Chapter 169

“Betrayal?” I feigned calm, my voice barely a whisper. “Of course not…”

James exhaled in relief. “I know, right? It just doesn’t add up. You doing something like that?

No way.

Sweat gathered in my palms. I clenched my fists. “James, has Mister… Mister given any new orders?”

Who was this “Mister“?

“The recent ventures have hit a snaq,” James said with a heavy sigh. “Mister’s requests have been denied left and right. Some of the kids even got roughed up. Funding’s dried up, and we

that can’t locate their biological parents. Mister said you’ve married into high society now, you’re all about getting rich and don’t care for the kids anymore. That you’re about to turn your back on us.”

“Kids?” I echoed without thinking.

I was lost.

What was James talking about?

“You know, the children we rescued from those trafficking rings. We made some enemies, and just yesterday, they smashed Mister’s windows,” James said, clearly shaken. “Those folks have gone mad.”

a long while. Foebe, James, and Mister had been rescuing trafficked

A charity?

managed to

but I’ve been out of sorts lately. I was sick, and when I woke up, I couldn’t remember much.

what it was. I was wondering. I’ll explain things to Mister. It’s all

“About Mister…”

sa

of us back in the day, and now he’s totally devoted to these kids. We

Foebe, why on earth did you suddenly tie the knot.

warily. It was clear that the mention of Colin

got to tell you… he might be a murderer,” he whispered

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feigned ignorance. “Why’s

he think Colin was

was adopted by a couple in my teens.

in the orphanage. He used to

today was to learn more about Colin,” I said earnestly.

had some leadership skills. He was involved in charity, too, so he couldn’t

what really happened back

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