Chapter 697:

“Come in,” she called.

Samuel entered, carrying a neatly folded set of women’s clothes.

“Ms. Hudson, these clothes have been prepared for you.”

Sadie accepted the clothes and retreated to the bathroom.

After changing, she emerged, trying to maintain her usual composure.

“About last night…”

Samuel hovered on the edge of his words, visibly torn. Sadie’s eyes narrowed, her voice low and unwavering. “Say it. The truth, Samuel.” Only then did he muster the nerve.

“The men from last night… they talked. It was Sutton behind it. He planned to kidnap Hailey. But they took the wrong person.” Sadie’s expression hardened—like a surface kissed by sudden frost.

Sutton. Again.

Relentless, venomous Sutton.

“Also… Ms. Hudson, I saw Patrick’s car pulling away just as I

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down between

last

her walls high, her heart

How could she…

deepened. She felt

she returned to the office, her

a voice—smooth,

like a rubber band. Blaine stood beside her, wearing that

early? What happened?” He lifted a

shot him a look.

a breath and forced a shift in tone. “Anyway, what

change—anything to avoid being bothered by

offered a shrug,

move forward on the partnership.” He paused, letting irritation slip into his voice. “Sutton’s missing—no calls, no texts, nowhere to be seen. And Patrick? He suddenly

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