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.”

solemnly, “And it just so happens that Pete Salter was in town at the same time as Ms. Russell.”

ties to the Salter family before

was once a socialite of

coincidental at best.

suspected there was more to it, but without evidence,

to Brittany, “The man with

a senior executive I’ve hired to help run the company,”

in Charles’s eyes before he spoke again, “Alright,

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soon. We’ll catch

shed her defenses and the day’s dust, falling

Landon got down to business.

other party was eager and

after nearly two days of hammering out the details. On Thursday, the

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

beats and applause filled the

stage, behind the instruments, stood

chiseled chest; his wet hair clung

exuded a sense of

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

was electrified.

tightening in