But all that, surely, was a matter for later consideration.

Right now, his suspicions were squarely on the identity of this man.

As the man was shrouded in a dark cloak, it would be all too easy for someone to masquerade as him.

He'd been duped by such trickery before. Once lan had the audacity to cavort with Maja right under his nose in his own villa.

The mere thought of it now still made his blood boil.

To prevent a repeat of such an incident, he had to see Mr. BLACK's face for himself.

"Lord Bradshaw, if I recall correctly, lan was imprisoned not too long ago, right? Now that he's on the run, you might not be fully

aware of the kind of man lan is. He's bold yet meticulous. I need you to confirm Mr. BLACK's identity. Otherwise, I fear it might be

lan in disguise. After all, he has pulled such stunts before."

Timothy frowned, finding the situation rather preposterous.

An escaped convict daring to impersonate a distinguished guest of Inner Island?

But this was lan, a man whose arrival on Inner Island had always caused a stir.

"Mr. Patric, for all these years, we've been none the wiser about Mr. BLACK's appearance."

"Just as long as it's not lan."

Patric spoke calmly, a cold glint passing through his eyes, "Let's do it tomorrow morning. Ralap is coming over to persuade you

anyway. We'll have Mr. BLACK reveal his face in front of everyone."

"Wouldn't that offend him?"

been a revered guest

drug he spoke of, and it seemed unwise to

without good reason.

deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw family

fingertips and placed it into Timothy's

Within three minutes, a person with weak willpower can be

might want to test it on someone before

on

to you with an answer for Mr.

skeptical of Patric as he

room, Timothy summoned a newly hired maid - a young woman who had recently joined the Bradshaw

"Swallow this."

no

but obediently swallowed the

less than five minutes, her eyes glazed

cup of tea with

She began to undress.

Timothy's lips as he called

bodyguard stood by

table and try to kill

woman slowly approached the table and griped

immediately knelt, "My

dagger to strike, Timothy

the dagger clattering to

hands in

had transpired, heard Timothy's instructions, "Go

stood up

face. With Patric's help, the Bradshaw family could

household on Inner Island!

lips twisted into a smile, and his eyes

sitting up in bed,

glimpsed briefly,

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