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

drug he spoke of, and it

without good reason.

from the start, the Bradshaw family stood to lose

his fingertips

minutes, a person with weak willpower can be

test it

grip on

back to you with an

still skeptical of

newly hired maid - a young woman who had recently

"Swallow this."

no

shivered but obediently

minutes,

a cup of tea with his

She began to undress.

lips as he called

stood by respectfully and

dagger from the table and try to kill

slowly approached the table and griped

bodyguard, startled, immediately knelt,

raised the dagger to strike, Timothy shouted,

the dagger clattering to

hands in excitement, "Good, very

instructions, "Go tell Mr. Patric that I'll comply

bodyguard quickly stood up and

excitement crossed Timothy's face. With Patric's help, the Bradshaw family could soon

household on Inner Island!

a smile, and

lan was sitting up in bed,

only glimpsed briefly, but she

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