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."

What a stroke of

again, "Only

had already shut the door. From the outside, it looked untouched. She scanned the room. There was nowhere to hide. The area under the desk was

butler walked in, they'd be sitting ducks. And now, it was too late

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

up. "Let's

"The butler's almost

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

up to

a bold jump down. Chloe was stunned. She rushed to the window They were three stories up, and in this castle, that was more

the agility of a black panther, completely unharmed. Chloe was floored. Her first thought was that she had been deceived. With skills like us, he was

Trophy Boy in front

had hidden his true self so well. What else didn't she

stretched his arms out towards her.

could hear the

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