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."

of bad

again, "Only thirty meters

nowhere to hide. The area under

was too late to do anything. The door was already shut. They couldn't just

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

stood up.

frantic. "The butler's almost here.

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

up to the window

up, and in this castle, that was more like six stories. How had

Her first thought was that she had been deceived. With skills like us, he

in front

self so well. What else didn't she know

arms out towards her. "Jump down. I'll

hear the

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