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.”

that Pete Salter was in town at the same time

known ties to the Salter family before she passed.”

a socialite of Imperial City, but her connection to

seemed coincidental at best.

but without evidence, he kept his theories to

to Brittany, “The man with you today,

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

trace of light flickered in Charles’s eyes before he spoke again, “Alright, I’ll be heading to

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We’ll catch up there.”

her defenses and the day’s dust, falling

and Landon got

party was eager and genuine.

two days of hammering out the details. On

Brittany invited everyone to unwind at a bar, and Landon joined them. By some stroke of fate, the chosen bar was owned by Charles.

applause filled the air as they entered.

stage, behind the instruments, stood

was unbuttoned enough to reveal a chiseled chest; his wet hair clung

and exuded a sense of power.

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

crowd was electrified.

tightening in