Chapter 1981

Ryan's deep gaze abruptly sharpened. For a moment, his vision blurred.

"She's dead?"

"Yes... She died a terrible death. By the time someone found her body, it was nearly unrecognizable."

Dean's brows furrowed as he continued in a low voice, "The police discovered during the autopsy that someone had sexually assaulted her. She also contracted severe sexually transmitted diseases, and her lower body was severely ulcerated."

Ryan closed his reddened eyes, his hand gripping the water basin and trembling with visible veins.

"Who did it?"

"Multiple people." Dean's tongue pressed against his teeth. "After arriving in Terranova, they sent Zoe to an underground club. It was essentially a high-end brothel. The brothel primarily used girls there for the sexual service of high-ranking officials in Terranova. Anyone who ended up there faced the inevitable outcome of getting played to death. Even if Zoe didn't get killed outright, her final fate would've been the same."

Ryan lowered his pale eyelids.

A mix of intense, bitter, and confused emotions churned his insides, leaving him unable to speak for a long while.

He undoubtedly hated Zoe.

to fend for herself in a foreign land, his heart was still burning with

he could not hate her anymore. It felt as if a black, gaping hole had opened in his

speak frankly, you have no reason to grieve for Zoe, even if

weren't for

Terranova tonight and bring Zoe's

that, investigate what she

I'm not seeking revenge for Zoe. The past is the past. She is dead now, and all the hatred should be

Zoe there must be someone familiar with the Hoffman Group. There are only two possible reasons for targeting her. It's either for

widened in

involving Zoe are now irrelevant. But I must remain

vigorously,

their discussion, they noticed people

with a warm smile, waving

to Dean, wiped his wet hands on his trousers, and hurried over to

Chairman Salvador." He bowed

so polite. Even now as the Hoffman Group's chairman, you

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