Don’t Fall for the Billionaire Lover by Rosa Winters

Chapter 1049

Connor could tell something was off with Maddie today.

Teddy was getting anxious. "Babe, what's going on? Talk to me."

Finally, Amelia broke the silence. "I need to be honest with you guys. I'm not the person you think I am. Years ago, when I got close to you, when I started helping with Pure White...it wasn't just out of kindness. I had my own reasons."

Teddy's face went pale.

"I was following orders. Have you ever heard of an organization called the Midnight Syndicate?"

Neither Teddy nor Connor said a word, but the name clearly rang a bell.

whispers about the Midnight Syndicate. Hidden in the shadows, they were the so-called 'kings of the underworld,' pulling strings everywhere, their influence weaving through the cracks of legitimate businesses. On the surface, everything looked clean and glamorous, but underneath, the Syndicate ran the show. Their hierarchy was strict, their secrets locked down tight, and their leaders always worked from behind the scenes, manipulating

surprised at all. He took a slow sip of wine and asked calmly, "So you're one

up in an orphanage, and those places are basically recruiting grounds for the Syndicate. I was picked when I was ten. I didn't

pressed. "Is he part of the Syndicate,

that he's the heir. I've been working for him since I was fifteen, handling whatever he needed. But in the Syndicate, nobody gets the full picture. I don't know who outranks Grant, but I do know this: every one of the Four Great Families has Syndicate people on the

Teddy like a

would've guessed. When she died, they'd suspected it was a hit from higher up, but hearing it out loud was different. And Suzanne's death was

first time, Connor's expression cracked, a flicker

them, pulling strings from the dark. Connor's voice was low. "What does the Syndicate want? What's their endgame?” "We don't know what the top boss is after. We're just pawns. But there's someone who does

Connor's eyes narrowed. "Who?"