No Remarriage: You Don't Deserve Me (Lenora and Zachary)
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After ending the call, Susanna dialed another number.

"How is it going? Have your people made it to the border yet? If Gaston falls into Lenora's hands, then we..."

The man on the other end of the phone said, "He's gone, currently, Gaston's whereabouts are unkno

Susanna let out a sigh of relief, a glint of ruthlessness flashed in her eyes. "If I had known that Lenora could dig up the case from ten years ago, I should have..

Get rid of her as well.

The man on the other end of the line fell silent.

Susanna laughed mockingly. "When your Fuller family adopted her back then, you certainly didn't anticipate today, did you?"

Johanne said. "It was me who suggested to Grandpa that we adopt her."

At first, Gerald simply wanted to financially support Lenora to continue her studies.

It was his suggestion to bring Lenora to the Fuller family, to be raised as their adopted daughter.

Gerald held a great admiration for Fernando. Upon hearing the news of his death, he was filled with sorrow. Back then, he had made a point to bring along his eldest grandson, who was already working, to attend Fernando's funeral. Back then, Johanne only knew that a friend of Gerald had passed away, so he accompanied him to the funeral.

When he arrived at the funeral, the sight of the large black and white photograph left him frozen on the SPOL

The memorial photo was unremarkable, yet he felt as if the man in the picture was eerily staring straight at him. Watching the sorrow etched on the Gerald's face and the other mourners, Johanne was in utter agony

He saw Lenora. Back then, she was only about sixteen or,seventeen, young and naive, her innocence still intact.

Upon learning that Fernando was the last living relative of Lenora, a sense of compassion rose within him. He then suggested the idea of adoption to the old man

Gerald had accepted this suggestion.

After Lenora arrived at the Fuller family home, she found Johanne to be warm and friendly, in stark contrast to Tamara's indifference. Gerald was extremely pleased with Johanne's attitude-

As for Zachary, at that time, his girlfriend had just experienced a crisis and he was also trying to compensate for the losses caused by the leak of his company's research and development project. He only

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showed up at the Fuller residence on the night Lenora arrived, visibly distracted, and didn't return to the residence for a long time after that.

Susanna's grin faltered, her expression turning to one disbelief. "Y-You don't actually have a soft spot for

you her, do you? No wonder I told you to get rid of her when she first started investigating, but didn't dare lift a finger!"

What a busybody!

If

or had been just an ordinary person, where would she have found all the resources and manpower to investigate those past events?

"Indeed, I'm not as ruthless as you. You fear exposure, so you'd readily kill someone, talking about it as if it's the easiest thing in the world!"

Susanna could hear the mockery in Johanne's words and she scoffed, "Scared that your younger brother will threaten you, you sent a woman to spy on him! How noble are you really? You know exactly how your grandfather died, but you pretend to be clueless. Isn't it just because you're afraid of your secrets being exposed and your true self being revealed to your wife

What truly infuriated Gerald was not the minor issues concerning Zachary, but rather the actions of Johanne in the past.

In Susanna's narrative, she conveniently shifted all the blame for her unilateral decisions onto Johanne.

Upon hearing her words, Johanne immediately hung up the phone.

Susanna listened to the busy tone on the other end of the line, a hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes.

She blamed herself for not recognizing Johanne's true colors earlier!

Mallory was in the same situation, except, she was luckier. Johanne truly liked her,

Upon returning home, Lenora found that Sophia was around.

She settled down on the sofa, raising an eyebrow. "Finished work so early today?"

"My dad asked me to attend a party." Sophia rolled her eyes. "Nora, you're free tonight, right? How about you accompany me?"

"Can't you just not go?" Lenora asked, seeing her displeasure and curiously inquired.

"My dad insisted that I go on a blind date, claiming that the guy would be there as well and that I should go have a chat. I had no interest in blind dates! I planned to just show up, deal with it, and then head back home!" "All right, I'll join you."

