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.”

Connor threw away his

first one.”

eyes, and she

company, Lewis had heard countless compliments, but the straightforward

flatter me, Miss Olsen.”

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

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quiet all of a sudden.

Lewis and seemed to be

Lewis’s deep voice was

Lewis’s ears turning red.

Connor had no idea what

him.

the hospital, he returned to

repaid his roommates the twenty-thousand cash

six thousand and snidely commented, “I knew you seemed way too confident about being able to pay back the loan. So, someone was ready to pick up the tab for you.”

didn’t understand what they meant, but

no! I

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selling out your own father! Do you have no shame

was stunned. “What do you mean?”

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

spreading on the internet. Everyone was slamming him for being an ungrateful son who signed a letter of understanding

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

you say so, we’ll take your word for

his explanation and let out a sigh of

the cash left on the floor by the rich

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sneered. “Fine, let’s

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

taken aback. “Aren’t we

you. If you come with us, we’ll probably get interrupted by reporters. You’d better stay in

went out, leaving Connor alone in

room.

had a gloomy look in his eyes.

give it much thought. After all, having a father like that,

his phone and called Isla.

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

Connor remained silent.

“I saw the comments online. Actually,

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force Keira to confess

with a noncommittal, “Hmm.”

everything will be revealed.

Connor’s expression softened.

was indeed painful. His neighbors and classmates all looked down on

light that shone into his world when they were in

well in his studies. She told him not

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