Chapter 1711:

Bewilderment crossed Dolores’s face at his outburst. “What’s wrong with you? I haven’t done anything to make things difficult for you, have I? You’re my brother. Isn’t it natural for you to help me?”

Lowell shook his head, weariness seeping into his features. “No, I shouldn’t help you. It’s because I helped you that I regret it. I regret meddling in your affairs.”

Confusion flickered across Dolores’s face, but Lowell knew better than to expect understanding from her. His voice turned to ice as he delivered his final verdict. “There’s nothing more to discuss. Leave. I need to start working.”

Dolores exhaled sharply, her glare piercing through Lowell before she snatched her purse and stormed out of the office.

As the echoes of his sister’s departure faded, Lowell released a heavy sigh of relief, the tension slowly draining from his shoulders.

Though he had once been his sister’s willing accomplice, that single incident had changed everything. Now, the mere thought of helping Dolores filled him with revulsion.

Lowell raised his left hand, studying it in the harsh office light. The memory of that day—when he personally ended a young girl’s life—remained etched into his very being.

secret weighed on him like a gravestone. He’d never breathed a word of it to anyone, carrying this darkness in his heart. The knowledge that he had killed for

won’t help her again. Never again,” he murmured softly into the empty

in the mall,

in and murmured, “The Ruiz family has been showing up a lot lately.

𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖:

gentle, but underneath it, she’s unhinged. If her

uncertain of where this

of his coffee and said casually, “Find a guy.

caught on instantly and sent a quick

a prickle of awareness running through him. His gaze flicked to the far corner of the mall, where someone was inching closer, tying—and failing—to be

people were

had their

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