The interior of the house looked completely new.

Everything, including the furniture, had been replaced.

“Honey, what would you like to eat? I’ll cook for you.”

“Anything is fine.”

James did not have an appetite.

His greatest wish had been to retire and live in seclusion.

He was now retired and living in seclusion, but he was frustrated.

James did not want to spend the rest of his days in regret here, in a place no one knew about. However, he could not do anything right now.

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