Chapter 122 Annoying Bennett a Bit

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“Even though you appear calm and collected on the outside, with your gentle demeanor and lack of visible anger, if you look closely, you can still spot the small signs that give you away,” Charmaine observed.

Keon let out a resigned chuckle. “Yeah, there is something else…

“Are you seriously planning to keep your true identity a secret from Emyr?”

Charmaine asked, her voice flat and unflinching, “What identity do you mean?”

Keon was taken aback, unsure how to respond.

They were supposed to keep things confidential, after all.

His face darkened slightly. “After Emyr came back from his injury, he didn’t just ask us to track down clues about Master Field. He also wanted me to keep an eye on someone.”

“I know. It’s a woman, right? Hasn’t he already found her?” Charmaine replied, unaffected.

Keon lowered his voice, barely a whisper. “She’s the one who owns the bullet–casing necklace. The ‘Fox‘ he used to fight alongside.”

His voice dropped further. “And Veronica, holding that necklace, is the person Emyr believes to be the Fox.”

Charmaine’s eyes widened in realization. “So that’s what’s going on.”

“How did your necklace end up in Veronica’s hands?”

Charmaine shrugged casually. “Leah’s stolen a lot of my things. I imagine she gave that necklace to Veronica a while back–just by chance, really.”

quickly pieced together the likely

she couldn’t pull off the deception herself. So, she handed it off to Veronica.

Veronica to gain favor with Emyr and keep

with one

you upset that Veronica is pretending

at him, unfazed. “Why would

her eyes. “If she’s trying to be me, she’ll have to deal with the

stared at her, momentarily stunned.

was a certain change in Charmaine—a confidence, a radiance that

no longer the same person he

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Regal Tavern, Charmaine checked her phone, finding several messages from Celeste.

failed! My

typed back, “I thought

to Leah’s grandpa! My family’s worked with him for years, and when it came down to it,

grandpa? Charmaine’s eyes narrowed slightly in

utterly frustrated, dialed Charmaine

answered the

voice came through, it was full of agitation.

now? I can already imagine Leah’s smug face! She’s

held the phone away from her ear, wincing at the loud, chaotic sound.

Charmaine said with a composed

“Can you stop being so calm? Aren’t you even a

won’t help. Did your father give up that easily?”

trying, but I’m not holding my breath. The Reads have people they can call

just giving them more confidence while

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