Chapter 514

“Why?” Marve paused with a mouthful of noodles.

Zion’s expression turned serious. “I was afraid you’d lose your appetite if you found out,” he admitted

Marve set down her fork “Do I know the killer?” she asked.

In the silence that followed, Maeve felt a pang in her chest.

“Who is it?” She pressed.

Zion’s voice was low. “It’s Philip Scott.”

Maeve felt Philip’s name pierce her heart. She had considered everyone but him.

“Why? When did you find out?” she asked.

“Today,” Zion replied.

it was today. “So Levi found out today too?”

out a bit earlier than me. But even though Philip

identities. With them lurking in the shadows and us in the light, all I can do

would Uncle Phil want to harm my dad?

debts were old news. We suspect the people who put your uncle

to threaten your dad’s position, so they used Philip to do their dirty work,

years, the Scott family has been on a downward spiral under Uncle Phil’s leadership. Could their aim be

Philip’s debts that almost swallowed the Scott family’s estate. It was terrifying how this organization seized a century–old

have now suggests that Philip bribed a driver named Ethan Reed to crash into your parent’s car on a specific route after drinking. But there’s no proof Ethan accepted any bribe since he died

who would’ve thought someone could be bribed into risking their life? It hardly

And so, Philip’s bribe saved the boy’s life back then. That’s why Ethan had no choice but to agree.”

“Why didn’t anyone dig deeper

an accident No one suspected

ridiculous. No one suspected Philip, especially when the Scott family had no enemies or business rivalries. To others, it was just a tragic drunk–driving accident.

the Scott family, further discouraging any

Maeve stared

tomorrow. There’s something

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