The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 867

In the States, illegal arms trafficking is no joke. Once you get slapped with that charge, there's no easy way out.

Andrew had always been trying to dig up dirt on the Shepherd family, and this time, it was serious.

"This feels like a well-orchestrated plot-not just against the Shepherd family, but Sam too," Wyatt whispered, leaning in.

It was too coincidental that Andrew managed to seize the weapons. Plus, Andrew and Sam have always been political rivals, smiling to each other's faces but hiding true animosity. Andrew had been gunning for Sam's top position for a while.

James closed his eyes briefly, maintaining his calm demeanor. "To take down the Shepherd family, he'd need to have the chops."

"But Curtis found something interesting," Wyatt continued.

"Oh?" James glanced at him, curious.

"An encrypted file that Curtis managed to snag from Andrew."

Though it was a rookie mistake, they'd figure out the whole story soon enough.

"However, the file hasn't been decrypted yet, so we don't know what's inside," Wyatt whispered back, pausing before adding, "Whatever Andrew's keeping so hush-hush, it's probably not something legal."

made Curtis feel a bit embarrassed. Just as he was about to speak, his phone buzzed. Remembering the time,

was a message from Mirabella saying she was

"James, with Ms. Mirabella's computer skills,

frowned slightly

on reading James's expressions, continued, "Ms. Mirabella is just really good

look. "Do you think it's fair to drag an innocent

replying softly, "But... she'll inevitably come across these

future matriarch of the Shepherd family couldn't be

think... we

all, she was a hidden

top-notch pharmaceutical knowledge, and

Just

QUMS

enough to

sending shivers down his spine, but

raised no further objections.

get Ms.

to reality and picked up his laptop again.

a pop-up message that