Loraine.


    Her eyes, glowing with enthusiasm, outshone the twinkling celestial bodies.


    “Care to make a wish?” He suggested in a soft whisper.


    A wave of childlike excitement swept over Loraine as she nodded, folding her arms and closing her


    eyes, entrusting her wish to the shooting stars.


    The suddenness of it left Loraine flustered. Eyes shut, she pondered before voicing her deepest wish.


    “I hope that Grandpa, Rowan, and Wesley stay safe and healthy, and…”


    An image of a man shed in her mind. Suddenly opening her eyes, she caught sight of the final


    meteor cutting a path through the night.


    Her words choked in her throat, reced by a silent plea.


    “I also wish for a smooth partnership between Marco and myself. No unnecessaryplications,


    please.”


    The meteor shower, in all its fleeting beauty, captivated Loraine. But when she finally turned her


    attention back to the man, she found his gaze fixed on her, undisturbed.


    A sense of unease crept in her heart. She averted her gaze and managed to ask, “Why didn’t you wish


    upon the meteors, but just kept Looking at me?”


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    Gazing at her, the man spoke softly.


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    “Meteors that vanish in a blink don’t captivate me. It’s the stars that hold my heart.”


    Upon hearing this, Loraine expressed her puzzlement, “Stars?”


    His voice sounded gruff, altered by a voice changer, yet a hint of tenderness seeped through.


    “I’ve been told that darkness is the permanent state of the universe.


    Only the radiance of stars, their energy, can cut through this dark abyss, reaching far and wide,


    brightening the cosmos. As long as the universe thrives, the stars continue to twinkle. Stars, they exist


    for the universe.”


    Loraine couldn’t suppress a chuckle at his cosmic musings. Why was he rambling about stars and the


    universe?


    Suddenly, it dawned on her.


    The Sr Company and The Universe Group? The sun was a star. Was this mere coincidence?


    A gulp ran down her throat. An idea began to form in her head but was cut short before she could


    explore it further.


    In the midst of the undefined ambiance, the man hidden behind the mask leaned in closer to her.