"I'm not a god, Sean, nor can I read your mind. I told you that I'm open to listening to your explanation." Angeline's expression was calm, but her fingers were cold to the touch. "If you're lying to me because you're worried I'll expose your identity after our breakup, I can assure you that you don't need to."I still need to protect the Lawson family and Lawson Global. More importantly, I don't want your freak of a wife to know that we used to be involved. I wouldn't want to end up in an accident like Monica did.""What?" Sean looked nonplussed."Your ex-fiancée, Monica Scott, got into an accident yesterday. I suspect Melissa has something to do with it." Angeline didn't hide her suspicions."That's impossible. Melissa is willful and a little ruthless, but she's only like that to her enemies." Sean didn't sound too confident. He thought about how Melissa had probed him and how the psycho hadn't been by her side recently.Angeline clenched her fist around the recorder.

Sean was put in a lousy mood by Angeline's indifference. He held her face and kissed her, pushing his way into the hotel room and kicking the door shut behind him.His tongue slipped past her defenses, and he pushed her back until she was pinned to the wall. One of her shoes fell off, and her ankle throbbed from their movements.Angeline frowned deeply while holding herself steady against the wall behind her. She stood there, stiff and tense, as Sean pulled her tongue into a dance with his. She slowly clenched her fists.Sensing her resistance, he bit her lip. Yet she remained silent as if she didn't even feel the pain.He released her and looked into her eyes, which were devoid of desire. He traced the corner of her lips with his finger and pressed a feather-light kiss there.Angeline didn't dodge him, but she didn't respond, either. It wasn't like how they typically were. She would usually show some sort of response no matter how shy she felt.Sean said, "I'll show you proof."

"Can't you give me a chance to start over?" Ned sounded choked up as his eyes turned red. He sat down beside Angeline again. "Everything we had before I lost my memories… Doesn't that mean anything to you? You refused to give up on me when I forgot about you, right?"You said you were worried I would be sad when I woke up and found you gone. I'm back now, and I'm miserable. You understand that the guy who lost his memories wasn't me, right? Please, don't push the blame for what he did onto me. You have no idea how aggrieved it makes me.""Fancy running into you here, Ms. Lawson!" someone called from behind.Ned turned around. Then, his eyes widened in shock. "Uncle Sean?"Sean smiled faintly at Ned before joining him and Angeline at the table. "'Uncle Sean?' Are you referring to the late Mr. Sean Lawson of Lawson Global? Do we really look that alike, Ms. Lawson?"If we do, I'm sure you're aware of how he died. If that's the case… Why did you give up on working with me and

"What about Melissa Lane?" Thomas gnashed his teeth at the mention of her. "She's the one who picked Tina! She's using Tina's heart! I abducted the person who treated Tina like she was a product. He told me Melissa picked Tina because she thought her heart would be as pretty as she was."She said no one else's heart deserved to have a place in her body. She's the one who killed Tina!" Thomas became choked up at this point."Do you have proof?" Angeline asked."No!" He gripped the wheel tightly. "I already had the guy—he told me he was willing to testify, but then he was murdered! If I hadn't run out of options, I wouldn't have asked Eric for help in shaking those assassins off.""What if the guy only told you Melissa picked Tina because he wanted to get off scot-free? He could've done it because he was sure you wouldn't be able to reach Melissa!"Her bodyguards would've stopped you even if you'd gone after her. They would've captured you!" Angeline said seriously. "He

"I did find out a few other things, actually…" Danny pursed his lips. "I just don't want Tom to take the risk because it involves powerful people in other regions.""I understand you couldn't tell him about this, but couldn't you have told me? Would you have kept this from me forever if I hadn't asked?" Angeline questioned, trying to keep her anger under control. "Send me whatever you have."She hung up, feeling irritated beyond belief. She massaged her throbbing temples and commanded, "Pull over."When she got out of the car, the first thing she felt was the sea breeze. She leaned against the car and looked through the information Danny had sent. Jamie gestured for the bodyguards to back up a little as he hovered around the car's trunk so he wasn't too far away.Danny had followed a clue Thomas had given up on and investigated upward. He discovered a few human trafficking syndicates in the black market that had perfected their modus operandi. He'd also found that the syndi