Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 75 I Know Your Secret

In an underground bar at 3 am, two men acting low–key were making deals in a corner, both of whom had ordered drinks for themselves but had left them untouched.

Ian, who had a black cap on, lowered the brim and said to the other man, “We were once classmates, Tyler. You even took two million dollars from me in one fell swoop, so what you’re about to tell me better be worth that much.”

The man sitting opposite him was wearing a black mask with graffiti art, and he had sunken dark circles under his eyes. The man came closer to lan and replied, “If it wasn’t for my relative living abroad who desperately needed the money to cure their illness, I wouldn’t dare make such a big gamble in the first place. 1 guarantee you that this will be worth every penny!”

There was still some hesitation in lan’s eyes, but upon remembering that he had the information of his elementary school friend’s address and the details of his family members, he lowered his guard a little. He then took out a bank card from his pocket and put it on the table.

Tyler also put a paper envelope bag he’d brought with him on the table. He picked up the bank card, put it in his shirt pocket, and asked in a low voice, “What’s the password?”

“The password is…” Ian whispered the combination to him.

With that, Tyler stood up and was about to leave when he turned back to remind lan, “You’d better burn all the information immediately after you’re done reading it. No one should get a hold of this information at all costs. If not, my life and my relative’s lives will be in danger!”

Ian nodded cautiously and promised, “Don’t worry. I’ll make sure it’s destroyed.”

An hour and a half later, lan returned to his villa and immediately retreated to his study.

When Mary heard some shuffling noises, she knocked on his door. “Come in,” he said.

“Why are you only back at this hour, lan?” she asked. “Did you go drinking with someone? It’s dangerous to drink and drive, you know-”

“I didn’t drink, Mom!” Ian rudely interrupted her. “It’s late. You should go to bed. I still have a few things to attend to in my study.”

She nodded and decided not to disturb him anymore, but before she closed the door, she turned around and asked another question, “Please tell me the truth, lan. Was the reason behind your divorce with Erin really because you went and had another woman on the side?”

his goal of getting Erin back, he lifted his gaze to look at Mary. “It’s true, Mom. I was the one who let Erin down…”

clearly been caught canoodling with another young man, and she was even caught

involved an A–list celebrity who couldn’t afford to be caught in a scandal with Erin, so he publicly clarified their relationship on

to loosen the frown on her face. “How could this be? I even gave her a good lecture when I bumped. into her today. I guess I

apologized to her on your behalf, so you don’t have to take it to heart anymore. I divorced her in the heat of the moment, so I definitely want to

she said, “She can be really stubborn at times, so I imagine

the outcome! You should go to sleep first, Mom. You don’t have to think about it so much,”

fond of Erin, actually. Compared to all the vixens out there, she’s so much better. I’ll invite her out for dinner someday to make amends with her face–to–face, Ian. I know I’m much older than her, but since I’m the one

you apologize to her! I’m also at fault for this whole matter. Sorry that I didn’t tell you about it earlier,”

is done. You can continue with your work while I head

the information on his desk, he stood

the room.

knew that you were actually the shunned eldest son! Bet you

a hold of this top–secret information, he wasn’t sure about his plans to recapture

Chandler had succeeded in laying out all the groundwork for him to divorce Erin, then he could certainly do the same back to him so that he let go

mother, Cherry, off at the train station.

under the excuse of letting her try some of the tea from her hometown, but in reality, she wanted

Aunder.

let her go when she still had a huge amount of debt left from her husband’s gambling and that they’d never been intimidated

any other person who had that

was her friend who helped to appease her mother’s curiosity

know better. She

She felt that if it weren’t

realized that Cherry had given her the two million dollars that she had initially given her, saying that she should use the

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