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?"

BLACK had been a revered guest among

drug he spoke of, and it seemed unwise

without good reason.

Patric had been deceiving him from the start, the Bradshaw family

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

Within three minutes, a

to test it on

on the

you with an answer

of Patric as he

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

"Swallow this."

had no standing

obediently swallowed

than five minutes, her eyes glazed

waved a cup of tea

She began to undress.

curled Timothy's lips as

bodyguard stood by

dagger from the table and try to kill

woman slowly approached the table and griped

bodyguard, startled, immediately knelt,

raised the dagger to strike,

halted, the dagger clattering to the

clapped his hands in excitement, "Good,

clueless to what had transpired, heard Timothy's instructions, "Go

bodyguard quickly stood up and went to find

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

household on Inner Island!

into a smile, and his eyes danced

sitting up in bed, unable to

only glimpsed briefly, but she seemed to

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