The setting sun tainted the sky with its golden-red color.Vicky had lost count of the times she checked the clock on the wall, as Tyler should be home by this time.In the past few days, though there were times when Tyler had a problem with her, he would always return home for dinner despite being extremely cold to her. However, he was half an hour late on this day.She did not know about the other woman in the past, but at this moment, she knew. She was hysterical and simply could not settle down.'Maybe he hasn't been physically involved with that woman yet, but who knows if he'll lose control someday?' she thought. 'It's human nature to be double-standard after all.'Unable to contain herself any longer, she made a call to Tyler.Beep. Beep. Beep.Sometime later, the call was answered, and the familiar, frosty voice came through the speaker. "What is it?"Vicky sighed a breath of relief as she was fearing that the call would be answered by a strange woman who proceeded to t
Vicky clenched her fists. "Are you...really busy lately?""Yeah.""Because of that business deal?""Is there something else you want to say?" he questioned impatiently."Well… When will you come home, then?""Depends," he said before hanging up.Her pale face and dazed eyes were reflected on the screen of the phone, and after taking just a few bites of food, Vicky headed upstairs.Instead of going to her study to work, she made another call. "Cece, do you know anyone who can track Tyler?"Cece was baffled by this question but did not ask any questions. "I'll ask around."Half an hour later, Vicky's phone rang.
"Vicky, I asked around. Mister Spark is the only one who said he can help."Tyler was practically the king of Stoneford City, and only a handful of people had the power to follow Tyler around.Even the press steered clear of Tyler's scandals without his permission, so one would need a certain level of influence to investigate anything about Tyler.Vicky had lost her memories and all her connections in the past were of no use to her, so she could only seek Cece's help to look for those who could assist her with the investigation.Vicky instantly knew that Cece was talking about Harvey, and she felt reluctant to seek Harvey's help, so she fell into silence.Cece knew Vicky well enough to know the reason for her silence and said, "Should I ask for Jennifer's help?""It's fine," Vicky said. "Jennifer doesn't know that many people in Stoneford City, and Anthony is desperate for a chance to make her his puppet... Don't tell her about this."Jennifer had always been a kind young woman
"It's not her." The woman in the photo popped into Vicky’s mind. "I suspect that it's the woman he's been truly in love with.""The woman he's been truly in love with?"Vicky smiled bitterly. "I used to think that he was in love with Sheila. I later found out that...Sheila was just a substitute for that woman."After a few moments of silence, Harvey asked, "What makes you say that?""I saw a photo in his study room. Besides," she bitterly continued, "he didn't agree to continue the marriage with me to advance his career. It's probably because I can play 'The Moonlight Bay'."The song was what Vicky, Sheila, and Nikki shared in common."'The Moonlight Bay'?" Harvey repeated in an odd tone.Vicky was sharp enough to pick up on it. "Do you know something about it?"Harvey used to be Vicky's fiance and had a grudge against Tyler, so it was likely that Harvey knew what happened in the past.He did not say anything."Mister Sparks, do you know something about this?" she repeated.
Tyler lied.It was likely that he had gone to see the mysterious woman when he supposedly disappeared during the night, but Harvey seemed certain that the woman in the photo Vicky once found was not the woman Tyler was seeing at the moment.From Harvey's tone, Vicky could tell that he seemed to be protective over the woman in the photo, and she started to let her imagination go wild.'Can it be that apart from business rivalry, Tyler and Harvey had been in love with the same woman before?' she thought to herself.Naturally, it was all just a theory and Vicky cast it aside not long after.…Tyler had not returned home at all in the following week, and all the information about Tyler's schedule continued to be sent to Vicky's phone.As usual, Tyler would disappear at night, and the masked man—who had been haunting her in the past weeks—seemed to have disappeared as well, except the occasional message saying that he was busy.Vicky was busy, too, only not with work. She was runnin
Jennifer looked at Vicky. "Vicky, I can give you the perfume if you need it. However, if the person you're looking for doesn't appear around you or the people you know, it won't work. I suppose you can use this to confirm if it's someone you know, at the very least."Vicky nodded in agreement, believing it was an effective solution....That night, Vicky returned home with the perfume, and as soon as she changed into her slippers, she spotted the man sitting on the couch in the living room.He sat elegantly with his eyes on his phone, and Vicky narrowed her eyes when she glanced at his phone because it was the one he usually used.She walked over to him. "Why are you back?"He gazed up at her without a sign of abnormality in his expression. "Am I not welcomed here?""You are." Vicky avoided all the questions she wanted to ask but would never get the answers for. "Have you eaten?""No.""I'll get Nanny Paterson to start preparing dinner, then.""Sure."40 minutes later, dinne
At that moment, Vicky was about to go to bed and had her hair down, which conveniently covered her face."I didn't." She lowered her gaze. "I just used some essential oil."It seemed to be just a casual question, and since Vicky was about to go to sleep, Tyler went and switched off the lights on his end of the bed as well.He did not touch her or hold her closer, but Vicky consoled herself inwardly. 'It's fine. Jennifer said that anyone who's been next to me for an hour or more would have the scent stuck on them. The longer they're with me, the thicker the scent is, to the point that the scent would even cling to those they come into contact with. It might be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but it's better than knowing nothing at all.'...Vicky sat in the corner of a cafe and waited patiently.Shortly after, a woman wearing a pair of sunglasses sat in front of Vicky."Why have you asked me out all of a sudden, Miss Shaw?" Sheila asked.It had been so long since Vick
Sheila glanced at Vicky and took out her phone to search for something. Shortly after, her expression darkened.Vicky narrowed her eyes and stared directly at Sheila. "You know who that is, don't you?"Sheila looked up abruptly. "Vicky Shaw, were you testing me?""I'm not that bored," Vicky said casually. "Though you kept telling me that you don't know who this woman is, even Nikki managed to sense something, so is it really possible for you, someone who came close to becoming Tyler's fiance, not know anything? If you don't know a thing, why would you keep reminding me how important this person is to Tyler?"Sheila remained silent.The waiter brought the coffee Sheila ordered and set it down in front of her before leaving."Both of us are just substitutes for this woman," Vicky continued. "You might think that I'm lucky to be Missus Hart, but...once she's back, I'll have to give up everything I have now."I don't mind telling you the truth: Tyler has been acting weird lately, an