pped of any surveillance cameras, making any investigation nearly impossible. In this grim atmosphere, a phone suddenly vibrated, pier

y lady you're look

ly, the car became a flurry of motion: some reached for their phones to contact the authorities,

you want

lt. "It was just a joke... You really o

them an addres

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hat voice... There was something about it

nefactor had already disappeared. Only a single police officer remained at

d you end up her

tic tone, "I came to see my daughte

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don't have a d

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st dialed numbers in her notebook, sure that she

y awkward gratitude. She handed the elderly woman over to the police and left

ceived a call from h

o the universi

olaria University, a highly prestigious school. Maïa had earned admission through outstanding grades, while Alina-always ambitious in business-had intentionally kept her grades modest so as not to overshadow

Maïa was there, but Line'

rofessor Miller's voice

ation for graduate sch

she gasp

meet the university's standards," he said firml

ut a drama

for you, Alina. You've offended Mr. Leroux

actually Nohan. She remembered their brief encounter the da

closer, her e

es it's safer if you leave. Even the Dumas famil

Argentina. Literally on the other side of the wor

ticket aside,

need your

a bank card, pretendi

? Here's six thousand dollars, everything I've saved

e. "So the famous Dumas heiress only

snatched the card

cket was already generou

a look that c

e already signed the paperwork for

back at her,

ve you that

ith your grades, continuing your education is a wa

d, "Alina's academic recor

interrupted. "If she wants to stay in schoo

ell silent. He

studies as well? You haven't recei

an angel

epted into a s

brow fu

your sup

ly. "He patented research on h

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