At half past seven in the evening, Lenora and Sophia arrived at the party venue.

While it was billed as an evening party, it felt more like a cocktail gathering. Numerous successful individuals, resplendent in their suits and polished shoes, huddled in small groups, engaged in conversation

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The two of them grabbed some desserts and headed straight to sit in a comer

Lenora asked. "Has your blind date arrived

Sophia glanced at her phone, took a bite of her cake, and said, "Not yet."

Interestingly, a young gentleman did approach the two attempting to strike up a conversation. However, seeing their indifference, he departed.

After a while, Sophia held her phone, simultaneously replying to messages and saying. "He's here, I'll be back after having a brief chat with him." "All right."

Sophia had left, heading toward the balcony, while Lenora remained seated on the sofa.

Suddenly, she received a call from the Benedict

This case was peculiar, with the suspect having eluded capture for many years, and it was intricately linked to the case involving Lenora's father.

Richie was merely a middleman, connecting the dots between the kidnapping case and Fernando's car accident. The person Lenora truly wished to apprehend was Daryl

To avoid inadvertently alerting the enemy, the police station chose not to summon Richie. Instead, they stationed a team of officers around his readence, which also belonged to Dard. Meanwhile, another team was dispatched to investigate at Richie's biological father's home, simultaneously examining the connection between Richie and Daryl

They were simply waiting for Susanna to step forward and confirm Richie's guilt. Only then would they arrest Daryl under the guise of an investigation

Benedict relayed to her oyer the phone that Richie had run off.

To put it accurately, he had disappeared.

Every day, the officer kept watch near Richie's house. Richie had shown himself in the morning, but was nowhere to be seen in the afternoon. Feeling something was off, the officer, under the guise of a home improvement supplier, decided to knock on Richie's door, only to discover that Richie was no longer at home

Connor had gone to work, oblivious to everything.

When Samantha, Richie's wife, was taken to the police station for questioning, she discovered for the first time that her husband was a kidnapper. His supposed work abroad was actually a ruse to evade investigation. The revelation left her trembling and breaking out in a cold sweat, she was at a loss for words and could not answer any of the questions

Connor was also taken in for questioning. Once he learned that Gaston was one of the wanted kidnappers, a realization suddenly dawned on him.

No wonder Lenora was so indifferent toward him when they were abroad, but suddenly became cordial after returning to their home country.

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o, it turned out that everything had been preplanned

After his breakup with Lenora, he genuinely spent one time nurung broken heart, lamenting the unpredictability of life.

Now he knew, the might have never been fond of him and strengly, this realization made Connor feel somewhat better

It was always easier to accept having no hope at all, rather than experiencing the crushing diseppent that came after hope was given and then taken away Lenora.couldn't believe it, couldn't accept it, but Richie had indeed run away.

An image of Susanna flashed across her mind.

Could it just have been a coincidence?

Since she began her investigation, despite the long duration, Richie had not fled. However, the moment Susanna agreed to testify, Richie ran away.

It must have been Susanna!

Incredibly, Sunanna had ripped off her own kidnapper just to thwart her plans?

Lenora was consumed by fury, her chest rising and falling noticeably with her heavy breaths. A tidal wave of self-reproach surged within her, leaving her gasping for air under its oppressive weight." Lenora despised herself!

She was fully aware of Susanna's character, so why on earth did she agree for her to testify the next day?

She should have taken Susanna directly from the party to the police station!

No, it was very likely that the party Susanna mentioned was just a fabrication!

A ball of anger gathered in Lenora's chest, unable to vent. She clenched her phone, about to call Susanna, when suddenly there was a commotion at the entrance of the hall. The host of the party stepped forward to greet the newcomers. Amidst the bustling crowd, Lenora caught sight of Zachary. He was impeccably dressed in a well-tailored. clean suit, his posture upright and his stride steady.

He had female companion by his side, and it was none other than Susanna!

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