After eating, Eloise Thompson received a phone call from Hector Rogers.

The phone on the table kept ringing, but Eloise Thompson never had the courage to answer it. After half an hour, the phone finally went silent and Eloise Thompson sighed.

She never knew how to face Hector Rogers, and the thought of Matriarch Godbold's words and what happened a few years ago made Eloise Thompson's heart ...

That night, Eloise Thompson lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep for a long time.

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The following day, Eloise Thompson got herself together and went to work as normal.

The project with the Chumley Group, which Egbert...