About four hours after returning to the mansion, Josie's phone rang just as she had put Grape to sleep for her afternoon nap.

It was a call from Arnold.

She looked up and made eye contact with Dexter, who was washing a milk bottle.

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After saying that, he abruptly ended the call.

Facing Dexter's inquisitive gaze, Josie repeated Arnold's words and then said, "It seems his men have completed their investigation. But... is Edward really being held there?"

Dexter turned on the tap at the sink, rinsing the milk bottle. "Since I allowed you to deliver the message to him personally, there must be some truth to it."

"But what if Arnold sends men to break him out directly?"

Dexter scoffed, "If he had dared to do so, he wouldn't have called you."

Indeed.

washing the baby bottle, the gauze wrapped around Dexter's hand got wet. He furrowed his brow. "I forgot, now I have to

seemingly unaware of what he was implying. "What exactly is in that place that Arnold wouldn't

picked up a roll of fresh gauze and walked over to her.

Josie was speechless.

explained, "As I've said before, I don't have the authority to detain him, but I do have some influence in keeping him there. That place

she remarked, "So

unmoving, he reached out

eyebrow, then turned to leave. "I'm tired. I need to take a nap with

the door

stood alone at the doorway, glancing at the damp gauze. He shook his head with

to the site, she did

was quite surprised that you agreed to that ridiculous contract with Dexter." Mallory

having one's weakness exploited is terrible," Josie said,

know

"She has always known."

quite impressive. The heiress to Russell Group. Grape really knows how to

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