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?”

to look at Mary. “It’s true, Mom. I was the one who let

aunt showed me, Erin had clearly been caught canoodling with another young man, and she was even caught crying. How can

couldn’t afford to be caught in a scandal with Erin, so he publicly clarified their relationship on Twitter. It turned out that he just wanted to thank her for

on her face. “How could this be? I even gave her a good lecture when

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 marry her again! I hope that you

so depressed. She had a scowl on her face as she said,

You should go to sleep first, Mom. You don’t have to

make amends with her face–to–face, Ian. I know I’m

so I’m sure she’ll forgive you if you apologize to her! I’m also at fault for this whole matter. Sorry that I

it. What’s done is done. You can continue with your work while I

all the information on his desk, he

the room.

were actually the shunned eldest son! Bet you also didn’t know you have

this top–secret information, he wasn’t sure about his plans to recapture Erin’s heart, but he was brimming with

the groundwork for him to divorce Erin, then he

dropped her mother, Cherry, off at the train

under the excuse of letting her try some of the tea from her hometown, but in reality, she wanted to pry into her daughter’s relationship. She had already

Aunder.

had a huge amount of debt left from her husband’s gambling and that they’d never been intimidated or threatened since their

who had that much

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

her daughter was already old enough to know better. She no longer pressed her for answers as long as she didn’t

felt somewhat touched. She felt that if it weren’t for Chandler’s help in the beginning, things wouldn’t have turned out so smoothly

two million dollars that she had initially given her, saying that she should use the money to buy

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