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Seeing Mark's silence, Ophelia gave him a cold stare and asked. Is there a problem?"

Mark stiffened under her gaze. He thought, "This stare feels so familiar. It is like a replica of Mr. Sinclair's

Ophelia instructed, 'Find out, and don't let Kenneth know."

"What? Are you asking me to betray Mr. Sinclair?" Mark asked, s eyes widened as he lowered his voice. His heart skipped at

beat.

He thought. "Betraying Mr. Sinclair would lead to severe consequences if he found out.

Ophelia frowned, her gaze towards Mark unfriendly. She said, "This isn't betrayal. You've been by his side longer than I have Haven't you noticed anything odd about him?"

Mark thought for a moment. He wondered, 'Does being more gentle count? But it is quite normal. Aren't all men in love like this?"

Before Mark could respond, Kenneth entered the room, holding a pair of slippers.

Ophelia handed all the documents to Mark and said, "I've marked everything. Send them to all the leaders' emails. Quickly!"

With the last word, Ophelia stressed her tone, making it clear she was implying something other than what had been mentioned. Mark felt a tingling sensation in his scalp. He replied, "Yes, Ms. Spencer."

As Mark walked past Kenneth with the documents, his heart leaped into his throat. Luckily, Kenneth's attention was not on

him.

her neck and turned slightly. She asked, "What should we grab to eat

hands, slipping her feet into pure white slippers Once both shoes were changed, Kenneth stood up, and Ophelia in front of him seemed much

go home, Kenneth

red veins in Kenneth's eyes. Ophelia felt only

in Rosewood Manor had started to sprout pink buds, swaying in

dressed in fine quality black pajamas, sat on the couch by the

"So, to develop the slums, I must get approval from

shower and was drying his hair. His grey bathrobe was loosely tied, showing his toned

Ophelia's feet.

disaster in the shims. Many people died in

asked, "What do

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suddenly came to mind, giving her goosebumps. Even without Kenneth saying anything,

into her palm. Her hair stood on end as a hill ran from her toes to the top of

that in the winter of that year, none of the

nodded slightly, silently

stench and why the people reacted that way when they heard the words redevelop the slums. Kenneth asked. "Are you still insisting to

the risk. He thought she should realize how

land reclamation plan that caused the

never considered that it was the disaster that led to the land reclamation. Kenneth said, "This matter goes way back. Back then, when four powerful families ruled

the Wright family's

and didn't pay

medicine and the illness progressed very quickly. Once one reached the point of going to the hospital, all one could do was wait for the end." Ophelia

were the Sinclair, Wright, Gilmore, and Huxley families. The Sinclair family solidified their position by marrying into the Gilmore family: Patrick's mother is from the Gilmore family. Ophelia thought, 'So that's how it is; back then there wasn't the Carnegie and Reyes families yet. This woman from the Gilmore family is Victor's first wife. No

four families used various

be the real mastermind behind this disaster. There could be

was an unspoken rule among the four major families whoever could solve this

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