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Chapter 23: Sharing the Past
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2025-02-27 00:00:55She took a deep breath and shook her head. “Harold, it’s not love. You—”
But he stopped her by placing a finger to her lips. “No, my dear, it’s love. I’m a cold-hearted man. Some even doubt I have a heart.” He chuckled and shrugged. “I don’t blame them because sometimes I even think they’re right.”
“No, it’s not true.” She shook her head and squeezed his hand. “You’re not cold-hearted. You’re so kind and nice.”
This time, he laughed aloud until his head bent backward. “Oh, Emily! You’re the second person to tell me that.”
“She is the first?”
Harold nodded. “Yes.”
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“About him with a woman.” She gulped. “I couldn’t see the woman’s face, but it’s clear it was him. He was with another woman.”Harold frowned to hear it. “With a woman? What do you mean?”Emily let out a sigh. “You know, he and the woman slept together.”“Ah, an affair. Okay, did you show him the video?”“I did.” She nodded.“And?” He raised his eyebrow.“He denied it was him. He said it was a made up video.”Harold crossed his arms over his chest. “Did you believe him?”
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A huge table was prepared already. Arturo sat on the right while Al was on Arturo’s right. Jacob sat in Arturo’s prior position, at the head of the table. It was symbolic as they already knew the leader’s replacement, starting from Jacob’s failed wedding day.The Ames family (Al’s cousins and uncles) sat at a different table. Despite being the same blood, Arturo never considered them too high because he saw and acknowledged people based on their competence, not by blood. It was a trait that made Arturo highly respected by ten families who were under his leadership.On the primary table, other than Jacob, Arturo, Al, the head of ten families sat there. The Gold Cleaner comprised people from various countries, but they already lived in the capital of their country here and left their original nationalities. They shook han
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Arturo went home first, but Jacob and Al continued their talk. Both of them sat in the living room of the Gold Cleaner’s headquarters with a glass of wine for each of them.“Have you found anything about Emily?” Jacob asked as Al was the one in charge to find news about Emily.“Nothing,” the younger man said. “It’s as if she vanished into the air. It’s weird that I already sent our men to nearby cities and towns. None of them reports anything yet.”Jacob blew his breath and shook his head. “Where is she …?”“Bro, you can find someone else. I know you don’t need more money.”“You know me better,” Jacob said
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Both of them were quiet for a while because they thought about Arturo and his love for his late wife. Then Al let out a long sigh.“What?” Jacob asked.“I don’t want to be like my old man, you know.”“Why?”“Too serious with a woman, even after she died.” Al shook his head as he remembered his late mother. “It’s too intense. As if I would give too much power to a woman for the rest of my life, even after her death.”“But you see your father. He’s happy with his choice.”Al shrugged. “I don’t know, maybe, but I think it’s a torture to love someone so deep, to be hurt so
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Jacob walked back and forth in his office as it had already been three months, but they couldn’t find Emily yet. Al didn’t want to meet him as he was ashamed of his failure.At first, Jacob didn’t realize it. Yet, after a while, his friend kept refusing to meet him each time he asked. Al would make any excuses. It made Jacob more upset because it was as if he lost his bride-to-be and best friend at the same time.It was getting worse by Viona’s actions, who were unprofessional at work. Like what happened just now. She came to his office wearing a thin white blouse. The fabric was so thin until he could see her black lingerie.When he frowned at her, Viona only smiled and greeted him, “Sir, you don’t have a lot of schedule today. So, I wonder if you want to rest.”
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