Chapter 480: Interrupted Intimacy
"Miss Ella, my interest in you has grown even stronger, and I find myself curious about your husband as well. However, the time isn’t right just yet. I hope that one day, I’ll have the chance to meet you."
The note carried no threats, just a casual, almost indifferent tone, as though the writer were nonchalantly sharing their thoughts.
"This tone..." Ella frowned. "It really might just be some kind of word game. What do you think?"
Eric gently brushed his cheek against hers, his warm breath fanning across her face. "Game or not, I’ll make sure they don’t get their way. I’ll have everyone stay extra vigilant."
Ella sighed, frustration creeping into her voice. "But this person is so elusive, almost impossibly skilled. No matter how much we investigate, we can’t find them. Eric, isn’t this the first time something like this has happened?"
Even with Grace and Donald, who had hidden their tracks so well, they’d managed to uncover the truth. But this time, the culprit was far too cunning. It had been nearly two years since the notes started appearing, and they still hadn’t found a single lead.
"Don’t worry. There will come a day when everything is revealed," Eric reassured her. Ella said nothing more, only wishing for some happy, peaceful days with him.
Living a life of constant vigilance and suspicion wasn’t what she wanted.
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Ella had hoped the writer would surface soon, but months passed, and her sons grew older—five months older, to be exact—with no further incidents. The letters had stopped altogether.
Ella even began to feel as though those notes had never existed, as though they were just a bad dream.