Chapter 416

“Get out!” Dexter roared with all his strength.

Under the threat of his intimidating sword swings, the trespassers reluctantly turned and fled.

Once they were gone, he finally let out a sigh of relief, setting the sword aside and slumping on the floor.

Myra remained in shock, muttering to herself, “How could it be a fake?I put that map in the box myself and locked it with my own hands….

“If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have resorted to such an underhanded tactic. Now, I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. It would’ve been better to just return it to Mr. Russell right from the start.. It’s all my fault… I was too arrogant.

Myra covered her mouth and continued muttering to herself. The earlier chaos had shaken her deeply.

Despite the blood running down his head, Dexter tried to comfort his wife, “It’s not your fault. It’s mine. My greed brought this upon us. 1 dragged you and our daughter into this mess…”

At the mention of their daughter, Myra jolted and asked, “Where’s Kayla?”

Dexter replied, then paused. He realized that with all the commotion earlier, there was no way Kayla

rushed upstairs to Kayla’s room, only to find it

and maids, who explained that Kayla had snuck

“She’s probably out

achill in down her spine, she tumed around to look at Dexter and said, “That day, when I placed the map in the box,

with us.”

about it?”

Kayla have… swapped

to pull a prank like that,” Dexter

stopped.

of the map,

the auction house, it was entirely possible that it had been replaced

call her and ask her to come back right

started dialing tight after saying

was

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