Celestial Queen: Revenge Is Sweet When You’re A Zillionaire Heiress

Chapter 988

Chapter 988:

Realizing that Harlee had deliberately avoided meeting him, Rhys respected her decision and stayed away. Nonetheless, cautious of Anika’s plotting, he feigned departure, slipped past Brenton’s assistant, and took up a hidden spot in the corner of the outdoor parking lot to keep a covert watch.

At Rhys’ question, the person on the other end of the line replied, “Still just eighty percent.”

Rhys tightened his fists, his expression sharp and unyielding, his voice low yet simmering with restrained fury.

“I’ll grant you another month. I expect a full report on everything tied to Eugenia!”

“Understood!”

For the past three years, Rhys had masterfully leveraged his connection with Anika to maintain absolute control over her. Their recent intimacy, which Anika assumed was with him, had almost entirely secured her loyalty, yet Eugenia remained an elusive factor.

acting for two

intentions. Second, Eugenia’s unpredictability made any hasty move risky.

of Eugenia’s sidekicks slipped through his grasp, Harlee

thwart Anika’s schemes and not granting Anika a chance to drug her reassured him, allowing him

neck, gasping for air as panic overtook her.

Lλtєѕτ чhαρτєrѕ ιn g𝓪lɳovєls.𝓬𝗼𝗺

suffocate if Harlee’s grip tightened any further, Anika reluctantly gave

her hold just enough for Anika to

Anika froze, her face betraying

sworn never

slip dress under a sleek black leather jacket, her tall, slender frame

striking figure, and amidst the bustling crowd, she stood

it’s been a while,” Eugenia addressed Harlee from a distance, her long lashes fluttering as she offered a

a dear friend. Please, Miss Sanderson, forgive her this

widened

using a subtle hand gesture only the two of them understood to calm Anika. Then, she turned back to Harlee with a polite