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.”

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

so...” A bitter smile was visible on William's face. “Well,

doesn't seem right...” Francesca was still confused. “Why does Federico want me to stay

some digging myself, I got the answer.” He frowned. “I think someone approached him to cooperate with

was anxious.

working with him is probably someone of a similar status to him. Either that or someone's offering him an extremely beneficial offer.

that person doing this? Why does

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