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Chapter 1

“Ninian, you’re already thirty. You’re no longer young. Are you going to devote yourself to work for life? If you still won’t get married, come back and go on a blind date. Your aunt will introduce you to a boy. He’s coming back next month, and he seems like a good catch. Why don’t you meet him?”When it was almost time to clock off work, Ninian received a call from her mother.This was not the first time she called to urge her to get married. In the past, Ninian would always hesitate.But this time, she agreed to it. “Alright. Once I resign, I’ll go back.”Yvonne, her mother, was stunned. “You’re coming back?”“Yeah.” Ninian hung up and grabbed her handbag to go back when the intercom rang. “Come in.”When she opened the door, Ninian immediately saw the man standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.He was tall, and even though he was just standing there, his presence was incredibly daunting.Ninian walked over, and Conan Stone turned around. He whispered, “I’ll go to
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Chapter 2

When Conan went downstairs, he found Ninian watering the plants in the garden.She wore a black professional suit and tilted the watering can forward. There was a faint smile on her lips.Conan seldom saw her in such formal wear. He always preferred it if she wore dresses, because when she wore a dress and had her long hair let down, she looked like “that person.”Of course, Ninian did not know about this.He walked over and asked, “Where’s breakfast?”When she heard his voice, Ninian put down the watering can, and her smile vanished.“I didn’t make it.”“Why didn’t you? You know that I want to eat breakfast cooked by you once I wake up.” Conan frowned. He had a feeling that Ninian was acting strangely today.“I have to meet a client soon, and I don’t have time to make it for you. Have the servant make it.”Ninian turned around to leave, but Conan stopped her.“You’re going in this suit?”“What’s wrong with it?”Ninian looked at him. She knew that Conan did not like it.Bu
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Chapter 3

While Ninian was preparing the documents Conan needed for the meeting, her stomach spasmed in pain.If it were in the past, she would have just endured it.But this time, without any hesitation whatsoever, she turned on an app that would help her make a reservation in a hospital.She wanted to take leave and visit the doctor.When Conan was in the meeting, he found himself unable to focus on it.All he could think about was Ninian. His eyes were fixed on her, but Ninian never looked at him.Once the meeting ended, it was time for lunch. He wanted to ask her to go out for lunch with him, only to realize that she was no longer in the office.“Where’s Ninian?”“Didn’t she tell you? She took leave for the afternoon.”“Where did she go?”She took leave? She had been working with Conan for years, but she had never taken leave before.Even when she was sick and nearly fainted, she still continued working.Why would she suddenly take leave and not tell him?“I don’t know. Let me c
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Chapter 4

“Ninian, I’m talking to you. Didn’t you hear me?”He grabbed her hand, and his eyes were burning with rage.But Ninian remained calm. “I had some business to attend to. You could have gone back if you didn’t want to wait for me.”“What’s with you? You’ve been acting strange all day.”“It’s nothing.”Ninian moved past him and wanted to go upstairs.But the anger Conan had been keeping in check for so long finally exploded. “Ninian, remember your place. No one has ever made me wait for so long. Don’t you forget, you’re just my—”“Your what?” she interrupted him. “Friend with benefits?”Conan was stunned. “You heard what I told them that night?”Conan finally understood why Ninian was acting so strangely. “I was just running my mouth off. That’s not what I meant.”“Then, who am I to you?” Ninian stared at him.Conan fell silent. He found himself unable to say anything.“I’m tired. Go back.” For the first time, she rejected his advances. Ninian just went back to her room, too
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Chapter 5

Then, Conan turned around, along with the woman beside him.Ninian saw a woman with a face strikingly similar to hers, and she was smiling while she held Conan’s hand.At that moment, Ninian felt her blood freeze.Who was she? Conan’s crush?Ninian had been with Conan for seven years. Why did she never know that he had a crush?!Her heart spasmed in pain. She wanted to leave, but Conan called out to her. “You’ve arrived, Ninian.”“Ninian Springs? Conan Stone’s secretary?”“She looks so similar to Rose Charlemagne!”“Don’t you know? She’s just a replacement. I heard that during the years Rose wasn’t around, Conan Stone got a replacement. It must have been Ninian Springs!”Everyone stared at her while they talked about her.Those words kept pouring into her ears, and Ninian felt as if someone had seized her throat. She could not breathe.“Hello, Miss Springs.” Rose went over to Ninian and sized her up. “I’m sorry, I heard from Conan that you don’t like such banquets, but I rea
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Chapter 6

