Sure enough, he was a goddamn player trying to have it all.

I said, "I won't marry you or drop the charges against Kate. It wasn't me who sued her in the first place."

Gabrielle asked me to lend a hand to keep Claude's law firm from collapsing. Yet Claude wanted me to marry him and let his Kate off the hook.

I snorted, "Claude, I don't have the power to influence your and Kate's situation as you think I do. Maybe you should ask the police what exactly Kate did to me. Or better yet, check if she's hurt other girls, too."

I helped Richard into the car, leaving Claude standing there, watching as we drove away.

"Have you heard about the Hilton family?" Richard asked as we got into the car.

"The Hilton family tore down the orphanage to build an amusement park. I can't even step foot in there. Even though my parents worked for the Hilton family, our relationship with them was purely employment. In the end, it was because of Claude that things went south. To stand up against the most powerful family in town? I doubt my parents would want me to take such a lone stand." I said it casually, leaving Richard at a loss for words.

Richard returned to his remaining house, far from my apartment. "Why don't you move in with me? We've got plenty of rooms in the villa."

shook my head. I couldn't let Richard waste any more time on me. "Richard, I can take care

the keys. "Young people always want independence, but remember, I've got your back. No need for taxis anymore. I've arranged

welled up, and I

venet

on his shoulder like a child. I'd known Richard since lowas a baby. He was

promised, "Sweetie, I couldn't do much from jail, but now that

nodded, and my phone

"Ms. Floyd, we've

body today, burned. The Goodwin family is using this evidence to claim Ms. Goodwin's innocence. We currently lack concrete evidence linking Ms. Goodwin to your abduction, so the Goodwin family has taken her home. I called

as I looked at Richard fearfully. "Isn't

bank account shows a large transaction, but it doesn't link back to Kate. As for your recording, it's not sufficient

I were alive, Kate's charges would be minor

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