Three years ago, she had this nagging feeling that Leopold's death was fishy, but couldn't pin down why. No one ever spoke up about it, and now, with Callum's words, her heart clenched, and her body tensed up.

Callum's hands were firmly on the steering wheel, talking about it as if it were just another day, but the slight tension in his voice betrayed his unresolved feelings.

"He called me the night before he died. He wanted to use his death to create a scandal, to pressure Lysander into giving up his CEO position at the Sinclair Group. Without Lysander in power, he couldn't control you anymore, and you'd be free. He was so naive; what's one life against absolute power? Even in death, he couldn't shake Lysander's hold."

Callum couldn't forget that night, the despair in Leopold's voice when he had called.

A young man, gone in the blink of an eye.

Thalassa's breathing stopped, tears falling, her heart trembling with pain. "So, it was me. I was the cause of his death."

from the

caused by the Sinclair Group's subsidiary, Leossa Electronics, due to manufacturing defects, and not

that she realized Leopold couldn't withstand the public pressure and the outrage of the victims' families', leading him to his

was his own scheme, using his life to create a scandal in hopes of dethroning Lysander from the

worth his sacrifice. And how did he not see that even in death, he wouldn't be able to shake Lysander's foundation? Even three years later, Thalassa's heart ached as if being

Lysander are strangers, it fulfills Leopold's last wish," Callum suddenly said, shifting

too deep in her grief to absorb his

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the sleek limousine, Rosalind noticed the tension radiating from Lysander, knowing he

incident she couldn't resolve was effortlessly handled by Thalassa in just a few words. While she could easily surpass Thalassa in her area of expertise, dealing with thugs wasn't her forte. That moment surely made Lysander think less of her compared to Thalassa, fueling Rosalind's sense

had a hard time. She really knows

reaction, noting his

you thirsty?" Lysander asked, his gaze fixed ahead, devoid

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