The mention of Daphne''s name made Lester frown. He had tried so hard to forget her and even resisted the urge to see her when he had to sign papers at the police


    "She has nothing to do with me. You can contact her directly," he said before hanging up


    Bryan was sure the rwn had gotten into an argument. But with Lester around, she was likely not in danger.


    After hanging up, Lester felt like all his energy had been sucked out of him. He finally realized that falling in love was easy, but trying to forget them was much "Daphine, what am I supposed to do? I can''t forget you?" he muttered.


    Lester happened to nce at the badge lying on the desk


    If anyone from the Waltzan family saw Lester leave that badge lying there, they''d be shocked. It was a prized family possession that everyone else would d amthing to get their hands on


    Yet, Daphne had left it in the room when she departed and didn''t take it with


    her.


    The one thing he couldn''t give her was love. He could offer her power and wealth, but she had no interest in either.


    Lester didn''t know what to do. He had handled countless situations without hesitation. But when it came to matters of the heart, he was utterly lost.


    do


    Just then, his phone buzzed with a message. His family had arranged for him and Emily to take wedding photos tomorrow, and they''d already discussed it with the Harper family.


    Lester didn''t want to go, but there was nothing he could do about it.


    As soon as the sun rose, Lucien couldn''t wait to wake Daphne up. He swished his fluity wolf tail across her face with a smug look on his face. Now it was his tum to get back at her.


    With a sneeze, she finally woke up but then promptly fell back asleep.


    Lucien was speechless. What azy female.


    Transforming imo his Beastien form, he used her fingerprint to unlock her phone. Then, he set an rm for five minutester, with a reminder disyed on the


    As expected, the n went of


    went off five minutester, and it woke Ellie as well.


    Worried thatck of sleep might affect her daughter''s growth, Daphne quickly tumed off the phone. She noticed a bold reminder on the screen that read, "Hospital abortion appointment"


    Slu was taken aback. Did she set this rm?


    1? Why couldn''t she remember doing it?


    Regardless, the procedure was scheduled for today. She must have set the rm before falling asleep and then forgotten about it.


    After freshening up and having some breakfast to regain her strength, Dane reminded Ellie to stay inside and avoid running around. If Elise got hungry, she could eat some snack while waiting for her to retur


    Since Daphine didn''t have a flying car and wanted to save time, she decided to talu a catiso worried about leaving her daughter alone.


    she could finish the procedure quickly and retum ho


    home sooner. She was


    It wasn''t just bad luck-it fell like the universe was punishing her for what she was about to do


    The flying car broke down llway. The driver had been epting orders non-stop, and the vehicle was on autopilot when the maltunction urred. Fortunately, the safety systems kicked in, and the car was able tond safely before it broke down