Chapter 1518: It was Uncle Wild's... not Yugi's.

[One hour ago...]

"Holy shit... Cassandra is not getting out of that prison."

Penny's mouth gaped as she stared at the article with wide eyes. For a second, she couldn't believe what she had just figured out.

The answer had been in front of her all along, but it took her an entire night to make the connection.

It wasn't a direct link, but the goal was similar-perhaps even better.

"I need to check something," she muttered, pushing herself up.

She didn't idle. Storming out of the office, she headed toward the elevator-only to find her four assistants already standing in front of it.

"Penny!" Patricia chimed. "Are you going home too? Want to join us for dinner-?"

"Get on the other one," Penny cut in, jumping into the elevator that coincidentally opened beside them.

The four assistants blinked as she pressed a button and glanced up. When the doors closed in front of them, they exchanged puzzled looks. For a moment, they tried to see where Penny was headed, but all they caught was that she was going to the floor above.

"What's that about?" Hayley wondered aloud. "She looks like she's in a hurry."

"Maybe she needs the bathroom," Patricia guessed, raising her brows when the other three gave her a look. "What? Is there something wrong with hurrying to the bathroom?"

Teddy shook his head and turned toward the other elevator, which had also arrived. Shawn offered Patricia a brief smile before following him in.

"Let's not dwell on it," Hayley whispered to Patricia. "By the way, will you help me pick out a dress this weekend? I have a wedding to attend..."

them bothered much about Penny. Office hours were over, and though they'd been

investigation board was hidden. After placing her fingerprint to unlock it, she switched

right here..." she murmured, pinning a note she'd written to the section related to her past arrest. "This timeline is moving much faster than

and

that Penny had only considered what had happened in this timeline, not why. She'd missed the fact that she had altered many events in her

stepped back and

lips into a thin line. "There are still a lot of questions, but somehow, it's starting

had happened in the

things was Jonathan

ever since, everything in their family had

like now-for the

Cassandra was married to Finn and served as the matriarch of the Dayis family. According to Finn, after inheriting his parents' business, he had merged it into a single empire. But with a business that massive, a showdown with the Pierson Corporation

in secret, while publicly backing

protected by both the Davis

Zoren are on our side," she whispered. "And more importantly... there isn't

done to bring such ruin. Why had people targeted her family? Why had she taken the

she murmured, eyes locked on the investigation board. "If not for

had been a busybody, doing everything to impress Atlas. Even when he told her not to meddle, she thought she was helping. And she had... until one mistake was all it took for the enemy to

like the Bennets were vulnerable back then, the Smiths are

to mention, if the claims were true-and

was already

Hugo had died from snooping

had meddled-who

just accepts Cassandra's guilt... will it happen

Bennets were already saved at least from this conspiracy. But not from the ones who had always had their sights on

hadn't forgotten about that child

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