“I didn’t do anything,” Fiona stammered, acting all innocent. “Perhaps Millie said something against me to him, and that’s what set him off.”

Leon’s eyes narrowed, his voice laced with skepticism. “Do you really believe that?”

Even as Fiona proclaimed her innocence, Leon couldn’t shake a feeling of irony. It was implausible that mere words from Millie could provoke Marcus into such fury.

Fiona averted her gaze, her head lowered, unable to meet Leon’s eyes.

“I think so. What’s wrong? Are you doubting me? I’m Aisha. I’m even squeamish about killing an ant. I would never harm Millie.”

Yes, she might be Aisha, but she had changed. She had become so inscrutable, so unlike the person he once knew.

Leon said, his voice tinged with a mixture of

his reaction, but her mind was consumed with concern for Giovanni’s situation. She obediently lay down in bed and closed her

switched off the light and left the room, his mind awash with

assistant

you found out anything?” Leon

man named Giovanni,” the assistant answered,

the information. Giovanni’s personal details were all there, but the documents offered

Fiona and Giovanni. Why had they

with this man. I want a detailed report,” Leon

at Leon. He knew that the discovery of Fiona’s wrongdoings would be a harsh

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