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Mona fought for a moment, but when she saw she couldn't get away, she gave up.

"So this is where you stop, Mr. Cox? Your limit must be quite low.”

Leo pulled her hard and brought her right into his arms. Then he started walking toward the garage.

"Leo Cox! What are you up to?” Conan  was angry and yelled at Leo, who he didn't anticipate to do something like this. Then he started to chase them. But it looked like Leo’s  bodyguards came out of nowhere and blocked his way. "Stop it!"

Mona was startled by how quickly things changed. She hit Leo with her fists and feet and yelled at him to let her go. But no matter how much she yelled, Leo’s expression stayed calm as he led her to his car and pushed her inside.

Mona couldn't get out since the door locked behind her. She glanced at him with cold, mocking eyes and said, "It's been a few years, and I never thought I'd see Mr. Cox turn into a robber."

Leo didn't pay attention to her. He just got in the car and drove away from there. Mona, upset that he didn't care what she said, turned to stare out the window so she wouldn't have to talk to him anymore.

Leo looked across at Mona at that point. Maybe he had been too hard with her; her outfit was a touch messy, showing off her smooth, sensitive flesh. He couldn't help but compare the Mona of today to the Mona of five years ago, always with a trace of concern and sadness. She was now as vivid as a rose, and her features were even more refined.

He didn't want to say it, but he had to: Mona had done quite well since they broke up. He put his lips together and looked back at the road. When they got to the second villa of Leo’s, he opened the car door and reached out to help Mona.

She slapped his hand away without thinking, "Mr. Cox, stop pretending. I wouldn't dare hold the hand of a kidnapper.”

Mona might not have even realized it, but she usually seemed a little sharper than usual when she was around Leo. She got out of the car and gazed at the villa she hardly come, but her eyes were blank. She had to acknowledge that even though she often come here for in the past, it had never brought her any joy, only misery.

"Go ahead." Leo  stated in a low voice.

Mona looked back at the car parked behind her and thought about snatching the keys from Leo and running away. Finally, she gave up.

The villa's decor hadn't changed much in five years, as if time had never passed there. A trace of cynicism flashed in her eyes. "Mr. Cox, did you ruin your reputation just to bring me here to see the villa?"

Leo’s  face got colder as he saw how stubborn she was. "Where have you been for the last five years?"

Mona had disappeared without a trace back then, and no one knew why.

"Mr. Cox, you didn't find out?“ Mona  sat on the couch and spoke in a calm voice.

She had planned to go back to the Hunt villa after divorcing Leo, but on her way home, she met a Benita Shaw, who was wounded and she was being chased by people— who wanted her dead. Blood was all over Benita’s body, and she was at the point of death.

But Mona saved Benita and hid her from the people who wanted to kill her. As Mona was sure the people had left, she took Benita to the hospital and spend the day at the hospital not going back home.

When Benita recovered, she told Mona why she was being chased. It happened that Benita was a wealthy woman, and the people who wanted to kill her were her enemies who were after her properties.

When Benita asked Mona where she was going with her clothes, that was when Mona opened up to Benita about her divorce to Leo and how she was going back home before they met and how she was already pregnant for Leo.

As a way to appreciate her for saving her life, Benita decided to help Mona out. Benita helps Mona travel to France, took care of her and her twins after she gave birth, and exposed the people who wanted to kill her.

Zenith group in Sky city belongs to Benita and the workers in the group were deceitful, stealing the companies money.

When Benita discovered this, she sacked them and begged Mona to go back to Sky city and manage the company for her, since Mona studied business

administration at the university and used to work as a personal assistant to a CEO at an office before her marriage to Leo. And also because Mona was the only person she trusted now.

Mona agreed even though she knew Sky city holds painful memories, and with her twins still in France, she went back to Sky city leaving the kids in France in Benita's care, cause she was afraid that once Leo know of their existence, he might tried to take them away from her.