Ninian never knew that she was just a replacement. But when she met Rose, plenty of the things that had puzzled her in the past finally made sense.Conan liked it when she wore white dresses because Rose loved white dresses.Conan liked it when she wore her hair long because Rose had long hair.Conan refused to let her dye her hair because Rose’s hair was black.Even the handbags he gave her were in the styles that Rose liked.Ninian knew very well that the handbag Rose carried tonight was the one in the same series as the handbags Conan had given her duplicates of.Ninian looked down, and she teared up.When she returned to her place, Ninian curled up on the floor while still in her ruined gown. She looked outside at the moon and let her mind wander.She remembered the first time she met Conan seven years ago. They had met in a bar.At that time, she needed money, so she worked at a bar and met him.She immediately caught his fancy and got her to work as his secretary.As t
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Chapter 7

“Rose.”“Hello, Miss Springs.”Rose had gotten into her house and was sitting on her couch.In front of her was Ninian’s perfume.“This is my house. It’s not right for you to barge into my place like this,” Ninian said in a hostile tone as she stared at her.She hated people who dropped by unannounced.“Your house?” Rose smiled and twirled the keys in her hands. “If it’s your house, why do I have the keys?”She got up and went over to Ninian. “Are you seriously telling me that you don’t know that this house was actually meant for me? I didn’t want it, so Conan gave it to you instead.”Ninian’s breathing stuttered. As she stared at Rose, she pursed her lips and clenched her fists.Even the house was for Rose?“This perfume too.” Rose picked up the bottle on the table and spritzed it in the air.“Do you have a habit of touching other people’s stuff?” Ninian reached out to grab the bottle.Out of all his gifts, Conan had put the most effort into this one.Rose easily avoided
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Chapter 8

“Conan, don’t be like that. We’re here to give Miss Springs a proper farewell. How about I toast to her instead? “Miss Springs, thanks for taking care of Conan and the company for all these years.”Just as Rose was about to drink, Conan stopped her.“Why are you trying to drink? You have a weak stomach. If your stomach starts hurting at night, you won’t be able to sleep, and what are you going to do then?”“That’s more than seven years ago! You still remember? My stomach is fine now,” Rose said sweetly, and Conan booped her nose. “Be good. If Ninian is not willing to drink, why are you trying to drink, then?”Conan’s words cut into Ninian’s heart like a sharp knife.He did not know that her stomach was weak, but he remembered that Rose had a weak stomach seven years ago.She did not want to look at them anymore. Ninian opened a can of beer and started drinking while sulking. She drank a few cans, and her stomach hurt, but it did not hurt as much as her heart did.Conan sne
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Chapter 9

“No! She can’t have died! Find her! Even if you have to search through every corner of the world, find her!” Conan’s legs felt like jelly. No matter what, he could not stand on his own two feet.When he remembered Ninian’s despair and hate-filled gaze before he left, his heart clenched in unease.“Didn’t she hire those people? Why is she dead?”Conan rushed over to Crimson. Just as his assistant had said, the police had indeed locked the place down.Right when he approached the crowd, he heard a conversation.“That woman is so unlucky. I heard that she fought against those hooligans valiantly last night, and she died when one of them stabbed her with a broken beer bottle.”“What a loss of a perfectly good human being. I heard that she was covered in wounds and blood, and her clothes were in tatters. How pitiful.”“That’s right. If only someone had saved her. She must have been in such despair.”Their conversation reached his ears, and Conan walked to the room stiffly.The ro
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Chapter 10

Conan got up and seized her wrist in a tight grip.Rose’s wrist turned red from his grip, and she teared up. “Conan, you’re hurting me!”“I’m asking you whether Ninian hired those people to kidnap you!”“Yes!” Rose flung his arm off and started crying. “You heard what those people said! Ninian is the one who hired those people to kidnap me! If I hadn’t cried out for help and if you hadn’t come to save me just in time, I might have been the one who died!”“Why would those people still hurt her, then? If she hired those people, why did they hurt her?!” Conan roared, and his eyes had a crazed look in them.“How would I know?” Rose blinked and started lying. “Perhaps Ninian orchestrated the whole thing. Then, to get your attention, she vanished. Why else would the police still be unable to find her even after so many days have passed?”Rose’s words made hope fill Conan’s dead heart bit by bit.“Are you saying that Ninian isn’t dead?”“Of course not!”When Rose saw hope return to C
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