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."

even glance up. “No

intended to stay hidden, it wouldn't be

turned to Desmond. "When

seem like Mr. Matthew

deepened. “Looks like I'll have to

of the picture, and the deal with Red Falcon is over. Claude's succession has

to see Mrs. Wright, you could

falsely

if our business with Red Falcon has ended, Claude is

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the Hadlow estate has nothing todo

replied, biting back

friend the

just an

sometimes explanations are just cover-up, and the truth often hides beneath them,” Desmond thought. When Suzy learned that Dylan had effectively banished Anne

Dylan, only to be turned away at every attempt. "She must be ready to bang her head against the wall

forgive sins wrought by fate, but self-made sins

expression turned serious “Anyone who's done wrong will face their reckoning, it's only a matter of

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