Ch. 401..410

Loving You In Secret Chapter 401-The setting sun tainted the sky with its golden-red color.

Vicky had lost count of the times she checked the clock on the wall, as Tyler should be home by this time.

In the past few days, though there were times when Tyler had a problem with her, he would always return home for dinner despite being extremely cold to her. However, he was half an hour late on this day.

She did not know about the other woman in the past, but at this moment, she knew. She was hysterical and simply could not settle down.

'Maybe he hasn't been physically involved with that woman yet, but who knows if he'll lose control someday?' she thought. 'It's human nature to be double-standard after all.'

Unable to contain herself any longer, she made a call to Tyler.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Sometime later, the call was answered, and the familiar, frosty voice came through the speaker. "What is it?’

Vicky sighed a breath of relief as she was fearing that the call would be answered by a strange woman who proceeded to tell her that Tyler was in the shower.

"Dinner is ready, so when are you coming home?* she whispered.

After a brief moment of silence, he said, "I have a business deal that I need to close and it's located far from home, so I won't be going home for a while."

Loving You In Secret Chapter 402-Vicky clenched her fists. ’Are you...really busy lately?" "Yeah."

"Because of that business deal?"

"Is there something else you want to say?" he questioned impatiently.

"Well... When will you come home, then?"

"Depends," he said before hanging up.

Her pale face and dazed eyes were reflected on the screen of the phone, and after taking just a few bites of food, Vicky headed upstairs.

Instead of going to her study to work, she made another call. "Cece, do you know anyone who can track Tyler?"

Cece was baffled by this question but did not ask any questions. "I'll ask around."

Half an hour later, Vicky's phone rang.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 403-"Vicky, I asked around. Mister Spark is the only one who said he can help."

Tyler was practically the king of Stoneford City, and only a handful of people had the power to follow Tyler around.

Even the press steered clear of Tyler's scandals without his permission, so one would need a certain level of influence to investigate anything about Tyler.

Vicky had lost her memories and all her connections in the past were of no use to her, so she could only seek Cece's help to look for those who could assist her with the investigation.

Vicky instantly knew that Cece was talking about Harvey, and she felt reluctant to seek Harvey's help, so she fell into silence.

Cece knew Vicky well enough to know the reason for her silence and said," Should I ask for Jennifer's help?"

"It's fine," Vicky said. 'Jennifer doesn't know that many people in Stoneford City, and Anthony is desperate for a chance to make her his puppet... Don't tell her about this."

Jennifer had always been a kind young woman who would do everything in her power if she knew Vicky needed help.

Cece instantly realized that Jennifer might ask for Anthony's help and said, "But, Vicky..."

"The situation I'm facing isn't that bad, so don't worry."

They continued to chat for a while longer before ending the call.

As soon as Vicky hung up, she received a call from Harvey.

"Vicky, are you trying to look into Tyler?"

Vicky hesitated. After all, Harvey had once lied to her, hence her distrust.

Realizing what she was thinking, Harvey lowered his voice and said, "Vicky, I've been having my men follow Tyler lately, so telling you what we found isn't that big a trouble at all."

There were not many people who had the power to investigate Tyler's schedule, and since she could not seek Sebastian's help, Harvey was the only option she had left.

After a few moments of silence, Vicky said, "I want to know where he's been today and the past month."

"Sure, I'll get them to summarize the data and send it over to you."

10 minutes later, all the information was sent to Vicky's phone, and she began to study the information attentively.

The schedule seemed ordinary, but she soon noticed the blank slots of time on the schedule. She recalled that most of the blank slots were times when Tyler was not home.

Vicky called Harvey back immediately. "Mister Sparks, I want to know what's going on with the blanks on the schedule.’

"Tyler is a highly alert man, but since his safety is of paramount importance, all his bodyguards are extremely skilled at spotting anyone who follows them. They frequently discovered my men, and we'd need to fall back once discovered before continuing to follow him after some time."

Vicky glanced at the time when these blanks were found. ’The blanks are mostly at night. Why?"

Most of the blank slots were found after seven at night, and no one seemed to know where he was during this period.

Harvey's voice deepened. "We can't find him during this time, which means that he reinforced the force to guard the premise around him with exceptionally skilled individuals, which makes it really difficult to find out where he went."

Vicky stared at the information wordlessly.

"May I ask why you decided to look into him all of a sudden?" "I suspect that he's seeing another woman," Vicky said calmly.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 404-"It's not her." The woman in the photo popped into Vicky's mind. "I suspect that it's the woman he's been truly in love with." "The woman he's been truly in love with?"

