Chapter 178

As Panther's men ushered them toward the door, Derrick shot us a venomous look.

"Everything here will be mine one day," he hissed, his voice low but filled with menace. "And when that day comes, you'll be the ones leaving" "Derrick!" Cecily chided, though her tone was soft, and there was a strange glint of approval in her eyes as she glanced at her son

It was as if she found pleasure in his defiance.

Just as they were about to leave, Leo spoke up again, his voice cutting through the tension like a blade. "Andrew."

rew stopped, his hand still gripping Cecily's arm. "What?"

"The attack," Leo said, his tone sharp and probing. "Did you have anything to do with it?"

Andrew's face twisted into a puzzled frown. "What attack?"

His confusion looked genuine, as though he truly had no idea what Leo was referring to.

But as I shifted my gaze toward Cecily and Derrick, I saw something different.

Their bodies had gone rigid, and their faces had briefly frozen, the briefest flicker of guilt flashing across their expressions before they quickly masked it.

The tension in the room thickened as Ceccily's fake smile masked her true intentions.

"I heard that Leo was attacked by his rogue big brother, Sharik. Is this true?" she asked, her voice a little too casual for the gravity of the topic.

face flushing a shade darker with

he fought to control his emotions,

arranged for someone to assassinate you,

through the room, making

air was

demurely, but the glint in her

stirred doubts between Leo and his father, leaving a tangled

woman wasn't as

brewing storm, I intervened

and he claimed that someone else had stolen his bullets and used them to try to kill Leo. He wasn't behind the attack. Do any of you

silence. Andrew's fury was still present, but now laced with a hint

considering the implications of my

Andrew finally muttered, his voice low, no

Ceccily, always dramatic, let her voice waver, her eyes shimmering with

if we leave," she said, glancing between Andrew and me. "I'll take Derrick with me. We'll be out of your

walking toward the door. Andrew, looking as though he wanted to say something, hesitated

Chapter 178

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turned to Leo, bis voice hard, "We'll talk about this later had with thu, beds, bully Candy

Leo was left alone in the living

exhausted, slouched back into the couch, his normally sharp, so

his expression that took

seemingly unshakable, www boked as though

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