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lan's expression turned icy upon hearing the words. Leonora really had a short memory for pain. Her wounds were still fresh, yet she was already plotting and scheming for Heidi. She sure had a soft spot for her. Even he and his sister had never been on the receiving end of such favor.

lan's lips formed a thin line, his voice cold as he spoke, "She's found out about Clara's origins."

Edwin's brow twitched violently, "So she told Eve, and Eve used that to blackmail Mr. Casey, causing his heart condition to flare up and disrupt Clara's court appearance, all to save Heidi."

For the sake of Heidi, they were willing to disregard the lives of others.

Leonora knew that Clara was truly May's daughter. So, as May's best friend, shouldn't Leonora be protecting Clara and targeting Heidi? Why was she still setting Clara up?

It didn't make sense, either emotionally or logically.

Edwin began to doubt the depth of Leonora's relationship with their mother. When their mother was dying, she clutched a necklace Leonora had given her tightly in her hand. What was she trying to convey? Had she discovered some secret about Leonora?

Was Leonora implicated in May's death?

pierced Edwin's chest, and a cold sweat broke out on

Clara? She and lan would be

phone tightly, Edwin's voice grew hoarse, "lan, have you

wearily. He denied flatly, "No,

the necklace? No

maker is dead; no one

the

for Clara. I'll give it to

all the harm Leonora's done to her, how do you expect her to feel wearing

"No, I'll tell her."

day she'll find

of us speaks, she

know how to face Clara if Leonora was indeed the one who killed May. Nor did he know how Clara would react to

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I've found that the driver who worked for madam was a distant relative of Leonora. He was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer just before