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    “A little while ago,” Brian answered. He then exined how he and Rachel had separated and how Yvonne had stepped on his foot in return.


    After hearing everything, Norton gave Brian a sympathetic look and decided not to hold a grudge over the stomp.


    Brian then shifted his focus to Eric. “How’s Jeffrey’s custody case going? Tell me everything.”


    “Wait a moment, I’ll have my assistant bring over the full case files.”


    A momentter, Eric’s phone rang, and a bright voice came through. “I’m at the hotel you mentioned, but it’s huge, and I think I got lost.” Eric let out a sigh. His assistant was good at everything—except finding her way around. Sometimes, he wished he could just install a GPS system on her. Massaging his temples, he said, “Share your location and follow the directions to room No. 606.”


    “Got it! I’ll be there soon.”


    Three minutester, Sabrina showed up beside Eric and handed him the files. “Here. I brought everything you asked for.”


    Norton and Brian, surprised to see a new face, spoke almost at the same time. “Since when did you get a new assistant?”


    Eric casually adjusted his sleeves and exined, “It’s not really a recement. My previous assistant has enough experience now to manage things on his own, so I decided to bring in someone new.”


    After Sabrina left, Eric nced at Brian in surprise. “I thought you already knew about this, Mr. White.”


    Brian frowned, confused. “Why would I know about it?”


    Eric could tell from Brian’s reaction that he had no clue about what had happened to Rachel. Since it wasn’t something confidential, Eric didn’t hold back and exined everything.


    “Basically, Ms. Marsh went with her brother Jeffrey to look for a job, but they faced discrimination and humiliation. And that was when I met my new assistant,” Eric summed up.


    The moment Brian heard this, his expression turned ice-cold. Of course, he was furious. On the one hand, he was mad that she had kept something this serious, this painful,pletely to herself. If he hadn’t run into Eric’s assistant today, he might have never found out. On the other hand, he was upset that she hadn’t turned to him when Jeffrey needed a job. And when she needed help, the first person she turned to was Eric. Did she see her fiancé as useless?


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    “You guys go ahead and eat. I’m leaving,” Brian said before turning on his heel and heading to his car.


    He called Rachel again and again, but there was no response.


    Rachel wasn’t ignoring him on purpose—she had already gone to bed and put her phone on silent, so she never heard it ring. She had no idea how long she had been asleep, only that the constant ringing of the doorbell eventually pulled her from her sleep. At first, she tried to brush it off, but the ringing didn’t stop. It was insistent, almost urgent.


    Still groggy, she frowned. It couldn’t be Yvonne; she had a key and wouldn’t bother with the doorbell. Could it be Norton? Thinking that might be the case, Rachel sighed and dragged herself up to open the door.


    As Rachel noticed Brian outside her door, her first instinct was to shut it quickly. But Brian was quicker. He had already ced his foot in the doorway, blocking the door from closing, and positioned himself firmly between the door and its frame.


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