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Moving out was still better than letting the whole world know she had been thrown out by the family 

Still, when she collapsed on the ground earlier, her face full of despair, the reporters had caught it all on camera 

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She walked out of the hospital and looked at the crowd outside. People passed by in all directions. Her tears poured down without stopping. 

Linda swore she would take back everything she had lost. She would. No matter what. 

A car suddenly stopped in front of her. 

She froze. The window rolled down, and she saw Rowan’s face. 

She got in. 

Rowan looked the same as always. Calm. Gentle. 

“Did you get it?” he asked. 

His eyes were dark. Very dark. 

Like a black ocean. 

The kind that could pull you in without you noticing. 

Linda had dated before. Les had lied to her, but some feelings could not be fake. She could tell. 

But with Rowan, she felt lost. 

Like standing in thick fog. 

“I got it,” she said. 

She could never fully understand this man. 

She only knew one thing. He was powerful. 

At first, she could not stop herself from wanting to get closer to him. 

Later, the more she learned, the more she feared him. 

So she rarely refused his requests. 

Even when he asked her to remove the flash drive from Maria’s safe, she complied. 

Half an hour ago, she had been thinking if Maria treated her like a real daughter, she could confess everything, 

Now, she felt there was no need. 

She opened her hand. A small black flash drive lay in her palm. 

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Rowan showed no joy. He did not even reach for it. 

He only glanced at it and told the driver to start the car. 

Linda grew worried. 

Did he not believe her? 

She rushed to explain, her voice shaking. 

“Mr. Burke, do you think I’m lying to you?” 

Rowan did not answer. 

He leaned back and closed his eyes. 

Yesterday, Gracie had come to see him. 

They had once been enemies, fighting openly and in secret, all to gain the Patron’s attention. 

Yet Gracie broke every rule. She knew the Patron had come back to the country, but she never told him. 

Now he did not know if this path was worth following. 

Should he contact the Patron and hand everything over? 

The problem was, he still did not know what the Patron looked like. 

He only knew she was working on something huge. 

What it was, he had no idea. 

“Mr. Burke?” 

“Mr. Burke?” 

Linda was scared and tense. But when she realized Rowan was completely lost in thought, she felt confused. 

He had never been like this before. 

Sensing her doubt, Rowan opened his eyes. His cold gaze swept over her. 

Linda lowered her head at once. Her tone turned careful, almost pleading. 

“You promised me that, once I got this, you’d give me a proper place by your side. Does that still count?” 

Rowan slowly looked away. 

He suddenly felt bored. 

Other than the Patron, no woman truly caught his eye. 

“It still counts,” he said. 

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His voice was gentle, just like before. 

“Everything I’ve promised you still counts.” 

Linda finally relaxed. 

But the next second, Rowan’s phone vibrated. 

He took it out and casually gave it a glance. 

It was a message from Gracie. 

The moment he finished reading, his face darkened. 

When he looked at Linda again, his eyes were full of coldness. 

Linda’s heart trembled for no reason at all. 

When Alice finished her surgery, she saw Eric waiting for her. Boston’s manager was there too. 

The moment Alice came out, the manager rushed over. 

“Ms. Alice, please go and meet your mother. S–she may not make it.” 

His voice was heavy with grief, as if Maria were already at the end. 

Alice frowned. 

When she saw Orson attack earlier, she had already judged Maria’s injuries. They were not fatal. 

Why did she seem to be dying after arriving at the hospital? 

Her expression darkened. 

Eric gently took her hand. His voice was soft. 

“I’ll go with you.” 

If Maria really was dying, then as her biological daughter, Alice should see her. 

Not because she cared, but because Maria still carried unanswered secrets. 

Alice nodded. She called a doctor over and listened to the post–surgery instructions. 

Then she went upstairs. 

Maria was half–unconscious. 

She looked like she was slipping away. 

Nathan had arrived just in time. 

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He cried beside the bed for a long while. 

But Maria did not react at all. She seemed completely gone.. 

Then Scott suddenly called out, “Alice is here.” Maria’s body twitched. The numbers on the machines began to improve. 

Even the doctors had to admit it was a medical miracle.