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Chase arched an eyebrow at lan, a smirk playing on his lips. "Must've been someone who blew your injuries out of proportion to trick her into coming back, huh?"

Clara marched briskly to Sasha's bedside, clutching her hand with reddened eyes as she surveyed the damage. "Sweetie, does it hurt?"

Sasha chuckled, her voice carefree. "Nah, the docs numbed me up good for the surgery. It's the perfect excuse to kick back and relax. Don't you worry your head about me."

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"Chase, would you just shut it!" Sasha snapped, annoyance lacing her words.

Chase's reaction was instantaneous. He mimed a "zipping his lips" gesture with his hands.

scowled at him. "Did you take care of what

due to a severe impact, and we're sticking to that story publicly. The doc in the know's been briefed to keep mum. Should be no issues there. But who the hell did this? You didn't even know about

dark eyes narrowed slightly. "Maybe the target

caller ID, he

anxious voice as soon as the call connected.

for your rush to blow Heidi's cover, none of this

silence before Edwin asked, "So it's

lan replied coldly. "Brakes tampered with by some goon from the car dealership. We caught the guy, but he won't spill who sent him. Besides Heidi, I can't think of a second suspect." When he heared this, Edwin's gaze turned icy. "I'll look into it.

he had confined Heidi to the house. If she had targeted Clara, it would have been over

by the servant reporting that Heidi had been in

He didn't need to guess why. Heidi thought Clara was the one who got hurt. She