Chapter 340
Chapter 340:
“Nothing.” Kyson straightened slightly and motioned toward her plate. “Go ahead and finish. I’ll drive you to work today p>
He had originally intended to head straight into a meeting at Fantasy Fusion, yet the moment they arrived, a sudden phone call pulled him away, leaving Kailey to make her way up alone.
While she stood quietly by the elevator doors, scrolling through her thoughts, a delivery man brushed past her shoulder with unexpected force.
“Sorry,” the man muttered in haste, his voice low beneath the brim of a baseball cap as he hurried off without another glance. Turning instinctively, Kailey caught only a fleeting glimpse of a sharply cut jawline before he disappeared around the corner.
𝖣𝗼𝗻’𝘵 𝘮iѕs ո𝖾𝗐 𝗿е𝘭𝖾𝘢sе𝗌 o𝗇 ѕ.𝘤𝘰𝘮
An uneasy prickle crept along her spine, though she couldn’t name exactly what had unsettled her.
Inside her office, she set her handbag on the desk and pulled out her phone. From an inner pocket, a folded slip of paper fluttered loose and drifted to the floor.
Startled, Kailey stooped to retrieve it. The moment her eyes scanned the lines, her brows knit together in disbelief.
“I know the truth about the fire years ago. If you want to know, do not marry Kyson p>
The blunt warning carried an unmistakable air of command, almost threatening in its certainty.
For several long minutes, Kailey remained frozen with the note in hand, her thoughts circling helplessly as she tried to imagine who could have planted it — knowing only that the messenger she had encountered earlier had been a complete stranger.
The truth about the fire.
Memories from the previous night’s dream still flickered vividly behind her eyes, and her fingers curled around the paper until it crumpled, the color draining from her face.
In the aftermath of the fire, Sawyer had personally supervised the inquiry, and the official verdict had blamed nothing more sinister than worn-out wiring — an unfortunate accident, they had called it. Not long afterward, however, a half-charred letter from her mother had been discovered in the ruins, exposing the “electrical fault” as a deliberate plan — her parents’ final farewell.
Whenever those memories resurfaced, a chill crept through Kailey’s chest, reminding her that something didn’t add up. On that day, her mother had sent her away from the house on purpose. What if the truth stretched far beyond what she had been told?
With a restless shake of her head, Kailey felt her thoughts knot tighter and tighter. Still, a single scrap of paper was far from solid proof. Pressing her lips into a thin line, she snapped a quick photo and slid the folded note into the back of her desk drawer.
Throughout the entire day, her focus drifted like mist, never settling on her work. When Kyson arrived to pick her up that evening, his sharp gaze caught the change in her mood almost instantly. “Did something happen today p>
Blinking in mild surprise, she turned toward him. “Why would you think that p>
With an easy smile, he reached out and gently tapped the tip of her nose. “You seem off in every possible way p>