It was a chilling sight.

Sharon had only ever seen scenes like this in crime dramas, where police units scavenged through vast landfills in search of missing evidence or buried remains.

Yet seeing it in real life felt utterly surreal.

She didn't even

When Sharon stepped out of the bathroom, she found Ethan fast asleep on the armchair with his eyes closed—the very same chair he had occupied yesterday.

He seemed to have spent the entire previous night curled up on it because of his stomach ach

That tumultuous night forced Sharon Shaw to unblock Ethan Pierce and save his new number.

She set his contact name as: Master Lu.

Ethan knew she avoided using his real name to protect herself and prevent suspicions, but he couldn't grasp why he was