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I can face my own heart, and I can also pull out decisively when I find the other party is unintentional.
Paulette may not have known – at that moment, when the sunlight shone
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through the glass onto her, Jeremiah seemed to see the determined little girl from years ago.
Seem weak, but actually strong.
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Jeremiah took Paulette back to Emberglade Villa before returning to
Fromond.
“If you have something to do, go ahead and do it first, I still need to tidy up a bit.”
Jeremiah pondered for a moment and said softly, “Paula, do you want to move in with me first?”
“What?” i
“I mean, I had a house on Fromond’s side.”
Jeremiah saw her looking scared, and he couldn’t help but laugh, “I’ll probably be staying in Fromond for a few more days. If you don’t want to stay here, you can come live with me. The housekeeper has already cleaned the room.”
Paulette thought, Yeah, that could work.
They were going to get married anyway, and Jeremiah isn’t a bad guy.
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“Then send me the address, I’ll pack everything up and just take a taxi
over.”
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Paulette went back and saw, besides those books, there were also some unworn old clothes that could be recycled over there at the recycling bin.
She called the staff over, and after they took everything away, she contacted the cleaners to clean all the rooms upstairs and downstairs to make sure nothing was left behind, before carrying her few boxes out of
the villa.
Paulette turned her head and looked at the house, feeling a sense of loss.
From today on, life will be without Nelson.
She smiled, and her hair was gently lifted by the wind.
“I’m outta here.”
Without any response, a sentence was spoken, Paulette no longer hesitated, she turned around and walked away.
She was about to make a moving appointment on Dolly when she took out her phone and saw a black Cayenne slowly approaching not far away, driven by Jeremiah’s assistant, Bryson Norton.
“Ms. Davenport, Mr. Swanson asked me to come and pick you up.”
Paulette was stunned, “How did he know I had finished cleaning up?”
“Maybe…” Bryson chuckled, “Mr. Swanson must have some kind of psychic ability.”
Since there was a free ride, Paulette didn’t hesitate and helped Bryson load the luggage onto the car before heading to Jeremiah’s place.
Emberglade Villa was in a remote suburb, while Jeremiah’s place was in
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