Chapter 7
Dazed, he ran through each room, desperately searching for traces of me. But after scouring the entire place, he couldn’t find a single item of mine.
“Why is this happening?” he muttered, pulling out his phone to call me again, only to hear the mechanical voice of the
answering service, which nearly drove him. mad.
Frustrated, he tried messaging me through social media, only to be notified repeatedly,
“This user is not in your friend list.”
For a moment, he almost wondered if our seven years together had been nothing but a figment of his imagination.
Then, he remembered a couple‘ s location–tracking app we had once used. Opening it, he saw that I had long since. turned off my location. And in the trip. history, he noticed that I had approached
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him with the app about half a month ago, only to stop a few meters away and then
turn back.
Something must have happened that day, he thought.
Checking the calendar, he saw the date and his phone slipped from his hand, shattering as it hit the floor.
That evening, my father’s business partners gathered at a hotel banquet. I was led around toasting one table after another, my feet aching from exhaustion, until I snuck away into a guest room to rest.
As soon as I laid down, I heard a noise coming from the bathroom, which startled
- me.
“Who’s there?”
No answer came, so I curiously approached the door. Just as I opened it, I was pulled inside.
My gasp was stifled as I stared in shock at
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the man in front of me. He was soaking wet, pinning me against the wall, his breath warm and heavy. It seemed to take him a great deal of effort to focus on me.
After a moment, he weakly spoke my
name.
“Emma?”
I blinked to answer.
He released me and suddenly collapse against me.
“What a coincidence,” he murmured. “I’m your fiancé whom you haven’t yet married. Do you want to do me a huge favor?”
“A… a huge favor?” I asked, confused. Realizing the strangeness of the situation, I quickly rephrased, “And why should I believe you?”
He chuckled softly, his breath warm against my cheek, making me shiver slightly.
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the man in front of me. He was soaking wet, pinning me against the wall, his breath warm and heavy. It seemed to take him a great deal of effort to focus on me.
After a moment, he weakly spoke my
name.
“Emma?”
I blinked to answer.
He released me and suddenly collapse against me.
“What a coincidence,” he murmured. “I’m your fiancé whom you haven’t yet married. Do you want to do me a huge favor?”
“A… a huge favor?” I asked, confused. Realizing the strangeness of the situation, I quickly rephrased, “And why should I believe you?”
He chuckled softly, his breath warm against my cheek, making me shiver slightly.
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“Cautious, are we? My wallet and phone
are in my jacket pocket. Feel free to check.”
Seeing his sincerity, I gently pushed him back a little, retrieved his wallet and glanced at the name on his ID.
