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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?"

all, Mr. BLACK had been a revered

whether Patric could actually produce that drug he spoke of, and it seemed unwise to offend

without good reason.

Patric had been deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw

his fingertips and placed it

three minutes, a person with weak willpower can be easily manipulated.

want to test it on someone

grip on

to you with

skeptical of Patric as he

a newly hired maid - a young woman who had recently joined

"Swallow this."

had no

but obediently

less than five minutes, her

waved a cup of tea with

She began to undress.

smirk curled Timothy's lips as he called in the

bodyguard stood by respectfully

dagger from the table and try to kill

the table and griped the

bodyguard, startled, immediately knelt,

woman raised the dagger to strike, Timothy

halted, the dagger clattering

clapped his hands in

had transpired, heard Timothy's instructions, "Go tell Mr. Patric that I'll comply with

bodyguard quickly stood up and went to find

face. With Patric's help,

household on Inner Island!

smile, and his eyes danced

sitting up

briefly, but she seemed to be in