Autumn was settling in, and the nights in Eldervale carried a slight chill as the evening breeze swept through the streets.
Gavin stepped out of the taxi, tossing the corporate seal in his hand as he walked into the residential complex, lost in thought.
When he reached the entrance of the building, he stopped, pulled out his phone, and made a call.
"Do you want to work together on this? For Catherine's sake."
On the other end of the line, after a dead silence, a man's nonchalant voice came through. "Spit it out."
"I got kicked out of my house, so I can't protect Catherine right now. The rest is on you. But I have one condition."
Gavin kept tossing and catching the seal over and over. "Once the Lee family mess is dealt with, we fight for her fair and square. Let her choose. No dirty tricks!"
"Heh—" The man chuckled darkly. "When it comes to dirty tricks, if your family claims second place, who would dare claim first?"
"Cut the crap. If you don't agree, I'll go back to Golden Horizon Enterprises and risk my life to protect her. She'll definitely be moved by that!"
Gavin didn't want to bow his head to his family.
"You don't need to tell me. I'll protect her regardless."
As the man's words faded, Gavin hurled the corporate seal away.
It flew in a perfect arc straight into a trash can, landing with a heavy thud.
"Screw this. You want to sign the contract? Not that easy!"
Gavin hung up the phone, walked into the building, and followed Catherine's instructions, taking the elevator straight to the twelfth floor.
It was an exclusive single-unit floor. The elevator doors opened into a spacious entryway.
He grabbed a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet, slipped them on, scanned his fingerprint on the digital lock, and pushed the door open.
The apartment was dark, but the moonlight spilling in was enough to make out the layout.
The renovations were nice, and it was incredibly spacious. The only flaw was—
Sitting right on the entryway console table was a cartoon bear keychain.
The owner was a girl?



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