Vicky smiled bitterly. "I used to think that he was in love with Sheila. I later found out that...Sheila was just a substitute forthat woman."

After a few moments of silence, Harvey asked, "What makes you say that?"

"I saw a photo in his study room. Besides," she bitterly continued, "he didn't agree to continue the marriage with me to advance his career. It's probably because I can play 'The Moonlight Bay'."

The song was what Vicky, Sheila, and Nikki shared in common.

"The Moonlight Bay'?" Harvey repeated in an odd tone.

Vicky was sharp enough to pick up on it. "Do you know something about it?"

Harvey used to be Vicky’s fiance and had a grudge against Tyler, so it was likely that Harvey knew what happened in the past.

He did not say anything.

"Mister Sparks, do you know something about this?" she repeated.

'How can I forget?* she thought to herself. "Harvey is one of the people who might know everything concerning the memories I've lost.'

"Vicky," he said in a melodious yet hoarse voice. ’Sometimes, it's better to forget."

Harvey's advice sounded familiar; Sebastian had said the same thing before.

Vicky gripped her phone tightly. "You know this person, don't you?’

"Vicky..."

"Just answer me. Yes or no?"

Harvey did not respond, and Vicky got her answer from his silence. Just as she was about to hang up, she heard him sigh.

"Yes, I do know her."

"What about me? Do I know her?"

"You do, too."

"Can you tell me her name?"

"I'm sorry, Vicky."

Vicky smiled. "Thank you for telling me this." She paused before adding, "A big part of my motivation for looking into Tyler is because of this woman, so...I don't think I should be asking for your help to avoid putting you in a difficult situation. I know that it's going to be challenging to find the truth alone. All I ask is that you don't try to hide this woman from me. Don't worry, though. I just want to know who she is. I won't do anything to hurt her."

"Vicky, I can tell you with certainty that the woman Tyler is seeing right now isn't her," Harvey said.

"Is that so?"

"I'm not trying to protect this person by not telling you who she is. It's just that..." Harvey struggled with his words. "Just remember that I'd never hurt you."

"Thank you. I need to go now."

"Alright."

After the call, she started glancing through Tyler's schedule during the day.

She was being haunted by a masked man, while he spent time with a mysterious woman.

'What a couple we are,' she thought.

His whereabouts at night had been completely out of sight, but what happened during the day had been recorded in detail. She could see that he had been staying in Hart Corporation the entire day without heading out for any business meeting.

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Loving You In Secret Chapter 405-Tyler lied.

It was likely that he had gone to see the mysterious woman when he supposedly disappeared during the night, but Harvey seemed certain that the woman in the photo Vicky once found was not the woman Tyler was seeing at the moment.

From Harvey's tone, Vicky could tell that he seemed to be protective over the woman in the photo, and she started to let her imagination go wild.

‘Can it be that apart from business rivalry, Tyler and Harvey had been in love with the same woman before?' she thought to herself.

Naturally, it was all just a theory and Vicky cast it aside not long after.

Tyler had not returned home at all in the following week, and all the information about Tyler's schedule continued to be sent to Vicky's phone.

As usual, Tyler would disappear at night, and the masked man—who had been haunting her in the past weeks-seemed to have disappeared as well, except the occasional message saying that he was busy.

Vicky was busy, too, only not with work. She was running herself thin, trying to find the identities of the masked man and the woman Tyler had been seeing.

She scanned the scattered documents on her desk and pinched the bridge of her nose tiredly because, despite her effort, she had not discovered anything about the masked man and the mysterious woman.

"Vicky, are you in some kind of trouble lately?" Jennifer walked into the studio with two lunchboxes.

Cece had gone to take measurements for their client and Vicky had been so occupied with her research that she lost track of time, so Jennifer went to buy two portions of lunch.

Vicky sighed. "I'm looking for a person, but I don't know what they look like or anything about them. Having them followed won't work, so I'm trying to find a way to...find them."

"Vicky, is this person you're looking for someone you know or just a stranger?"

Vicky shook her head. "I don't know."

"I have an idea, actually."

Vicky's eyes lit up. "You do?"

"It works if it's someone around you, but if it's just a stranger... It won't work as well."

"I can't be sure if it's someone around me." Vicky looked at Jennifer eagerly. "Jennifer, what do you have in mind?"

"Vicky, you should know what happened between me, Lily, and Anthony by now, right? The method I am about to tell you is how I found out about Lily, " she said bitterly. "There was a time when Anthony started acting weird, and he wouldn't tell me what happened. He'd sometimes leave in the middle of a date, and I started to suspect that he was seeing another woman.

