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(Rufus’ POV)
At the mention of the name “Sylvia”, I knew that Lucy wasn’t lying to me.
Lucy told me everything she knew. “It was Sylvia who first found out about my affair with Kyle. Since then, we became enemies.”
After a pause, she took a deep breath and continued, “Your guess about Firman is correct. He’s Kyle’s child, not Richard’s. Ever
since Richard was imprisoned, I’ve been under house arrest. It wasn’t until Firman was five years old that things started to get
better. I don’t know why exactly Sylvia suddenly left, but you can ask Blair. I know he was involved. Also, you imprisoned him for
some reason back then.”
“Blair? He knows Sylvia?” My eyebrows shot up in surprise. How many secrets had these people been hiding from me?
“Of course, he knows Sylvia. Blair has always been your good friend. He knows everything about you and Sylvia.” Lucy smiled
faintly, and her voice took on a melancholic tone. “I didn’t expect that things would change so much in the past few years. If I had
never come to the imperial capital, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out like this...”
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I looked at her in stunned silence. I had no memory of what she was talking about. Perhaps I had been put under a spell.
Otherwise, I couldn’t have forgotten everything.
“You must be wondering about how you lost your memory, right?” Lucy looked at me with a smug smile. “You should ask Laura
or Sylvia about that. Sylvia’s departure was too sudden. She loved you very much, so I doubt she’d leave you for no good
reason.”
“I know,” I murmured in a low voice. If Sylvia didn’t love me, why would she have gone to the border pack and raised the children
alone?
I figured she must’ve gone through a lot of difficulties on her own. But I wasn’t in a hurry to get to the bottom of things. This was
just the beginning. I would find out what had happened in the past, slowly but surely.
This time, I wouldn’t let her leave me again.
“Oh right, you can also ask Warren and Flora about it,” Lucy suddenly added.
I narrowed my eyes at her in surprise. “What’s their relationship with Sylvia?”

“They’re good friends,” Lucy answered matter-of-factly. “Sylvia has her own unique charm. Wherever she goes, she manages to
make friends. Although her status was low at that time, it didn’t hinder people from liking her. She managed to make friends with
people like Harry and Joanna, too.”
After saying that, she smiled bitterly. “I really envy her. She’s tough and hard-working, and she always manages to fight her way
out of a rut. Not only does she have close friends, but she also found her prince charming. As for why she had to leave her
prince charming, I’m not too sure. But still, there are countless people who love and care about her.”
Lucy’s words confirmed most of my guesses.
Sure enough, everyone had been hiding the truth from me, although they didn’t seem to mean any harm.
So there was only one possibility: my memory loss and separation from Sylvia were all part of Sylvia’s plan.
“I also wonder why Sylvia left you. She loved you dearly, and she was pregnant with your kids at the time, but she chose to take
the blame for treason and left you. Why?” Lucy turned to look at me, curiosity and confusion written all over her face.

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