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 going

felt like the trail had

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

incredibly detailed—it even listed

what they gathered, Darien seemed like an ordinary person, a kid from a small rural town who worked hard in school and made it to college, supported by

a world he'd never seen before and was dazzled by the wealth around him. He started dating rich

he set

life to save her" story? All

had been no heroic

staged act by

detailing how he had gradually manipulated

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

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

past few years, Darien hadn't worked a day, living off Ellie's money while enjoying a

noticed—until the

nothing in his past

what was really going on

turned to Erin and asked, "How did the South family make him call Ellie at exactly

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

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