Chapter 161


Chapter 161:

“Daniela?” she whispered.

“How long has this been happening?” Daniela asked, without looking away from Cedric.

Lillian hesitated, aware there was no way to hide it anymore.

Before Lillian could speak, Daniela stated, “So Cedric is the one backing Tyler’s company.”

It wasn’t a question, but a statement.

Lillian shifted uneasily and rubbed her hands together.

“Yeah,” she confessed.

her

a while. But just before Cedric could turn and see her, she

should’ve told me earlier,” she said,

want us to tell you. He didn’t want

wasn’t wrong,” Daniela

where she owed someone a favor—especially when she wasn’t sure if she

been burned before, her heart broken

it could tear them apart.

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asked Ryan for

forte. It didn’t take her long—just over an hour—and she had gone through the numbers, recalculating everything.

earlier, panting as if he’d sprinted all the

office was dimly lit, with only the desk lamp casting a soft glow. Daniela lifted her eyes to find Cedric standing in the doorway, his shadow stretching

the sleeves he’d pushed up earlier, clearly trying to gather himself. He paused in front of her desk, his voice steady but

“I can explain.”

gaze drifted to the scattered papers on her desk, each one covered with columns of handwritten

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