"Anthony's parents have always been quite open-minded, and even if he fell in love with a girl whose status isn't a match for Anthony, they wouldn't have stopped him. As for me... If he didn't like me and fell in love with another girl instead, I'd never force him to go through with the marriage, so he didn't have to lie about her. I didn't find out until later on that he was hiding her to protect her."

Jennifer forced a smile. "And that woman was Lily Foster. She once risked her life to save Anthony, and he has been obsessed with finding her for the longest time. He once managed to find her a few years ago, and he came close to breaking ties with his family for her sake. I don't know what happened, but that was the first time his parents had ever been so against him dating someone. His protest didn't work, and Lily was sent away. The Monroes and the Yavners have been friends through generations, and I grew up with Anthony. Both of our parents want us to marry each other, so we got engaged one year after Lily disappeared.

"Anthony's parents thought that he had changed and handed him full control over Yavner Group. I thought the same too because he managed to hide his true feelings so well that no one noticed. One day, I caught a really faint scent on him; the kind of scent that doesn't fade in time. It was barely there, but still noticeable and that was when I discovered Lily."

Vicky scowled. "She wanted you to find out?"

Jennifer nodded. "Yes. She wanted me to find out about her. Afterward, I sent someone to investigate the scent and found out that it was a unique type of perfume. All it takes is a single spray, and anyone the user comes into contact with frequently will have that scent clinging to them as well."

Loving You In Secret Chapter 406-Jennifer looked at Vicky. "Vicky, I can give you the perfume if you need it. However, if the person you're looking for doesn't appear around you or the people you know, it wont work. I suppose you can use this to confirm if it's someone you know, at the very least.’

Vicky nodded in agreement, believing it was an effective solution.

That night, Vicky returned home with the perfume, and as soon as she changed into her slippers, she spotted the man sitting on the couch in the living room.

He sat elegantly with his eyes on his phone, and Vicky narrowed her eyes when she glanced at his phone because it was the one he usually used.

She walked over to him. "Why are you back?"

He gazed up at her without a sign of abnormality in his expression. "Am I not welcomed here?"

"You are." Vicky avoided all the questions she wanted to ask but would never get the answers for. "Have you eaten?"

"No."

"I'll get Nanny Paterson to start preparing dinner, then.’

"Sure."

40 minutes later, dinner was ready, and the two proceeded to dine together.

After dinner, Tyler headed into the study to work before returning to the bedroom at ten.

Vicky was slightly taken by shock when she saw him walking into the bedroom and thought to herself, 'I thought he'd be sleeping in a different room. Why did he come back to our room tonight?'

Tyler's expression darkened at the sight of the surprise on her face. "Don't you want me to sleep in this room?"

"I’m not thinking that.’ She walked toward the bathroom. "I'll shower now."

Tyler had already showered in a different bathroom and sat in bed while staring at his phone.

'He used to never spend so much time staring at his phone,' she thought bitterly.

After the shower, she went to lie down on the other side of the bed and was about to turn off the lights when Tyler said, "Did you change the brand of your shower gel?"

She froze and started to panic, having remembered she put on some of the perfume she got from Jennifer.

She had been hesitant as to whether she should use the perfume on the masked man or Tyler, but since Tyler was home, she decided to look for the mysterious woman he was seeing.

She had tested the scent beforehand and found it was faint, so only people with sensitive senses would notice.

To her horror, Tyler noticed it right away.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 407-At that moment, Vicky was about to go to bed and had her hair down, which conveniently covered her face.

"I didn't." She lowered her gaze. "I just used some essential oil."

It seemed to be just a casual question, and since Vicky was about to go to sleep, Tyler went and switched off the lights on his end of the bed as well.

He did not touch her or hold her closer, but Vicky consoled herself inwardly. 'It's fine. Jennifer said that anyone who's been next to me for an hour or more would have the scent stuck on them. The longer they're with me, the thicker the scent is, to the point that the scent would even cling to those they come into contact with. It might be like searching for a needle in a haystack, but it's better than knowing nothing at all.'

Vicky sat in the corner of a cafe and waited patiently.

Shortly after, a woman wearing a pair of sunglasses sat in front of Vicky.

"Why have you asked me out all of a sudden, Miss Shaw?" Sheila asked.

It had been so long since Vicky met Sheila. She had not heard anything about Sheila either since she called Tyler in the middle of the night some time ago.

