My Accidental Husband is a Billionaire

95 The Secret

Keira hurriedly stopped her. “Don’t say anything. Don’t go against your professional ethics.”

Holly paused.

Then she coughed to cover up her embarrassment. “Actually, it was okay to tell you about the recording. It had nothing to do with the case. I was just…”

She fell silent before finally admitting it. “I just wanted to make things difficult for you.”

Keira didn’t know what to say.

She rubbed her brow in resignation. “Well, then tell

me.”

Holly looked embarrassed. Her face was still serious as she spoke. “The last words were: dear niece, Connor knows the secret too. Please make sure his tuition fee

is covered.”

The room was quiet for a while.

Keira frowned. Even though she had guessed that

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Finley wouldn’t leave a message about any secrets and that Connor surely knew something, she still found the message strange.

She had gone to Finley intending to pay five million to buy the secret.

If she learned the secret from Finley, why would she still have to cover Connor’s tuition?

Or was it that Finley had never planned to sell her the

secret?

Keira shook her head, grateful for her arrangement.

She didn’t accuse Connor of being the murderer right after the crime, otherwise, she might never be able to pry the truth out of him.

Now, she would for Connor to crack under the

criticism!

However, Holly was a bit worried. “Keira, don’t overdo it. If he throws away his phone, you’ll lose the most crucial piece of evidence, and you’ll never turn this

case around!”

At this, Keira frowned.

After the incident, she was taken to the police station

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right away and didn’t get a chance to tell Samuel what needed to be done. She wondered if Connor had

changed his phone…

“No, he won’t.”

said calmly, “After the incident, Connor threw away his original phone and switched to an identical one.

first one.”

and she smiled, “Impressive, Mr.

heard countless compliments, but the straightforward praise

smiled slightly. “You flatter me, Miss Olsen.”

from one to the other and suddenly said, “You two are married, yet you call each other ‘Mr. Horton’ and ‘Miss Olsen’. I first thought you weren’t

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all

and

addressed her as Miss Olsen, but Lewis’s deep voice was like a feather lightly teasing her heart, bringing a tingling sensation…

Lewis’s

Connor had no idea what was

him.

hospital, he returned

his roommates the twenty-thousand cash he borrowed.

seemed way too confident about being able

understand what they meant, but another rich second-generation student

no! I don’t

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earned it by selling out your own

stunned. “What do you mean?”

know?” The guy handed Connor his

Samuel giving him money, and the video was now spreading on the internet. Everyone was slamming him for being an ungrateful son who signed a

waved his hands. “No, that’s not true. I didn’t take her money. This twenty thousand is what I borrowed from you guys. It was only an emergency fund she gave me

you say so, we’ll take your

and let

cash left on the floor by the rich kid. “Don’t throw it away. You

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sneered. “Fine, let’s go.”

Connor followed them to the door, intending to join them, someone stopped him. “Where

“Aren’t we

not have you. If you come with us, we’ll probably get interrupted by reporters.

roommates went out, leaving Connor alone in the

room.

look in

moistened his lips, trying not to give it much thought. After all, having a father like that, he was used to the

out his phone

as the call was connected, Isla’s gentle voice came

Connor remained silent.

saw the comments

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thing. It can force Keira to confess sooner, and you’ll be

responded with a noncommittal,

comforted him. “Connor, you have to live with it. If you can’t bear it, everything will be revealed. You can’t go

Connor’s expression softened.

His neighbors and classmates

a beam of light that shone

breakfast and tutor him when he didn’t do well in his studies. She told him not to mind