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Ethan chuckled sullenly instead of getting angry. He said, “Margery, the moment you come around to my way of thinking, that’s when I’ll let you meet other people.”
“No need,” Margery said coldly. “If you dare force me, I have a hundred ways to end my life.”
Ethan gave a hollow laugh. “I’ve never coerced you.”
Margery stared at him with hatred. “Wasn’t drugging me coercion?”
Ethan fell silent for a moment, and then said in a hushed voice, “I’m sorry. I just wanted a child of our own. After all these years, I’ve come to realize nothing else matters as long as we’re together.
“After everything we’ve been through to find each other again, can’t we just start over?”
“I can’t trust you anymore,” Margery said. Her eyes were filled with sorrow as if she were still trapped in the agony of the
past.
Ethan’s voice was thick with regret. “Margery, I mean it-I know I was wrong. I truly am sorry.
“I know you’re lonely. Flynt did bring a Huthailian woman here. Let me assess her for a while, and if she’s suitable, I’ll bring her over to keep you company. How about that?”
Margery remained silent. Taking her silence as consent, Ethan leaned in and planted a kiss on her cheek.
Margery fought down the rising bile, suppressing the murderous rage seething within her.
She had once loved Ethan, but after all these years, nothing but hatred remained. She wished she could kill this disgusting, arrogant bastard. But killing him wouldn’t get her out of here. She had to bide her time.
In a hotel, a buzz-cut man jabbed a finger at the job posting on the table and said, “The Vita Gene-Editing Research Base- are we certain Margery is there?”
“Yes, Boss. Margery Calderon is an orphan, and her real name is Margery Charles. She met Ethan Murphy while studying abroad, and they even got engaged.”
“Ethan is a highly regarded biological researcher-the most important at this base. The leader of the Vita Gene-Editing Research Base is none other than his own nephew, Flynt Hartley.”
The buzz-cut man picked up a nearby file, scanning its contents. “Margery has certainly been elusive.”
Margery was the first person they’d ever gone to such lengths to track down.
The buzz-cut man’said, “They’ve been apart for fifteen years, and Ethan would actually risk angering Arressto for her?”
The young man beside him chuckled. “Boss, you don’t get it-Ethan’s crazy about Margery. He’s stayed single all these years, just waiting for her.”
The buzz-cut man scoffed, “If he really loved Margery that much, why would she flee to join Arressto? Some stories are just stories.” Then he stood up. “Let’s check out the base tonight.”
The other two men responded in unison, “Yes, Boss.”
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The buzz-cut man said, “Go get some rest.” Then the two men left the room.
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The buzz-cut man had just emerged from the shower when his phone buzzed to life. He winced when he saw the caller ID, and then he answered the call, “Hello, Mom.”
The one said, “Wilson, have you booked your flight yet? Send me the flight details so I can pick you up at the airport.”
Wilson said, “Mom, I didn’t mean New Year. Not so soon.”
His mom fell silent for a long while on the other end of the line. Then she said, “Are you putting off coming home again? Not planning to come back this time? Did your dad upset you again?”
“No,” Wilson said, grabbing a towel with one hand and running it through his short hair before tossing it aside. “I barely talk to my dad-maybe once a year. There’s no bad blood between us.
“Mom, I’m gonna get some rest. Gotta hang up.”