Chapter 1188:

A moment later, she slipped from the room, leaving Linsey and Felix in uneasy silence.

Without wasting words, Linsey confronted him, saying, “I could hear Joanna’s voice through the door.”

Felix feigned confusion, eyebrows lifting. “Voice? What are you talking about?”

“There were… moans,” Linsey said, her voice low and strained. “She—”

Felix interjected with a half-laugh, shaking his head. “You’re imagining things. Joanna wouldn’t be making noises like that in our room.”

Uncertainty flickered across Linsey’s face. “But—”

Felix cut her off, his voice turning unyielding. “You must’ve heard rumors by now. Haven’t I told you time and again not to jump to conclusions? Joanna’s nothing more than a friend. She was just helping me with my wound. That’s all.” A touch of exasperation colored his words as he finished.

Noticing the irritation in his voice, Linsey let the matter drop and tried a different question. “So why didn’t you answer when I called you earlier?”

phone

on the

Linsey’s brow as she glanced

of his phone and hurried to add, “I need to answer this call right

another word out, he leaned forward and swiftly extended his arm past her to snatch the phone resting on the bedside table. The display showed his secretary’s

“What is it?”

darkened. “Come again?

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as she watched him field the

had he hung up than she leaned in,

in the northern suburb—someone just snatched

on Linsey’s face was impossible to

locked down ages ago. She couldn’t

Collin’s mocking voice seemed to echo in her head.

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