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?"

was apprehensive. After all, Mr. BLACK had been a revered guest

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

without good reason.

been deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw family

fingertips and placed

makes people compliant. Within three minutes, a person with weak willpower can be

test it on

grip on the pill

get back to you with an answer for Mr. Patric

still skeptical of Patric

his room, Timothy summoned a newly hired maid - a young woman who had

"Swallow this."

no

shivered but obediently swallowed

minutes,

waved a cup of tea

She began to undress.

Timothy's lips as he called

bodyguard stood by respectfully

the table and try to kill him," Timothy

the table

immediately

raised the dagger to strike, Timothy

halted, the dagger clattering to

hands in excitement, "Good, very

bodyguard, clueless to what had transpired, heard Timothy's instructions, "Go tell Mr.

up and went

With Patric's help, the

household on Inner Island!

twisted into a smile, and his eyes

lan was sitting up in bed,

briefly, but she seemed to be in a terrible

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