Marrying A Secret Zillionaire Happy Ever After (Linsey)

Chapter 945:

Still, her thoughts spun between Linsey’s calm face and Collin’s cold gaze. Her heart grew restless.

Just as she was about to stand, a commanding voice echoed from the stairs. “Joanne, right? Come upstairs. I want to talk to you.”

It was Kase. Joanne froze. She had never expected Kase, who had always acted like she didn’t exist, to speak to her—especially now that Haven was gone.

Joanne parted her lips and whispered, “Alright.”

She pivoted away, each step toward the staircase heavier than the last as dread coiled within her.

Her thoughts spiraled into a maelstrom of dark possibilities.

Though Collin hadn’t sought retribution, she trembled at the thought of Kase exacting vengeance for Haven’s downfall.

flicker of indignation rose in Joanne’s

she had merely been Haven’s accomplice, never the architect of their schemes. Haven had chosen her own path; she had never forced her

Kylee in the attempt on Linsey’s life—that had been Haven’s

had simply facilitated, gathering intelligence about Linsey and Kylee’s history and arranging Kylee’s

involvement had kept Joanne beyond the reach of law

couldn’t shake

not as formidable as Collin, still wielded enough power as head of the Walton family to destroy someone as insignificant as her

police custody, Joanne had lost her

an ordinary woman with no

faced the prospect of settling into predictable patterns: marrying an average man and disappearing into the comfortable anonymity of

Joanne entered Kase’s private study, her heart still raced beneath her composed

assessing eyes that