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.”

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

first one.”

Keira’s eyes, and she

Lewis had heard countless compliments, but the straightforward

flatter me,

each other ‘Mr. Horton’ and ‘Miss Olsen’. I first thought

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quiet all of

away from Lewis and seemed to

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

Lewis’s ears turning

Connor had no idea what was coming

him.

the hospital, he returned to his college

roommates the twenty-thousand cash he

confident about being able to pay back the loan. So, someone was ready to pick up the tab for you.”

meant, but another rich second-generation student threw the

ground. “Hell no! I don’t want your filthy

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by selling out your own

was stunned. “What do you mean?”

guy handed Connor his phone. “Check this out.”

the phone and saw the footage of 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 letter of understanding for money!

This twenty thousand is what I borrowed from you guys. It was only an emergency fund she

roommates didn’t believe him. “If you say

thought they believed his explanation and let out a sigh of relief.

rich kid. “Don’t throw it away. You can buy us dinner with it!”

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rich kid sneered. “Fine,

intending to join them, someone stopped him. “Where are you

we going to

with us,

roommates went out, leaving Connor alone in the

room.

gloomy look

having a father like that, he

his phone

soon as the call was connected, Isla’s gentle voice came across. “What’s wrong?”

Connor remained silent.

the comments online. Actually,

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

responded with a noncommittal, “Hmm.”

have to live with it. If you can’t bear it, everything will be revealed. You can’t go to jail. If you do, what will

Connor’s expression softened.

that was indeed painful. His neighbors and classmates all

of light that shone into his world when

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