Ethan Kingsley slid his phone back into his pocket and said unhappily, "I told you, go to sleep right now."
Ivy Tanner gazed into his dark eyes as a barely perceptible despair clouded her own. Suddenly, she grinned, pointed at his nose, and asked, "Brother Kingsley, will you marry me?"
Ethan Kingsley pinched her nose. "We'll talk about it when you're all grown up. For now, you need to lie down and sleep."
"Okay!" Ivy Tanner obediently lay down, closed her eyes, and forced back the tears that threatened to spill.
'Perhaps… there really was no one in this world who could save her.'
'Not even the man sitting before her—her ex-fiancé, the man she once trusted above all others.'
'In this world, miracles simply didn't exist.'
…...
「In the dead of night.」
When Adrian Quincy finally returned, Claire immediately grabbed his hand. "Mr. Quincy, Third Miss Tanner gave me a very strange call at midnight."
"What kind of call?" Adrian Quincy asked, curious.
