The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 846

Brittany managed a wry smile, “How have you been holding up lately?”

“Just peachy.”

Brittany had met Charles under serendipitous circumstances. He seemed like a free spirit, but underneath that facade was a highly competent man with an extensive network of information at his fingertips. Her trip to Craneville was spurred by a desire to delve deeper into the research institute’s mysteries.

“How’s the investigation going?” she asked.

“Hang tight,” he replied before standing up to leave.

Upon his return, Charles slid a stack of papers across the table towards her. “Based on what I’ve found so far, the family bankrolling the institute from the shadows is likely the Salters.”

“The Salter family?”

“Yes,” Charles nodded. “Pete Salter had a keen interest in these matters, but he’s been

gone for years, and there’s nothing left to uncover.”

The documents echoed Charles’s words.

Brittany hadn’t expected the Salter family to be entangled in this affair.

“There’s something else,” Charles said with a sly grin. “I discovered that your mother, Ms) Russell, had visited Craneville before.”

“My mother?”

“Indeed.”

nodded solemnly, “And it just so happens that Pete Salter was in

no known ties to

of Imperial City, but her

seemed coincidental at best.

to it, but without evidence, he kept his theories to himself.

turned to Brittany, “The man with you today, is he your

hired to help run the company,” Brittany clarified, noting the misunderstanding. “My fiancé is

flickered in Charles’s eyes before

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City soon. We’ll

at her hotel, Brittany shed her defenses and the day’s dust, falling into a

Landon

was eager and genuine.

days of hammering out the details. On Thursday, the

to unwind at a bar, and Landon joined them. By some stroke of fate, the chosen bar was

pounding beats and applause filled the air as they

stage, behind the instruments, stood a

a chiseled chest; his wet hair clung to

exuded a sense of power.

the atmosphere churned with excitement, culminating in him shedding his shirt and moving rhythmically with the

crowd was

tightening in