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Deep into the night, Adina sat on the balcony, holding the diamond ring tightly in her hand.
‘This is the ring Duke put on my finger when I got married that day. Luckily, I didn‘t throw it into the
trash can on impulse.‘
‘The sea blue ring has become the only thing that I can remember Duke with.
‘Where‘s the ring that I gave him?‘
Adina was sobbing really hard. She looked bleak and pitiful under the moonlight.
She had never been a crybaby, and she seldom cried in the past four years, but today, she had burst
into tears three and four times.
Even though her eyes were no longer bloodshot, tears were still streaming down her face.
For the first time in her life, she was lost. She did not know what to do next.
‘If I don‘t still have to look out for my four children, I would definitely bring the evil Earl down with me…
‘But they are my Achilles heels. They are the soft spots that I have embraced wholeheartedly…
Whenever I think about them, I feel as if my heart has been stabbed by a knife…
‘They love their Daddy so much, but he‘s no longer here.
‘Is he truly gone for good?‘
‘Why do I still find it hard to believe that Duke has passed away…?‘
Adina bit her lower lip so hard that it cracked. The gaze of her teary eyes gradually turned sharp.
I want to see him, whether he‘s dead or alive.
‘I will never believe what Catherine and Earl say unless I see Duke‘s body with my own eyes.
‘I must find a way to seek out Duke‘s whereabouts…‘
In the dark, she could hear clear footsteps of leather shoes approaching.
She quickly wiped her tears, put the ring in her pocket, and sat back on the bed.
Earl walked towards the master bedroom door and grabbed the doorknob. He then frowned and let go.
Arden said after Adina was discharged from the hospital, she had locked herself up in her room the
moment she returned to the Winters family‘s mansion.
He had been restless at the company all afternoon, worried that she would do something crazy…
The quieter she was, the more worried he became.
But on second thought, with the four children around, and after weighing the pros and cons, Adina
would not do anything reckless.
Earl raised the corner of his mouth as he turned to leave.
At that moment, the bedroom door opened.
“You‘ve just only got back. Why are you planning to leave again?”
Adina leaned against the door as she looked at him coldly.
Suddenly, Earl did not have the guts to look into her eyes.
But he was certain he had done nothing wrong.
‘She schemed against me. Why should I feel guilty?‘
He pursed his lips, lifted his chin, and said, “I can come back and leave whenever I feel like it. Why
should I explain myself to you?”
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