The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 837

Brittany was immersed in her design drafts, working tirelessly with hardly a moment to spare. The office door swung open with a bang.

“Bri.” Derek stormed in, a sheen of sweat on his brow as he leaned heavily against her desk. “Tell me, did you meet Zac years ago, way before all this mess started?”

“Ms. Dustin, I apologize; Mr. Bishop insisted on coming in,” the assistant explained

tentatively.

“It’s fine; you can leave,” Brittany dismissed the assistant and turned her attention to Derek. “What have you found out?”

“Zac’s been digging into Joie’s past, and it hit me-you had a similar photo once.”

Brittany set her pencil down.

Yes.

After she was kidnapped, the captors had photographed each of their victims.

She and Joie were close in age and bore a resemblance. Over time, with exhaustion taking its toll, they became nearly unrecognizable to anyone but their closest kin.

But Derek was her cousin, her flesh and blood, and he had pieced some things toget

“Yes.”

seemed to dawn on Derek. “Was it you who

Does that mean Joie took all the credit

term of endearment. “Let’s keep this

as if he’d stumbled upon a deeper truth. “You knew all along that Joie took your

“I knew.”

had been aware for a long

his reaction when he learned the truth. But then the right moment never came,

didn’t seem to matter.

incredulous.

to me now.

the truth about the poison. The investigation suggested

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thought.

time when she was sold off was also under

“Alright then.”

left the studio to pick up Hannah.

tell something was off, thinking

“Problems at work?”

shook his head.

situation for her, and it was clear Hannah had been