Chapter 1156:

He looked toward the doorway, still trying to understand what he’d just seen. “You don’t get along with your family?”

Without lifting her head, Daniela answered, “I don’t have any family.”

Nikolas asked, “What about Cedric?”

Right then, Cedric stepped out of the room. He stopped in place when he caught the end of the conversation.

Daniela let out a small laugh. Nikolas glanced at her, watching closely.

Then she said in an easy tone, “Mr. McCoy, ever heard this one before?”

Nikolas tilted his head. “What?”

She turned, her stare sharp enough to pierce. “Curiosity killed the cat.”

He didn’t get a chance to respond before she added, “Same way those mercenaries ended up scattered that night.”

The change in his face

his eyes darkened, fixed on her with an

silence fell over

his mouth to say something, Tasha cut in. “Mr. Phillips?

eyes down and continued eating without saying a

blinked, his focus drifting. Then he quietly joined her at

watching both of them. He was certain if Tasha hadn’t spoken when she did, Nikolas would have said whatever was brewing in his head. But in the end, Nikolas

went upstairs without looking

the porch to take

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Cedric dead yet?”

“No,” he answered flatly.

Do you want us to

“Not right now.”

hired people

wandered

was definitely not as simple

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