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The sports car stopped in front of the Chinese restaurant. Eddie unbuckled his seatbelt and turned to look at Carice in the
“Carice, I performed so well today. Don’t I deserve some reward?”
passenger seat
Carice closed the file in her hand and raised an eyebrow, “Why should I give you a reward?”
“I dutifully played the role of your fiancé and even successfully drove away your ex–husband”
“You really investigated me?”
Carice pretended to be angry. After collaborating with Eddie a few times, their interactions had gradually become more relaxed.
But seeing how quickly be recognized Rufus’s identity; she couldn’t help but ask.
“Your affairs were easy to find out. Can’t blame me
Eddie said with a pitiful expression, “But even if I didn’t achieve much today, I still put in effon, right?
Carice was already used to his antics and smiled helplessly, “Fine, what do you want?
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Treat me to a meal! Right here at this new Chinese restaurant.”
As he spoke, Eddie had already pushed open the car door, walked around to the other side, and opened the door for her, extending his hand like a gentleman.
Carice hadn’t expected his request to be so simple.
She then agreed to follow his suggestion and go eat.
Eddie suddenly put down his chopsticks and looked at Carice with a serious expression, “Actually, today is my birthday.”
Carice froze for a moment.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier? I didn’t have time to prepare a gift”
Eddie interrupted her, ‘But since it’s my binhday, can you grant me one wish?”
Seeing his rare serious expression, Carice inexplicably nodded, “Alright.”
Eddie took a deep breath, his eyes turning gentle yet firm:“Carice, I like you. From the first time I saw you at the airport to getting to know you later, I became more and more certain of these feelings.”
*Sa, can
can you be
e my girlfriend? I want to stand by your side openly and proudly
Carice froze, Eddie’s sincerity making her eyes well up with warmth.
Over the past th
three years, she had humbled herself to the dust in relationships, yet never repeived such a passionate confession.
The person before her now was healing her wounds bit by bit in his own way.
“Okay.”
She said softly, a long–lost, heartfelt smile rising at t
the corners of her lips.
A year later, Carice saw news about Rufus.
Rufus had sold all his assets and retreated to an ancient mountain temple to practice asceticism.
Meanwhile, Annalise was taken away by the police for falsifying accounts, awaiting indefinite legal punishment.
After Annalise incident, her parents did visit once, hoping to mend their relationship with Carice, but she outright refused.
She could still accept Rufus liking Annalise, but her own parents not loving their biological daughter-
this was something Carice simply couldn’t understand.
However, she did keep the card her parents gave her. Instead of spending it on herself, Carice donated all the money to domestic charity
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familiar to her had now reached unexpected endings, leaving her sighing with mixed emotions,
apped his arms around her waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder: What are you thinking about? So lost in thought.”
hook her head “Nothing, just suddenly feeling a bit sentimental.”
me ask you a question.” Eddie turned her around, looking seriously into her eyes. “Between me and Rufus, who’s actually more
ecing his childish expression, deliberately teased him: “Well, I think… he seems a bit more handsome.”
stantly widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief: “What? No way! I actually lost to him**
his ruffled reaction, Carice finally couldn’t hold back her laughter.
screamed through the floor–to–ceiling window, bathing the two in warmth and brightness
ent was worth cherishing
ed into Eddie’s embrace, thinking to herself that every second of this moment was
of the past had long been let go, and the road ahead was one she should walk slowly with the right person.
nd like
w you
ssed swiftly.
imer day, I lay in bed, drifting off to sleep
n unusual sleep
sensation overwhelmed me, a powerful force pulling me into a vortex.
staring at a boundless expanse of stars.
in a strange space, st
echoed in my ears
Subject 263221, Carice, to the Top God Space
spanning countless years, flooded back.
bered.
raveler, traversing different timelines, repairing broken worlds, and collecting fragments of the Top God. bus gateway materialized before me the portal to my next mission.
hesitation, I touched the “Begin” button.
en glowed, and I was swept into the next world…
