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Sarah gulped and her pulse skyrocketed. What does he mean? Her eyebrows furrowed.

''I found something about your address. Your sister lives in the city next to this one. I...I just have to confirm it then I shall let you know.”

With a thud, her heart dropped in her chest and her mouth went dry.

''Oh,” the single word exclaimed with disappointment. If Devlin noticed her lack of enthusiasm to go home, he didn't show it. Not surprising to find the toast tasteless after that kind of news, she wrinkled her nose critically, trying to mask her sadness with irritation. Sarah changed the topic.

''Eish! Your cooking skills are so awful. I missed eating the takeaways food my sister used to buy for me here,” she grumbled.

Deep inside, two feelings were conflicting with each other; one Sarah missed her mother and her sister deeply and the other one was her love for Devlin, which was getting fiercer day by day.

''Sarah, I'm a gangster, not a cook,” he defended himself with a chuckle. Sarah looke
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