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Chapter Eighty five Then she lowered her voice."Did you come here alone?""No," Philip replied. "I came with my friend.""That's not what I mean."She moved closer, her eyes fixed on Philip."Does your wife know you're here?"Philip's expression hardened."Why does that matter?"Miriam closed her eyes briefly."Oh, God."She walked back toward the sofa and sank into it, suddenly looking much older than she had moments earlier."I should never have agreed to see you."Philip remained standing."Mrs. Cross, someone has been hiding information about my medical history for years. My father-in-law has been trying to prevent me from accessing the original records. A doctor whose name appears on my DNA report may not even have signed it himself."Miriam looked up sharply."Dr. Hayes?"Philip's heart began pounding."You know him?""I knew his name.""Did he work there in 2009?"She hesitated."He was connected to the facility, but I can't tell you the nature of his work. I didn't handle hi
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Chapter Eighty four Philip was halfway through his second cup of coffee when Mark called again."Are you ready?" Mark asked.Philip glanced at the documents spread across his desk. "I've been ready for the last thirty minutes. You're the one keeping me waiting.""I'm outside your building."Philip stood immediately."Why didn't you say that earlier?""Because I wanted to see how long it would take you to complain."Philip shook his head, grabbed his jacket, and left his office.Linda was standing near the reception desk when he passed."You're leaving again?" she asked."Just for a while.""Does your calendar know that?"Philip stopped and looked at her."Are you going to start monitoring my movements now?""Someone has to. Your meetings keep changing, you disappear without warning, and then I have to explain to everyone why the managing director isn't available.""I'm not the managing director.""Tell that to the people who keep coming to your office asking for you."He laughed sof
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Chapter Eighty threeThere was a brief silence at the end of the call. "When?" Philip asked again. His brows laced with anger. "Recently. The request went through a private legal office, and the person who submitted it didn't use his own name.""Can you identify him?""I'm working on it.""Mark, someone has threatened to expose the truth about my sons. Tyrel is trying to stop me from getting the original records, and now somebody is making inquiries about the boys. I don't think we have time to move slowly.""I understand that, Philip. But rushing could destroy the little evidence we have."Philip leaned back, forcing himself to remain calm."All right. Find out who made the inquiry. I'll go with you to see Miriam.""One more thing," Mark said. "Don't tell Elena about this."Philip's expression hardened."I wasn't planning to."After the call ended, he opened the message Mark had sent him. It contained Miriam's address and a photograph taken from an old staff directory.She was a m
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Chapter Eighty two Philip returned home later than usual that night.The house was quiet when he entered, except for the television playing softly in the sitting room. He loosened his tie and glanced toward the staircase, hoping the boys were already asleep."You're back."He turned. His gaze fixed on her.Elena sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, a glass of water resting on the table before her. She was still wearing the dress she'd had on when she visited his office, although her hair was no longer neatly arranged.Philip checked his watch,"It's late, Elena. You should be in bed.” "I know what time it is.""Then why are you still awake?"She picked up her glass but didn't drink from it."I wanted to know if you would come home tonight."Philip stared at her for a moment before placing his keys on the table."I told you I would. You don't need to keep a tab on my movements.” "You also told me you had dinner plans. You didn't say when you'd be back.""Did you need something?"He
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Chapter Eighty one Elena laughed bitterly, her gaze fixed on Philip. "That's what I thought."She reached for her bag, but Philip caught the pain in her expression before she could hide it."Elena—""No." She shook her head. "You don't get to say my name like that and expect me to forget what you're doing.""What am I doing?""Replacing me."The words hung between them.Philip slowly released the breath he had been holding."You were the one who made me feel like I had no place in my own marriage and you want to pin this on me?” "And now you're going to punish me by giving another woman the place that belonged to me?""I'm not punishing you.""Then why does it hurt so much?"Her voice cracked on the final word.For several seconds, neither of them moved.Philip had seen Elena angry, proud, demanding, and even cruel. But seeing her struggle to hold back tears stirred something inside him that he had spent months trying to bury.He still cared about her. He couldn't deny that.But car
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Chapter Eighty Philip had barely settled into his office when Linda walked in with a folder pressed against her chest.She stopped when she saw him staring at the papers on his desk without turning a page."Are you planning to read those documents with your eyes closed, or should I come back later?"Philip raised his head. "I didn't hear you knock.""I knocked twice." Linda walked closer and dropped the folder on his desk. "Then I started wondering if you had finally decided to resign from your own company."“This is not my company, Linda. I am just a worker like you.” Linda walked further inside. She closed the door behind her revealing a backless top she wore. Philip felt a beat between his two chests before she turned to look at him. Despite himself, Philip smiled."Would you miss me?"Linda lifted an eyebrow. "Professionally or personally?"He leaned back in his chair, studying her face. "Is there a difference?"He was sure Linda asked on purpose. "There is a very big differe
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