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Chapter 17

Vanessa's POV

When I got his call, his message for me to come over, I was overjoyed. I didn't know why, but somehow the meetings between the both of us were getting shorter and shorter and taking longer intervals than before. Previously, it was almost every day, and I enjoyed it immensely, but now—well, I couldn't say what was really going on.

"Is it that lady?" I think to myself, finally not able to figure out another tangible reason for this. The only explanation is that he is really scared of losing his life because of that. During my free time, I spent it investigating as much as possible, going through records and using my various connections to look into the matter as much as possible. I knew how much he would appreciate it if I came up with the solution to this problem that is torturing him to no end at the moment, and because of that, I put in my everything to solving the problem once and for all. After that, things are going to go back to normal between us, I tell
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