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

Chapter 1040

Chapter 1040:

Clad only in a thin white robe loosely tied at the waist, his sculpted chest partially visible, Rhys radiated an effortless allure.

Harlee swallowed reflexively, quickly averting her gaze as her expression hardened.

At that moment, the atmosphere grew icy, cold enough to send an involuntary shiver through anyone nearby.

“What’s the meaning of this, Mr. Green?” Harlee asked.

“I felt sticky after dinner,” Rhys replied with casual indifference, the lie slipping from him effortlessly.

But Harlee wasn’t fooled. She decided not to bother with whether he intended to stay and instead focused on something Tonya had mentioned earlier about Rhys capturing Matteo.

“How did you happen to show up at the villa that day?”

“Coincidence,” Rhys replied nonchalantly, fiddling with his phone.

the interface, he tossed the phone

“Your answer is here.”

scanned the screen. Rhys always knew what

resembling a live feed from a dim cellar. The surroundings were damp and foreboding, with Matteo collapsed on the

ghostly, his expression twisted in agony, and his breaths

riddled with bullet punctures. It was evident he had

Lᴀtєst chαptєrs ιn g𝒶l𝑛ovеℓ𝑠.𝑎𝓂

lifted her gaze to speak, a figure

delivered a brutal kick to Matteo and then pressed his heel into Matteo’s hand, grinding down mercilessly. The dim

degraded,

had dulled to shadows of

end! I’ll give you money, everything you want. Just kill me!”

the identity of his enemy, but he understood they

legendary Matteo? Why is he pleading for mercy now?” a

coldly and chimed in, “Hah! He looks like a

to the last

spirit was nearly crushed. The bullets carried toxins, and only his resilience had

Matteo propped himself up, sinking