Masked In Nobility: Secrets Of Mrs. Chavez by Selina Gorges

Chapter 420

Holden was heading toward his study when Gideon rushed over looking flustered. "Mr. Jacobs, something's happened."

Holden stopped in his tracks, his face darkening as he shouted. "What's all this noise? I told you to take the person to the secret room. Why are you here?"

Gideon, visibly shaken, replied, "Mr. Jacobs, someone tampered with the bookshelf in the study. Someone might have discovered our secret."

Hearing this, Holden's expression changed dramatically. He snarled. "What did you say?"

Gideon, nervous, continued, "Mr. Jacobs, someone entered the study. I've already stationed guards at the door. As soon as they come out, our people will capture them. There's no escape. Holden's expression eased slightly at this. First, Sheldon was attacked yesterday, losing his cock, and now, someone had broken into Holden's study.

There hadn't been any outsiders in Dungo Village lately, so it was clear that the Jacobs family was targeted.

Where did things go wrong?' Holden couldn't figure it out, but this wasn't the time for reflection. 'I'm going to find out exactly who dared to break into my secret room.

'Whoever it is, they won't leave Dungo Village alive. If my secrets get out, everything will be over.

By the time Holden and Gideon reached the study entrance, all of the Jacobs family guards had assembled, each armed with various cold weapons. Holden's face was grim.

Entering the study, Holden approached the bookshelf, where he immediately saw that the switch book had been moved. Rage surged within him.

Holden turned to Gideon and asked, "Has there been any outsider in Dungo Village recently?"

Gideon immediately thought of Yvette but quickly dismissed the idea.

'She's just a young lady. There's no way she could break into Mr. Jacobs's secret room. Any woman who saw what was inside would be scared badly. It can't be the girl Sheldon brought back stirring up trouble.

Gideon shook his head. "Mr. Jacobs, there haven't been any strangers in Dungo Village recently, except for the woman Sheldon brought back. But she's very quiet, rarely leaves her quarters, and mostly stays in her little courtyard." Holden couldn't believe that someone capable of finding the secret room and harming Sheldon could be a mere woman.

Gideon over, gritting his teeth. "Prepare the torches. As soon as the intruders emerge, I want everyone who's dared to enter the

it right away. There's no way they'll escape. Rest assured." With that, Gideon turned and skillfully led a group

soon lit up brightly.

center of the yard, silent, his gaze fixed

the secret room, Winnie, now healed by the poisonous insect, trembled as she followed Yvette, Jeremiah, and

entrance of the secret room, Yvette looked inside, her brows knitting at the sight of the barely alive people crammed into large jars. A fierce, icy aura

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"Yvette, these people are living in misery beyond belief. Let's

in the jars and thought of herself, a look of sorrow and anger crossing her

At this point, death is

"Okay." Jeremiah stood beside her, reaching out

time-activated bomb he had prepared. Just one of

Holden, the leader of Dungo Village. But that was perfect. After all the innocent

door to the secret room and

half an hour, the bomb will go off

in her pockets, expressionless, and nodded slightly. In a low voice, she said,

group of three, and they left

of four.

the door when Yvette and Jeremiah spoke in unison, stopping him. "Hold it. Someone's there." Their perfect synchronicity was enough to make Charles uneasy. Winnie, rescued yet shivering, huddled close, glancing nervously between

slightly, her voice indifferent.

to make

long, gleaming

air, she added, "The Jacobs family guards are

lightly. "Plenty

twitch. 'Betting here, of all places? Only Yvette and Mr. Chavez would do something like this,' he wondered. Being around the big shot, anything could happen, and everything was possible. Judging by what these two were saying, it seemed like the