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CHAPTER 468
Mo Yuning's steps echoed through the vast, marble-floored corridors of the company, each step heavier than the last.
Her usually elegant demeanor was now replaced by evident distress, her teary eyes darting around as if searching for an escape.
The cold grip of her phone felt almost burning against her clammy palm while her other hand held the wall for support.
Every heartbeat felt like a drum, a loud reminder of her internal turmoil but still she could not escape it.
"Why now? Why here?" she whispered to herself, the weight of her recent discovery threatening to crush her spirit.
Her breathing became laboured, the cool air of the company's air-conditioning doing little to soothe her overheating body.
But before she could process her thoughts further, a crippling pain surged through her, centered around her stomach. It felt like a vise, constricting tighter and tighter.