In the recent week, Tyler had been returning home and resting with a strict schedule, so the report she received from Harvey showed no abnormality.

Perhaps it was because Tyler had been at home every day, but the masked man had not appeared again-though he continued to text her every single day.

Even at this moment, she had no clue about the identity of the woman

Tyler was seeing.

Vicky took a sip of coffee and smiled. 'It's been a while since I saw you, so

I figured we should catch up."

Sheila ordered a cup of coffee and took off her sunglasses. ’Is there a point to all these pretenses between us?"

Vicky chuckled. 'Since you want to go straight to the point, I'll cut to the chase. There's something I want to ask you about.’

"What is it?"

"Have you been with Tyler later?"

She scowled. "I’ve been filming overseas and just returned yesterday.’

Since Sheila had confirmed that she had not been with Tyler, Vicky leaned back and said, "I suspect that Tyler is seeing another woman."

Sheila paled. "What?"

Vicky stood from her seat and walked over to Sheila, seemingly sniffing her.

Slightly taken aback by her action, Sheila asked, "What are you doing, Vicky? N

Though Vicky knew that Tyler was not meeting Sheila all along, her heart ached when she confirmed her theory. It would have been better if the woman was Sheila because Vicky knew that Tyler never truly loved her, but ...there was no scent on Sheila.

The woman was not her.

Vicky did not bother to explain herself and returned to her seat again. "The woman Tyler loves has returned."

"That's impossible!" Sheila blurted out.

"Why not?’

Sheila opened her mouth to speak but swallowed whatever words were at the tip of her tongue.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 408-Sheila glanced at Vicky and took out her phone to search for something. Shortly after, her expression darkened.

Vicky narrowed her eyes and stared directly at Sheila. ‘You know who that is, don't you?"

Sheila looked up abruptly. "Vicky Shaw, were you testing me?"

"I’m not that bored,’ Vicky said casually. "Though you kept telling me that you don't know who this woman is, even Nikki managed to sense something, so is it really possible for you, someone who came close to becoming Tyler's fiance, not know anything? If you don't know a thing, why would you keep reminding me how important this person is to Tyler?"

Sheila remained silent.

The waiter brought the coffee Sheila ordered and set it down in front of her before leaving.

"Both of us are just substitutes for this woman," Vicky continued. "You might think that I'm lucky to be Missus Hart, but...once she's back. I'll have to give up everything I have now.

"I don't mind telling you the truth: Tyler has been acting weird lately, and I suspect that this woman might be back."

Vicky did not know what Sheila saw on her phone, but she did not seem to suspect a word Vicky said. She stared at the steaming cup of coffee in front of her and whispered, "Vicky, Tyler might put up with me to a certain degree, but there are lines that no one can cross. Do you understand?"

Vicky stared at her intently. "If you can leave hints here and there for me, why would it be an issue for you to just come right out and say it?"

Sheila met her eyes. "There are taboos. Besides...saying these things out loud won't benefit me in any way. Quite the opposite, actually. I'll lose everything."

"I should've known about this woman before I lost my memories." Vicky observed the look on Sheila's face. "I'll get those memories back. Even if I don't know anything about this woman right now, I'll know about her in the future. Since this person has resurfaced, I don't want to be ignorant."

Sheila stirred her coffee as she wavered.

Noticing her struggle, Vicky decided to push her further. 'Harvey Sparks knows this woman, and she's rather important to him as well, isn't she?"

Sheila looked up in shock. "Why do you know that?"

"It's not exactly a secret so long as one tries to find out." Vicky kept her composure. "I might've lost touch with the Shaws, but they probably know what happened all those years back. I could ask them about it-"

"Vicky," Sheila interrupted her, "it's best that you don't ask the Shaws about this."

Vicky paused. "Why not?"

Sheila shot her a half-smile. "If you're so smart and managed to get this far, you should know."

Vicky arrived home that night and was stopped by someone.

"Vicky, can I have a few minutes of your time?"

Vicky stared at the middle-aged woman in front of her. "Missus Mills?"

The last time she saw Missus Mills was during the Mills' party, and Missus Mills was the embodiment of elegance at the time. However, at this moment, her hair had all turned gray, and she looked so exhausted that it was as though she aged 10 years in the past six months.

Missus Mills looked at her and pleaded, "Vicky, can you help Sebastian out? n

Vicky's expression darkened when she heard Sebastian's name. "I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do."

She did not know what happened to Sebastian, but she had no sympathy for someone who sold her to Forever Night for his gain. Had it not been for Sebastian's scheme, the masked man would never have haunted her.

