him before looking up at
Natalie. He said softly, “Nath, let’s take things slowly.”
Natalie’s eyes welled with tears. She wanted to speak, but nothing came out of her mouth.
“I know what you’re going through, Nath. Believe me, I feel the
same way,” continued Jeremy.
Natalie couldn’t bring herself to look at Jeremy. She didn’t know how to deal with him. She said, “I believe you. Let’s have breakfast
now. It won’t be nice if it cools.”
She hadn’t been focused while boiling the pasta and hadn’t paid
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on to the time, so she had overcooked it.
“Alright.”
The two of them ate silently.
After finishing breakfast, Natalie spoke before Jeremy was about to leave. “I’ll be heading off to work later as well.”
Jeremy frowned upon hearing that.
Upon seeing that, Natalie quickly made her stand. She said, “I was much happier at work. I won’t be able to stay at home doing nothing all day.”
She didn’t want to continue living like how she did upon marrying Jeremy.
Before finding out about Jeremy’s affair, Natalie tended to
overthink. It had only gotten worse now. She didn’t want to stay at home.
After a moment of silence, Jeremy gave in and said, “Alright.”
While Skylar was out on her lunch break, she received an overseas call. When she saw the number, she thought it was a scam call. She’d seen numbers like this published online by organizations policing cybercrime.
“Hello?”
“Save me… Quick, save me… I beg you. I had made a mistake. It’s all because of Christopher. He brought me into this! I beg you, Skylar!”
Skylar immediately recognized the voice. It was Maisy. However, she sounded weak. Maisy spoke in a whisper, seemingly unwilling
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to speak loudly,
Suddenly, Skylar realized that Maisy hadn’t bothered her in a long time, and she had not sought Janine out. Maisy hadn’t appeared along with Kenny when they came looking for her.
She’d previously ignored it because she found no reason to pay much attention to this. However, Maisy mentioned Christopher. Had they been together all this time?
Considering Maisy’s tendency to scheme against her, Skylar believed this was likely a trap. She often devised absurd tactics one after another.
“Can you use a foreign number to make calls within the country?” Skylar asked Caleb.
He’d just returned from an overseas trip. Caleb glanced at the number, and a thought suddenly popped into his head. He said, This probably isn’t a scam call. It’s a private number. The person calling is probably overseas. Specifically, they should be in the Askea region.”
“The Askea region?” repeated Skylar. She recalled what Maisy had said. It did sound like a plea for help. However, Maisy’s fate had nothing to do with her.
A few hours after the call, she received another one.
“Skylar, help me pay them one million. They’ll let me go if they’re paid one million. I can’t survive here. They’ve been forcing me to entertain those guests. They even kept me in dog cages. I beg you. I’ll do anything for you if you help me!”
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