Mysterious Male Escort Is a Mogul

qFrancesca was stunned for a while before she returned to her senses. “Why?”

Federico's actions utterly befuddled her. I thought we were supposed to deal with William's castle, where he and his eighty-three subordinates were poisoned. So why am I suddenly brought into focus? Not only that, I'm forced to stay in the castle for half a year?

“I was very confused too.” William frowned with a serious expression. “I kept telling him that you're a free woman and you have the ability not to be restrained. After that, I even stopped beating around the bush. I said that your medical skills are impressive and you have plenty of incredible talents. Many important and influential figures' lives were saved because of you, so if anything happens to you, those people won't just sit by and watch. However, that wasn't enough to convince Federico. He insisted on executing his decision. Not only did he use the investigation of the poisoning incident to threaten me, but he also said something even nastier...”

“What did he say?” Francesca asked.

“He said...” His eyebrows furrowed even more tightly with a darkened expression. “If I refuse to agree to his request, he'll ask my cousins to do it instead.”

that?” Her fury flared as she gritted her teeth. “That old bat! I thought he understood when I saw the guilt on his face after I said those things. I thought he regretted his actions and

smile was visible on

seem right...” Francesca was still confused. “Why does Federico want me to stay in Danontand?

He frowned. “I think someone approached him to cooperate with him and asked him to

anxious. “Is it

The Atkinson family isn't that powerful,” he theorized. “Based on what I know about Federico, whoever's working with him is probably someone of a similar status to him. Either that or someone's offering him an extremely beneficial offer. Those two reasons are the only ones I can see him working with

them. “But why is that person doing this? Why does that person refuse to

just the poisoning incident at my castle, but now you're getting locked up... If things continue in this trajectory, it'll only get more complicated. I thought about it for a long time before I eventually decided to tell you the truth. You should leave before they start taking action