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?"

had been a revered guest among the leading families for

produce that drug he spoke of, and it seemed unwise to

without good reason.

Patric had been deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw family stood to lose a great

produced a pill between his fingertips and placed it into Timothy's

compliant. Within three minutes, a person with

to test it on someone

on the

to you with an answer for Mr.

was still skeptical of

his room, Timothy summoned a newly hired maid -

"Swallow this."

had no standing

obediently

less than five minutes, her eyes glazed

of tea with his fingers,

She began to undress.

lips as he called in

bodyguard stood by respectfully and

table and try to

approached the table and griped the

immediately

the dagger

dagger clattering to the

hands in excitement, "Good, very

Timothy's instructions, "Go

up and went to

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

household on Inner Island!

a smile, and his eyes danced

lan was sitting up

Maja, whom he had only glimpsed briefly, but she seemed to be

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255