Chapter 425

Bella furrowed her brows. It felt like she chewed on a sugar-coated lie, and the sweetly cloaked monstrosity was just awful to swallow.

The air had gone quiet.

The pair said nothing.

Moments later, Justin cleared his throat and ended the conversation abruptly. “I guess that is all. Goodnight.”

“Hey, you-”

The call ended before Bella could finish talking.

“What the hell was that?” Bella stared at the dimmed screen in a daze

and shook her head.

Meanwhile, Justin realized after the call that his palms were

clamming, his throat was dry, and his heart was thumping out of his

chest.

Closing his eyes, he drew a deep breath and murmured, “The ones who walk away aren’t here to stay, but the ones who mess with my

head? Heck, that’s a whole ‘nother set of worries.”

a coma after

that the chances of

were slim to

on

would have trouble covering her tracks for bribing Xena to get

that taken care of, Bethany did not make any progress with

Ada.

with the Salvador Hotel unless Justin was involved. Besides, Ada’s team had been looking at other hotels, so she was not limiting her choice to the Salvador Hotel and KS World.

afternoon, Bethany went to

contrast to Bethany’s anxiety, Zoe remained composed. With a steaming cup in

your plan for sealing the

been trying to seek help fro Alexa,

Zoe’s eyes flickered.

win Ada over with a brooch during

her foot. “Damn it, I’m fuming just thinking about it. If only I owned one of Alexa’s jewelry pieces. That

the trouble.

makes you think you

Intriguing comment.

mean, Zoe? Did you manage to get your

know, Alexa stays out of

face in public before, so no one knew

actually seen her masterpiece before.

you get a copy and give one

nonchalantly.

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