Chapter 44

That day, Jessica received a call right after she entered the laboratory. It was from the research institute's security office, saying that she received a local delivery. She went to pick up the parcel. When Jessica opened it, she saw that it was a cosmetics set from a luxury brand. She had received more than ten identical sets from the same brand and series. She didn't even need to look at the message card to know that Michael had sent this. If it weren't for their chance encounter at the mall that day, Jessica would have reacted the same way she always did when she received a gift from him. She would have thought that Michael was a typical man who put no thought into gifts except for buying the most expensive item at the counter. However, this time was different. Jessica had witnessed him walking in the mall with another woman with her own eyes. They were browsing women's clothing. He must have been accompanying that woman to buy clothes that day. Michael could accompany an