2023-03-09 13:02:10The next day, a sumptuous breakfast was served on the table at the Jennings mansion. However, it failed to whet Wayne's appetite. His face was pale, and his eye bags were visible.
"Tell me, Noah." He glanced at his bodyguard carefully.
It was not that Wayne did not trust Noah, who had worked for him for over ten years. After all, Noah was the only person he trusted.
However, Wayne recalled the events of last night, his tumbling down the stairs and knocking over the glass, and everything else that happened next felt so odd.
As Wayne was sorting through the documents, his mind was so distracted that he almost deleted an important file, thankfully stopped by Noah.
When Wayne couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and headed to the balcony to daydream, a wasp suddenly attacked him, and Noah arrived in time to kill the insect with a single swipe.
Having not slept all night, Wayne tripped over the doorstep as he was about to go downstairs. Coin
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