Chapter 242: Chess Piece
(Daniel POV)
I turned off the desk lamp. The room went dark.
I don't know how much time passed. Maybe a few minutes, maybe half an hour.
Two knocks on the door. Jack pushed it open, clutching his phone, looking pretty grim.
"Mr. Cooper." He walked up to my desk, voice very low. "Luke just calle...
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1. Chapter 1: Three Months Later, I Will Disappear
2. Chapter 2: He Remembers Her Allergy, but Can’t Remember That I Hate Onions
3. Chapter 3: He Hugged Me, but Said It Was for the Stock Price
4. Chapter 4: I’m Ready to Fulfill You
5. Chapter 5: The Deadline Is Approaching
6. Chapter 6: The Divorce Agreement Is Already on the Way
7. Chapter 7: So You Called Me Here Just to Be Her Driver?
8. Chapter 8: He Pushed Me Away
9. Chapter 9: She Is Not Joking
10. Chapter 10: He Chose Ella
11. Chapter 11: The Truth He Doesn’t Know
12. Chapter 12: Settle the Accounts Clearly
13. Chapter 13: The Last Dignity
14. Chapter 14: Double Up
15. Chapter 15: One Hand
16. Chapter 16: Shattered
17. Chapter 17: I Did Not Turn Back
18. Chapter 18: Only Her
19. Chapter 19: Agreement
20. Chapter 20: Fragments
21. Chapter 21: Death Anniversary
22. Chapter 22: You Think This Is Enough?
23. Chapter 23: Dislikes Dirtiness
24. Chapter 24: Thirty Million
25. Chapter 25: The Porridge Is Very Tasty
26. Chapter 26: Toys
27. Chapter 27: Bolted from the Inside
28. Chapter 28: Divorce Agreement
29. Chapter 29: Who Told You to Do These Things?
30. Chapter 30: Relic
31. Chapter 31: Rose Crown
32. Chapter 32: Madman
33. Chapter 33: Unconscious and Unawake
34. Chapter 34: You Are Not Allowed to Die
35. Chapter 35: Surveillance
36. Chapter 36: Delete
37. Chapter 37: Spending the Night Out?
38. Chapter 38: Disconnected Number
39. Chapter 39: Bone Fracture
40. Chapter 40: The Woman in the Mirror
41. Chapter 41: Escape
42. Chapter 42: Blacklisted
43. Chapter 43: He Is Still Waiting
44. Chapter 44: Like Crazy
45. Chapter 45: After Being Blocked
46. Chapter 46: Empty as Can Be
47. Chapter 47: Emptying Out
48. Chapter 48: She Left
49. Chapter 49: Nowhere to Be Found
50. Chapter 50: Original Copy
51. Chapter 51: That Slap
52. Chapter 52: Have You Fallen in Love with Her?
53. Chapter 53: You Have Become the Version of Yourself You Hate Most
54. Chapter 54: I Forced Her
55. Chapter 55: I Forced Her—“We Forced Her Together!”
56. Chapter 56: You Are Not Worthy of Her
57. Chapter 57: Only This Once
58. Chapter 58: That Silhouette
59. Chapter 59: The Rules for Newcomers
60. Chapter 60: Check Her Real-Time Location for Me
61. Chapter 61: Have You Fallen in Love with Her?
62. Chapter 62: Don’t Even Think About It
63. Chapter 63: The Slap Across His Face
64. Chapter 64: The Boy in a White Shirt
65. Chapter 65: Who Is That Young Man?
66. Chapter 66: Treated Him Like Air
67. Chapter 67: The Final Thirty Days
68. Chapter 68: What Exactly Is Her Major?
69. Chapter 69: Reporting
70. Chapter 70: I Still Have to Thank Her
71. Chapter 71: I Never Loved You
72. Chapter 72: Marry Ms. Price?
73. Chapter 73 Are You Married?
74. Chapter 74: Are You Crazy!
75. Chapter 75: He Is Not Worthy
76. Chapter 76: I Love You
77. Chapter 77: She Saved Your Life
78. Chapter 78: Marry Me, OK?
79. Chapter 79: The Taste of Home
80. Chapter 80: Something Off About the Reaction
81. Chapter 81: Make It Feasible!
82. Chapter 82: The “Home” of the Past
83. Chapter 83: What Right Do You Have to Decide for Me
84. Chapter 84: He Took It In
85. Chapter 85: I Don’t Need This Kind of Protection
86. Chapter 86: My Mrs. Cooper
