Darien looked stunned when he heard that.

He glanced at Keira, confused, and asked, "Nine fifty-five? I don't really get what you mean…"

Keira immediately pressed, "I'm asking why you called her to come out at exactly 9:55!"

Darien seemed even more confused. "Did I? I didn't even notice."

He pulled out his phone, checked his call log, and sure enough—it showed he had made the call at 9:55.

Looking baffled, he muttered, "I just called randomly. I had no idea what time it was."

His expression was sincere, not like someone trying to lie.

Still, Keira glanced over at Erin, just to be sure.

"What are you looking at me for?" Erin asked, raising an eyebrow.

Keira replied, "Check if he's been hypnotized."

"Oh," Erin said, stepping closer to check Darien's pupils. After a quick look, she shook her head. "Nope, nothing."

frowned. "Then what's

like the trail had suddenly gone

handed Keira his phone. It turned out that during this time, he

report was incredibly detailed—it even listed the

like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked

to college, he was exposed to a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around

set

his life to save

been no

staged act by

how he had

forgiving she was, he began living it up, meeting Mollie Francis

a rich heir, constantly trying to impress him, which made Darien feel superior—something he didn't experience with Ellie. He created the illusion

few years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living

Ellie never noticed—until

nothing in his past that indicated

what was really going

to Erin and asked, "How did the

this. But have you ever considered the possibility that Ellie'd been hypnotized to follow Darien's lead? Maybe this is someone targeting the Cobb family—someone out to destroy them—and it has nothing to do with the South family. Maybe the real enemy is just toying with

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