Chloe quickly nudged Connor, "Are you done yet? Someone's coming."

Connor furrowed his brows, fully absorbed in his task. "Three more minutes. Just three more minutes."

Chloe's eyes were glued to the figure approaching in the distance. Luckily, the corridor was long enough. The footsteps still sounded far away.

A minute ticked by. Chloe could now make out the silhouette. "It's the butler."

The butler was one of Claire's people. Given all the recent mishaps, he always seemed to have a hand in stirring the pot. If he caught them, everything they had worked for would go up in smoke. Chloe clung to a shred of hope. Maybe the butler wasn't headed to the study.

Thirty meters from the study, a nanny happened to come up the stairs and bumped into the butler. "Sir, where are you headed?"

"Off to the study to fetch an antique vinyl record for madam."

"Let me get it for you."

"It's okay. I'll do it myself."

heart skipped a beat. What a stroke of bad luck-he

warned again, "Only

There was nowhere to hide. The area under the desk was

be sitting ducks. And now, it was too late to do anything. The door was already shut. They couldn't

hacked into the network and sent an email to Teddy. He erased all traces

stood up.

frantic. "The butler's almost here. How do we get

glanced at the only wall without bookshelves. It was covered with thick drapes. Pulling them aside, he revealed a window. It opened

to

the window They were three stories up, and in this castle, that was more like six

first thought was that she had been deceived. With skills like us, he was definitely a top-notch

in front

his true self so well. What else didn't

stretched his arms out towards her.

could hear

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