Inherit Billions (Seraphina and Orion)

Chapter 518 A Gun from Nowhere

The sharp shout of a reporter sliced through the tense atmosphere, startling everyone.

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Rather than focusing on the woman's link to the Cross Group, the reporters' attention was abruptly captured by accusations about her supposed dealings with them.

"How dare you question our motives when Ms. Cross almost lost her life?!" Joseph's face turned ashen with rage.

"Well, Ms. Cross seems fine to me. Who's to say she's not faking it? Maybe the whole car crash was staged by the Crosses!"

A man's voice rang out. He was thin, wearing a baseball cap, and looked like he was from around here.

While the other reporters were well-dressed and polished, he stuck out like a sore thumb with his scruffy

appearance.

Seraphina quickly turned away and leaned toward Thomas, whispering urgently, "Get rid of that guy. Take care of him and hand him over to the police later."

She was convinced he wasn't one of the press-he was probably just a troublemaker, likely someone sent by Blake's people.

Thomas hesitated. "But if I leave, who will..." Who will stay to protect you?

Seraphina pursed her lips, glancing around. "It's fine. No one's watching. Go quickly."

They'd prepared for many things, but they hadn't expected someone to slip in among the reporters.

unsure, gave a reluctant nod, obeying her orders and stepping

backup would only attract too much

how much did they pay you to sell

stage, clearly startled by the

stepped forward after much persuasion from others, thinking it was the right thing to do

faced with that

shifted dramatically

man had anyone helping him, but the crowd was starting to murmur in agreement with his accusations. Seraphina furrowed her brow, her instincts sharpening as she

the baseball cap threw a water bottle at the

hiding something! You owe us an

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Chaos broke out instantly

about to speak when

This whole

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toward her, making it clear he was coming straight

met his gaze with chilling

rushed to shield her, but it was

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object flew through the air, hitting the man squarely in the head and knocking him

was a

figure emerged from the crowd, walking with casual ease. He bent down, picked up the

fell over the crowd at his