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.”

Pete Salter was in town at the

ties to the

a socialite of

coincidental

was more to it, but without evidence, he kept

“The man with you today, is

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

trace of light flickered in Charles’s eyes before he spoke again,

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Chapter 846

City soon. We’ll

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

day, Brittany and Landon got down

party was eager and

of hammering out the details. On Thursday, the contract

Landon joined them. By some stroke of fate, the

beats and applause filled the air as they

behind the instruments, stood a

to reveal a chiseled chest; his wet hair clung

pale, lean, and exuded a sense

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

was electrified.

felt a tightening