87. Chapter 87: Tie Her Back to My Side Again
88. Chapter 88: Stranger
89. Chapter 89: Encirclement Hunt
90. Chapter 90: Going Public
91. Chapter 91: Then We’ll Meet in Court
92. Chapter 92: Nausea
93. Chapter 93: Can’t Shake Off
94. Chapter 94: Verification
95. Chapter 95: No Comment
96. Chapter 96: Parting on Bad Terms
97. Chapter 97: What Do You Think You Are?
98. Chapter 98: Mad Dog
99. Chapter 99: Kneel Down and Beg Me
100. Chapter 100: Late Night
101. Chapter 101: Trading Insults
102. Chapter 102: Mad Dog’s Counterattack
103. Chapter 103: Who’s Afraid of Whom?
104. Chapter 104: Forgot to Introduce Myself
105. Chapter 105: The Price of Apology
106. Chapter 106: Stand Up for Me
107. Chapter 107: Leaving the House with Nothing
108. Chapter 108: A Special Dinner
109. Chapter 109: Ring Finger
110. Chapter 110: Cannot Afford to Lose
111. Chapter 111: Refund the Money
112. Chapter 112: Tastes Pretty Good
113. Chapter 113: Ulterior Motives
114. Chapter 114: Five Minutes
115. Chapter 115: The Old Place
116. Chapter 116: Venting
117. Chapter 117: He Learned Everything
118. Chapter 118: Who Dares Touch You
119. Chapter 119: He Saw the Scars
120. Chapter 120: Fifty Million U.S. Dollars
121. Chapter 121: One Hundred Million US Dollars
122. Chapter 122: He Won’t Get Away
123. Chapter 123: She Can’t Get Away
124. Chapter 124: A Strange Phone Call
125. Chapter 125: Insufficient Evidence
126. Chapter 126: Playboy
127. Chapter 127: Not to the Point of Bullying Women?
128. Chapter 128: Bastard Brother
129. Chapter 129: Something’s Off About You
130. Chapter 130: Something Is Off About Him
131. Chapter 131: He’s Gone Crazy
132. Chapter 132: I Don’t Want to Hide Anymore
133. Chapter 133: Don’t Want to Hide Anymore
134. Chapter 134: He Waited for an Hour
135. Chapter 135: Are You Begging Me?
136. Chapter 136: Turning a Blind Eye
137. Chapter 137: Professional Ethics
138. Chapter 138: Should Stay for a Lifetime
139. Chapter 139: Distancing Oneself from the Relationship
140. Chapter 140: Excuse
141. Chapter 141: Apology
142. Chapter 142: Not Allowed to Throw It Away
143. Chapter 143: Mrs. Cooper
144. Chapter 144: Mistook the Wrong Person
145. Chapter 145: You Lied to Me for Years
146. Chapter 146: Five Against One
147. Chapter 147: What Kind of Man Only Lasts a Few Minutes
148. Chapter 148: Verdict Result
149. Chapter 149: Ten Thousand Times Stronger Than You
150. Chapter 150: Don’t Speak for Him
151. Chapter 151: Contract Marriage
152. Chapter 152: Flaw
153. Chapter 153: Who Asked Him to Help?
154. Chapter 154: Dog Man
155. Chapter 155: Big Pomelo
156. Chapter 156: Owe Nothing to Anyone
157. Chapter 157: Played for a Fool
158. Chapter 158: Celebrating the Divorce
159. Chapter 159: Who Protects Whom
160. Chapter 160: Never Regret It
161. Chapter 161: Everyone Is Asking
162. Chapter 162: Three Days
163. Chapter 163: Thank-You Gift
164. Chapter 164: One Year
165. Chapter 165: What She Gave (Me)
166. Chapter 166: Powerless Rage
167. Chapter 167: He Did It on Purpose
168. Chapter 168: What Gives You the Right?
169. Chapter 169: Two-Faced
170. Chapter 170: Does He Like You?
171. Chapter 171: Tracking
172. Chapter 172: She Took a Step Back
173. Chapter 173: Never Loved
174. Chapter 174: Serves You Right
175. Chapter 175: Each Harboring Their Own Thoughts
176. Chapter 176: Three Kowtows
177. Chapter 177: Each with Their Own Thoughts
178. Chapter 178: Being Self-Indulgently Sentimental
179. Chapter 179: Password
180. Chapter 180: He Will Be Even Crazier
181. Chapter 181: The Truth
182. Chapter 182: He Deserves It
183. Chapter 183: Psychological Anchor Point
