Quintessa hung up the phone. It was already dawn, and she was exhausted, yet sleep eluded her.

This room felt alien, not at all like the quaint apartment she had moved into when she first returned to the country. Quintessa felt no sense of belonging here.

Her mind dwelled on Sean's affairs. He was no fool; even if he really had gone after Lilian, he would definitely leave himself an escape route.

The looming $50 million was a must-pay. You can't catch the wolf without risking your sheep, but paying up was like handing Sean a loaded gun. The situation was far more complex than she had initially thought.

Quintessa closed her eyes.

Sean left Harmony Retreat and made his way home, but he didn't enter the house. He sat at the doorstep all night long.

Quintessa's two conditions and one piece of advice were each more malicious than the last. Sean had always known himself to be ruthless, but he found his daughter even more ruthless than most, surpassing even him. He remembered Dolores being such a kind woman; how could she have birthed such a venomous daughter?

Of his three children, Quintessa was the most like him: equally deceitful, equally unscrupulous, and equally without a moral compass.

Sending Miranda to a mental institution-Even a sane person could lose their mind in such a place, let alone Miranda, who was nearly there already.

Killing Lilian was too difficult-not because Sean couldn't bear to, but because it would stir up too much trouble.

was his sister,

the time dawn broke, the ground around him was

his keys, and

bed. Lost in thought the previous night, she had accidentally fallen asleep on

past 9 a.m., and

had

scheduled for

She

telling him

over for

up and changing, she

hailed a cab, "To the York Financial

stealing glances at her, probably wondering if she was the

arrival, Quintessa walked straight into the company's lobby; just like last time, she was stopped

took off her sunglasses and smiled at her, "m here to see

was stunned, remembering

who had claimed to

bed

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