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.”

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

A charity?

secrets always managed to surprise me.

and when I woke up, I couldn’t

was. I was wondering. I’ll

“About Mister…”

sa

when he supported both of us back in the day, and now

his tone shifted. “But Foebe, why on earth did you suddenly

warily. It was clear that

tell you… he might be

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feigned ignorance. “Why’s

he think Colin was a

by a couple in my teens. Then they went bankrupt,

in the orphanage. He used to

you today was to learn more about

skills. He

really happened back in that orphanage?

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