184. Chapter 184: Because of Him?
185. Chapter 185: Tomorrow Morning, I’ll Go Find Her
186. Chapter 186: I’m Not Sick
187. Chapter 187: Evenly Settled
188. Chapter 188: Return to the Detention Center
189. Chapter 189: Put on the Act All the Way Through
190. Chapter 190: Something Is Off About You
191. Chapter 191: Delivering a Meal
192. Chapter 192: Never Able to Eat It Again
193. Chapter 193: Lawsuits Are Not Easy to Fight
194. Chapter 194: He Agreed
195. Chapter 195: He Can’t Afford to Lose
196. Chapter 196: A Sudden Encounter
197. Chapter 197: The Nice Guy
198. Chapter 198: Humanitarianism
199. Chapter 199: Amazon’s Tear
200. Chapter 200: The Mysterious Buyer
201. Chapter 201: Flaw
202. Chapter 202: Guarding That Road for Her
203. Chapter 203: Two Lines
204. Chapter 204: She Heard the Name
205. Chapter 205: The Last Strand of Hair
206. Chapter 206: She Is Waiting for Me
207. Chapter 207: A Hand in the Darkness
208. Chapter 208: Two Men
209. Chapter 209: Ninety-Three Percent
210. Chapter 210: Keeper of the Seal
211. Chapter 211: She Made It Through
212. Chapter 212: Extinguish
213. Chapter 213: Backfire
214. Chapter 214: Idlers and Other Unrelated People
215. Chapter 215: Who Is Qualified
216. Chapter 216: She Woke Up
217. Chapter 217: Am I Dead?
218. Chapter 218: That Tree Is Real
219. Chapter 219: Kneeling Down
220. Chapter 220: Unrelated to Each Other
221. Chapter 221: She Needs Time
222. Chapter 222: Not the Time
223. Chapter 223: The Art of Speaking
224. Chapter 224: Chicken Soup
225. Chapter 225: Outside the Door
226. Chapter 226: I Am At
227. Chapter 227: Not Worth It
228. Chapter 228: It Took Me Three Years to Remember
229. Chapter 229: A Bad Stroke of Fate
230. Chapter 230 The Dream Should Wake Up
231. Chapter 231: Room Card
232. Chapter 232: Under the Bed
233. Chapter 233: Wiped-Off Lipstick
234. Chapter 234: Water Shattered on the Ground
235. Chapter 235: Anyone but Her
236. Chapter 236: Confession in the Elevator
237. Chapter 237: Lifelong
238. Chapter 238: Two Cards
239. Chapter 239: Brought It Upon Oneself
240. Chapter 240: Taking the Initiative to Admit Mistakes
241. Chapter 241: The Wind Direction Has Changed
242. Chapter 242: Chess Piece
243. Chapter 243: A Feigned Act
244. Chapter 244: Whoever Moves Dies
245. Chapter 245: No Looking Back
246. Chapter 246: The Person Protected by the Brooks Family
247. Chapter 247: Serves You Right
248. Chapter 248: Whose Grandson Is Whose
249. Chapter 249: I Won’t Admit It
250. Chapter 250: Concern
251. Chapter 251: Taking the Initiative to Attack
252. Chapter 252: Misunderstanding
253. Chapter 253: The Slowest Method
254. Chapter 254: Bad Idea
255. Chapter 255: Reference Answer
256. Chapter 256: Audio Recording
257. Chapter 257: Discharge from the Hospital
258. Chapter 258: When the Younger Sister Watches
259. Chapter 259: Recognition Banquet
260. Chapter 260: What About Him?
261. Chapter 261: Who Leaked It
262. Chapter 262: Breakthrough Point
263. Chapter 263: The Mole
264. Chapter 264: What Gives You the Right to Go
265. Chapter 265: Greeter
266. Chapter 266: Side Door
267. Chapter 267: Who Is Qualified
268. Chapter 268: The First Dance
269. Chapter 269: She Said It
270. Chapter 270: He Saw It
271. Chapter 271: Seeing the Guest Off
272. Chapter 272: What Are You?
273. Chapter 273: Are You Really a Member of the Cooper Family?
274. Chapter 274: A Scam of More Than Twenty Years
275. Chapter 275: She Deserves All of This
276. Chapter 276: A Home Without Her
277. Chapter 277: The White-Shirt Boy She Loved
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