Chapter 235

The phone buzzed.

It was a call from Idris.

Ronald stood, glancing at Stella. She had already closed her eyes, succumbing to the warmth of her wine-induced slumber like a kitten too weary to keep awake. He answered with a curt, "Speak."

"Boss, just as you predicted, Lancelot is hiding out in Portis City."

"Did you find him?"

"Not yet, but we spotted Kaku, his right-hand man, around town today."

In the dimly lit room, a sharper glint flickered in Ronald's normally stoic eyes.

"Keep a tight watch on him," he commanded, his voice icy.

"Understood!"

"And..." Ronald's tone softened slightly as his gaze fell on Stella, who was sound asleep on the bed. "Assign a few more people to keep a discreet watch over her." He was, of course, referring to Stella.

"Should we tell Ms. Quinn to avoid going to her studio

came

he didn't want Stella to sense even a whisper of danger. He wished for her world to remain peaceful and ordinary,

the family's darker dealings. That

out onto the balcony, lighting a cigarette and

His phone vibrated again.

"Mother," he answered.

Xander and Mervin Burton are now in

"I'm aware."

know that. Make

couldn't help but smirk at his mother's

Skittish?

the glass door at the sleeping Stella, he saw no trace of the timid girl his mother spoke of. Yet, he assured her, "Understood." "I've heard Xander

"Of course."

send Yvonne to stay

forced to leave the Quinn

"No need," Ronald asserted.

He couldn't risk Yvonne's

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