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The mansion was grave silent when Sterling returned.

It wasn't the welcome Sterling had expected when he decided to return some hours earlier, he'd wanted to give Faith the surprise, and also because he fucking missed her!

He was impatient to know her response, she should have gotten enough time to think about it so it would appear as though he was pressuring her.

Sterling roamed around the large empty house wearing a deep frown.

She was nowhere to be ...