Chapter 0056

Chapter 0056

All his life, Dylan had prided himself on being shrewd. Yet here he was, realizing he'd been played by Anne-a woman more than a decade his junior. The flash drive had laid everything bare, recording her repeated manipulations and her attempts to shift blame onto Suzy.

It wasn't just this recent kidnapping; even the last time, Suzy had been falsely accused. He looked down at the medical report Desmond had just handed him.

A stab wound to the abdomen, narrowly missing her spleen.

A fractured shin on her left leg.

Multiple abrasions on her face.....

When she'd called to say she was seriously injured and needed him to authorize treatment, it had all been true.

"Suzy..."

her

Dylan's grip on the medical report tightened as a sharp, unfamiliar pain stabbed through his chest, like tiny needles piercing his heart.

Desmond noticed the look of regret in his eyes and hesitated before saying, "We're still investigating the source of the flash drive. Just give me a bit more time, sir."

didn't even glance up.

someone intended to stay hidden, it wouldn't be easy to uncover them.

flashed in his eyes as he finally turned to Desmond.

Matthew has

gaze deepened. “Looks like I'll have

and the deal with Red Falcon is over. Claude's succession has nothing to

you want to see Mrs. Wright, you could simply go. After all, you do

Dylan scoffed. “Whether or not she was falsely accused

if our business with Red Falcon has ended, Claude is a valuable friend to

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the Hadlow estate has

biting

friend the

just an

the truth often hides beneath them,” Desmond thought. When Suzy learned that Dylan had effectively banished Anne from

Dylan, only to be turned away at every attempt. "She must be ready to

smirked lightly, "Heaven may forgive sins wrought by fate, but self-made

“Anyone who's done wrong will

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