When Donovan returned, the nurse informed him that Giselle had a visitor that day—a man. They had spoken in the room for over ten minutes before the man left quietly.
Based on the nurse's description, Donovan instantly knew the visitor was none other than Chris.
Given the recent standoff between them, Donovan assumed Chris had come to say goodbye to Giselle. He figured there was no other reason for the visit. He didn't bring it up with Giselle when he entered the room.
However, the incident lingered in his mind later that night. He felt an inexplicable unease.
Perhaps it was intuition. Donovan never usually checked Giselle's phone, but in the dead of night, he felt a strange compulsion to pick it up.
The couple knew each other's passwords. He entered the password and unlocked her device with ease.
He casually scrolled through her messages first but found nothing suspicious. Just as he was about to put the phone back, a spam notification from the network provider popped up. Out of habit, Donovan opened the message to delete it for her.
That action led him to the main message list. There was a text from Chris.
He tapped it open and saw the entire chat history between Giselle and Chris. The content shocked him.
They were discussing money. Chris stated he would leave as soon as the money arrived. Giselle agreed to pay him but reminded him to destroy the evidence he was using to threaten Donovan.
Donovan felt his heart tremble as he read the shocking words.
His gaze froze when he read the final sentence where Chris said he would leave the country and never see Donovan again. It felt like a heavy blow to the head. His chest tightened painfully.


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