No Strings Attached

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Clara nodded. "Remember Nicole, the one who conspired with Heidi to set me up back in the day? We never managed to track her down, right? That woman is Nicole, but she seems to have had some work done it doesn't look the same as before. When you knocked her to the ground, I spotted the distinctive black birthmark on her waist. We shared a dorm for four years in college; I couldn't possibly mistake someone else for her. Leonara must have stashed her away. Maybe we can get some of Leonora's secrets out of her."

At that, lan immediately grabbed his phone and called Edwin. The phone barely rang once before Edwin answered. "Ian, is Clara awake?"

"She's up, and all's good. Clara says the woman is Nicole, from my former secretarial team. Her family has always been under my influence. Maybe we can use that as leverage to get her to divulge something."

"Alright, I'll give it a try."

After hanging up, Edwin once again descended into the basement.

on the cold concrete floor,

gaze sharp and menacing. "I'm giving you one last chance. Why did you try to

graduated from the same school. Why should she get to live the high life while I can't even land

man sitting beside him. That man was her fiancé, Kaleb. The sight of this broke Nicole's calm demeanor, and she became frantic. "Where are they?

expressionless, but his voice carried an eerie threat. "Tell me everything you know,

cracked. After three years at Hayes Corporation, she was

all along. She had thought Kaleb was sent abroad on Leonora's orders, not realizing it had been lan's doing. The thought of her most cherished ones in lan's hands made her plead through

son. I'll tell you

as he demanded, "Who ordered you to kill