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“Not yet,” Doug replied.

Thomas’s thin lips curved faintly, satisfaction flickering across his face.

He asked again, “What about Johanna and Kelly? How are things on their end?”

“Per your instructions,” Doug said, “I’ve already let it slip to Johanna that Kelly was the one who leaked the photos. As for Johanna…”

He paused briefly, his voice lowering. “She appears to have been coerced into leaking the Walton Group’s trade secrets. But in truth, it seems she did it out of resentment toward Jamie. She never even bothered to investigate who was supposedly threatening her.

“However, Jamie isn’t one to be easily fooled. I suspect he’s already discovered that Johanna has been secretly stealing company information, and he’s sent people to keep an eye on her.”

Thomas’s gaze sharpened. “Have you found out who was behind Johanna’s kidnapping?”

“The perpetrators were thorough,” Doug said. “They covered their tracks well–too well. No solid evidence yet.” This was, after all, Marcentine. Even Thomas’s reach had its limits.

Kelly’s exposé had only been assigned to Doug after Victoria’s banquet, when Thomas had first ordered him to

a few people could’ve pulled off Johanna’s abduction,” Thomas said. “Carter and Xavier wouldn’t resort to such methods. That

far too much. I’m afraid he’s

he sensed something different–Thomas’s aura wasn’t quite as violent as before.

emotionally steady, Doug thought, then perhaps it was money

door, he lowered his voice. “Miss McKinzie accepted the investment rather easily.

her doubts,” Thomas said calmly. “But fortune favors the bold. The fact that she was willing to take the risk proves I wasn’t wrong about her. That money–it’s

agreement, though inwardly he couldn’t help

Thomas would no doubt have said something else entirely–praising her caution and

way, those fifty billion would’ve found their way

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so wealthy that money was practically all

long after, Sharon

unreal. Even as she left the private suite,

like that, the money