Chapter169.

“I will.”

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Mark lightly punched Evan’s shoulder and left. There were two doors in the room; the woman Evan had asked him to find was inside. He didn’t ask why; he only knew it involved the Crowe family.

Evan went inside.

An elderly woman with gray hair and a gaunt face sat inside. Seeing him, she stared blankly for a long time before saying, “My son is as handsome as you.”

Evan responded with a warm and polite smile.“Thank you for the compliment.”

On the terrace.

I weakly propped my head up, listening to my “legend” for over ten minutes. They recounted it vividly and dramatically. The most repeated point was that my “skills” were incredible. The most outrageous claim was that I possessed a lost ancient sex technique used to captivate men.

Gloria initially soothed me, but by the end… she seemed eager to join the gossip.

“Sweetheart, are you truly that good? Share it with me, you know,” Gloria leaned softly on my shoulder, coquettish as

a little green snake after drinking realgar wine. She was wearing a bright green dress that accentuated her skin tone.

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I finished my drink. Standing up, I went downstairs, and with a serious expression, approached the group. Raising my

hand, adorned with the eight trigrams bracelet, I pretended to divine their fortunes.

They were embarrassed at first, then looked at each other questioningly: What’s she doing?

After finishing my charade, I sighed deeply and said, “Within a week, you will all experience bloodshed.”

Then I left, leaving them speechless and dumbfounded, their expressions gradually turning fearful.

Gloria nearly choked on her champagne, shoulders quaking with suppressed hysteria.“Since when did you minor in

divination?”

I was serious.“As they said, I’m good at it.”

M

almost intimidated by my

“Not at all.”

“…You little rascal!”

shoved

situation; I was Evan’s date, and if I started arguing

out, but not Evan. He must be meeting the person he truly wanted to see today. Some mysterious bigwig.

you know what mysterious figure Mr.

Jones, of course.”

correcting her.“Besides

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important than him,

I get it.”

my, you’re

Мена

was actually

sighed; even Gloria didn’t know who it was. This guy must be powerful and private. But what kind of influential figure could Evan possibly need Mark to connect with,

soon. I asked Gloria if she wanted to go to another floor in the hotel for a snack. She knew I couldn’t handle the atmosphere and accompanied me. After all, she was tasked by Evan to take

a restaurant on the fifth floor and ordered some food. I checked my messages;

called her.

that bitch Rita!

She hung up.

earlier exploded in my mind like a bomb.

to go. I’ll treat you

out while checking the location app. After the last incident, Sherry had installed a location tracker on our

for the elevator, I texted Evan, telling him that I needed Cody to drive me to a place. I wished Evan could come with me, but… he was in a business meeting with a powerful, secretly invited guest;

and followed me out, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing…”

me; I heard ‘Rita‘.” Gloria knew that I

her the truth.“My best friend, who’s also my lawyer, is helping me find evidence against Rita.

go with you.”

I can handle it.”

not your friend?” Gloria pretended to be

stay in the car once we get

“Okay, I will.”

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