Vicky turned to leave, but Missus Mills reached out to grab her by the wrist. "Vicky Shaw, you got Sebastian and the Mills into this position. You can't just stay out of it!"

Vicky scowled. "Missus Mills, let go."

Missus Mills glared at her with bloodshot eyes and gritted out, "Vicky, you came close to getting Sebastian killed, and this time...are you trying to break our family apart?"

Loving You In Secret Chapter 409-"Missus Mills, I don't know what's happening in the business world, but I think it's shameless to blame your business failure on a woman."

Missus Mills ignored her and shouted hysterically, "You were the reason Sebastian had to stay overseas for years! You are a disaster, Vicky Shaw! If it wasn't for you, why would Tyler come after Sebastian and the Mills?!’

Vicky frowned, unfeeling toward the Mills.

Sebastian used her to set up a trap for Tyler, and she had gone through hell because of that, so it was only normal for Tyler to retaliate. It would have been odd if Tyler simply let it pass without punishing Sebastian.

"Please leave, Missus Mills. If you continue to cause trouble here, I'm calling the police." Vicky shook off Missus Mills' hand and walked into the mansion.

Missus Mills did not follow her into the mansion and shouted, 'Vicky Shaw, what's stolen will never be truly yours. You will pay for what you've done!"

Vicky opened the door. Before she got in, however, she turned and glanced at Missus Mills—who remained standing and glared daggers at her resentfully.

The pure hatred in her eyes caused Vicky's heart to sink.

Tyler did not return that night and simply sent her a text saying that he was busy and that he would not be returning home.

Vicky knew she would never get the answer to a question he did not wish to be asked, so she did not confront him about it.

However, what Missus Mills said earlier suddenly came to mind.

'Stolen?' she thought. 'Missus Mills said that I stole something, but from who? From the woman Tyler is seeing?1

In Tyler's absence, Vicky twisted and turned in bed as she struggled to fall asleep.

Sometime later, she heard a faint sound from the door.

Since she was not asleep to begin with, she instantly perked up at the sound, knowing only the masked man would make such a sound.

Perhaps it was because Tyler had been at home most of the time recently, but the masked man had not reached out to her for a long while.

He strode toward the bed, his figure blurred by the darkness, and Vicky held her breath.

"Why aren't you asleep?" he asked.

Startled, she said, "How do you know that I'm not?’

He caressed her cheek and said, ’You're breathing differently.’

She already tried her best to keep her breathing stable and had no clue as to how the man noticed the difference.

"Why?’ he whispered as though he was talking to himself.

Confused, she asked, "Why, what?”

"Why weren't you pregnant?"

Vicky was stunned.

Loving You In Secret Chapter 410-Vicky could sense the man's smothering gaze even in the darkness and thought to herself, ‘This guy has to be insane. Nothing ever happened between us, so why would I be pregnant with his child?'

Naturally, she dared not to say it out loud for fear she might provoke him, so she remained quiet.

Just then, a faint fragrance caught her attention.

It was a pleasant, familiar scent, and Vicky's eyes widened.

She tensed at the realization that.Jt was the fragrance of the perfume she got from Jennifer.

The bed was filled with the same scent, and Vicky had grown used to it. Realization dawned on her that this was the first time she met with the masked man since she obtained the perfume.

'We’ve only been next to each other for a few minutes, so why would he... smell like the perfume?’ she thought. 'Am I just imagining things, or is the scent in this room so thick that it attached itself to his body?' i

The man stared at her intently with his piercing gaze. The fragrance became more and more distinctive, and Vicky struggled to tell if she was imagining it or if it truly existed.

Sensing how tense she was, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Vicky moved closer to sniff him, which elicited a question. "Why are you sniffing me?"

"I want to know if you smell like another woman.’

He chuckled. "Jealous?"

Vicky did not respond.

The man seemed to be pleased and explained, "You are my only woman."

Vicky clenched the sheets beneath her as she tried her best to maintain her composure. "I want to know what made you pick me from the auction."

"Hm?" The man was shocked as Vicky rarely showed him any interest.

"Why did you pick me? Why did you help me out, only to haunt me afterward?"

"I told you that I like your face, didn't I?"

Vicky could recall that he had mentioned something similar in Forever Night.

After a brief moment of silence, she said, "That's all?"

"What else can there be?"

She looked up at the man who was holding her with a smile. "Are you sure it's not because it's fun and exciting?"

Confused, the man muttered, "What?"

Her voice grew cold. "Tyler Hart, how long are you going to keep this up?"