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

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

without good reason.

been deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw family stood to lose

a pill between his fingertips and placed it into

minutes, a person with weak willpower can be easily

test it on someone before considering

grip on the

to you with

still skeptical of Patric as

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

"Swallow this."

had no

shivered but obediently

than five minutes, her eyes

waved a cup of

She began to undress.

as he called in the

bodyguard stood by respectfully and

dagger from the table and try to kill him," Timothy

the

startled, immediately

raised the dagger to strike, Timothy

halted, the dagger

clapped his hands in excitement, "Good, very

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

bodyguard quickly stood up and went to

face. With Patric's help,

household on Inner Island!

into a smile,

lan was sitting up in bed, unable

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

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