Mistaken Match: Marrying the Enigmatic CEO by Ruby Fennimore

Love at the Wrong Table

Chapter 2224 True Love Knows When to Let Go

Thanks to the Chapman Family’s support, the weight on Emmanuel’s shoulders had lightened significantly.

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Claudette had been keeping her distance, but watching him work–saving lives, bringing people back from the brink of death–only deepened her admiration.

She noticed the sweat dripping from his forehead. Her first instinct was to step forward and wipe it away, but she hesitated. Instead of acting on impulse, she took a step back.

Laura approached her with a knowing smile. “You’re hesitating, aren’t you? Mackenzie’s busy right now. As Caden’s godmother, shouldn’t you step in and support him?”

Claudette shook her head with a soft but firm smile. “No, Aunt Laura.”

Regaining her lost memories hadn’t made her the same person she once was. It had given her clarity.

She had finally understood–love didn’t mean holding on. Sometimes, real love meant stepping back and letting someone be happy, even if it wasn’t with you.

If she continued chasing Emmanuel, it wouldn’t be fair to anyone–not to him, Mackenzie, and herself.

Mackenzie had always treated her with kindness. She couldn’t use that as an excuse to create chaos in someone else’s life.

Sometimes, the purest kind of love was knowing when to walk away.

Laura watched her, then sighed in quiet relief. She’s grown past who I once was. There’s no need to push her toward something that was never meant to be. Maybe, sometimes, love is best expressed through letting go.

“Claudette!” Mackenzie suddenly appeared at her side, taking her hand. “I need to go investigate the poisoning with Veronica. Can you hold things down here with Emmanuel?”

Claudette hesitated. “Me? I-”

“Is that a problem?” Mackenzie asked, studying her.

Claudette straightened and quickly shook her head. “No, I can handle it.”

Mackenzie gave her an appreciative smile before turning and heading off with Lexi. They followed Veronica toward the hotel’s security room, determined to find answers.

Inside the hotel’s security room, they reviewed footage from thirty–two different surveillance cameras.

Veronica were both sharp observers, and it didn’t take

first red flag–Chiara had entered the backroom and spoken privately with the wine cellar manager. Moments later, a new batch of wine was brought in from outside and stored in

zoomed–in shots caught Chiar and Levi speaking. Unfortunately, they were too far from the microphone to pick up their conversation but their body language suggested

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banquet hall and compare

took the agarwood and nodded. Her expression turned steely. “Understood. This isn’t just about your safety or your guests–it’s about the reputation of my hotel. Whoever’s behind this will pay

offered a reassuring smile. “I trust

the Chapman Family. If

Levi was in the back of a black car on his way to a hotel near the Chamber of Commerce headquarters. It was

the car approached the entrance, something or someone–dropped

slammed on the brakes, causing Levi

he muttered, adjusting

the road!” the driver stammered,

in

over,” Levi ordered

years. He had seen plenty of ambushes before. The smartest move? Never stopped

the driver shook his head frantically. “I can’t! The car–he’s

shoved the door open and climbed out, eyes locking on

even

a war machine–Quintus Lenoir, the Wolf Warrior Unit’s most formidable fighter. He lifted and flipped the car with nothing but raw strength, completely cutting off Levi’s

pointed at him. “Who the hell are you, and why are you in

as one of Emmanuel’s most brutal soldiers, but Levi had never dealt with him directly. In Zovince, Levi played the role of strategist–he was the one pulling the strings, not engaging in physical fights. This was their first

blink. “Quintus Lenoir. General of the Wolf

flatly, “Now, hand over the

smile faded. “I don’t know what

grabbed him by the collar, voice dangerously low. “Don’t play dumb, Half the banquet hall was poisoned. Mackenzie sent me to bring

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him to catch someone, that meant

expression darkened. “Everyone was