Chapter 246

The man was panicking, glancing at the ringleader with desperate eyes. “It wasn’t…”

The leader was urgently gesturing to his cronies to vouch for him. But in this situation, the best they could muster was feigned ignorance. “I didn’t get a clear look…”

The police showed up swiftly, and I was helped onto the ambulance by Eric.

“We suspect this guy named Connor of taking a bribe,” Eric announced to everyone within earshot, his voice stern yet audible to all. “His wife tipped us off that Connor’s been keeping a mistress on the side, and we found a million in cash at her place. Now he’s gone as far as assaulting someone, trying to harm our CEO’s wife and her unborn child. Looks like a case of a hit gone wrong.”

The faces around him turned ghostly white. Clearly, only the leader had pocketed the million windfall. Regardless of the outcome, their little gang had crumbled.

Sitting in the ambulance, I glanced at Eric. I had merely mentioned to him on the way over, “Cut off the head of the snake,” and he had already seized the leader’s weaknesses.

I had this eerie feeling that Eric had anticipated everything I could think of, and his silence was just playing into my charade. I felt pretty sharp for figuring that out, but something didn’t sit right.

Was it really me protecting and aiding Colin? Without me, could Eric not have handled it?

taken care of as per

police had escorted

He was giving me too much credit; I had only hinted at a plan, and he executed it to perfection. This kind of flattery sent shivers down my spine. “Ah… You

for the

nodded in

ambulance, I looked out the window one last time. Maybe it was just my imagination, but I felt like Colin was watching

long after the ambulance arrived at the

wait for me,” Colin said, his eyes drooping slightly, projecting

around; the ambulance ride

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him? I was practically making him

that you might be too busy with work,”

“Phoebe, I’m going to be a dad, right?”

moment; the child was indeed his. “What else? Should I go

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