No longer a pushover

Gordon took his life? Noelle rushed to the basement in disbelief and found all the Liddells gathered.

Donovan stood at the door and watched Gordon's hanging corpse. Though he was frowning tightly, he felt relieved deep inside. They could pin all the blame on Gordon with the excuse that he'd taken his life just to escape punishment.

When Frank noticed Noelle approaching, he immediately stepped in front of her to block her view. "Don't look. You'll have nightmares."

Noelle's face was cold. "Gordon couldn't have killed himself."

For Xenia to have manipulated Gordon, she must've bribed him. How could a greedy man like him willingly take his life?

Blake asked, "Are you saying he was murdered?"

"That's impossible."

Donovan was the first to object. "If this was murder, who did it? Xenia is just a lady, and she couldn't have done this. Don't try to frame her."

Noelle smirked. "Couldn't she find help?"

Sure enough, the man backing Xenia had made a move.

fumed. "She's an orphan, so where could she have found such powerful assistance? Someone who'd even kill for

"Donovan has a point. Maybe Gordon

said, "We'll say Gordon stole valuables from the house. He embezzled a lot of money, and that

to steal something last night but ended up getting caught. Now he's taken

been shady, but

a

the thoughts in Noelle's mind. "Since you knew Gordon was no good, why did you keep him

under his questioning. "He's been with us for years, so firing him outright didn't seem appropriate. Plus, Xenia used to

man. Xenia rushed over. "Donovan, I heard Gordon took his life. Is it

"Yes. Don't go in. It's not a

"I never thought he'd kill himself. Though I think he

was relieved that Sean had taken care of the problem for her, but too bad she couldn't kill

her eyes. "Another act,

stepped forward and shoved Xenia into the basement. "Since you care that much, why

Her body went so limp that she could

quickly carried her out and glared at Blake.

Gordon, wasn't she? Then she should've