I sat quietly at the side of the table.Travis arrived late, took the main seat, and didn’t even let me translate.In flawless French, he told my boss, “Jennie will be working for my company from now on. As for the original contract price, multiply it by ten.”My boss did not look at me once.The two men shook hands, signed the papers, and that was it.In the blink of an eye, I belonged to Travis’s company.I had no idea what he was doing.When everyone else left the room, he finally spoke.“Jennie, do you want to go home and take a look?”I hesitated but nodded.I didn’t expect that after three whole years, he still lived in that tiny old house.When I stepped into my room, everything was exactly the same as when I left.Nothing was moved.Nothing was dusty.It had clearly been cleaned… often.He made a whole table of dishes I loved.For a moment, it felt like I had been pulled back into those first days after I transmigrated when he barely spoke to me and I filled the sil
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