Evelyn’s expression froze at Treyton’s words.

A while later, she lowered her head unwillingly and mumbled, “Okay.”

“Good girl! That’s the generosity befitting of the Harris family’s heiress,” Treyton praised and stroked her hair.

The moment was short-lived. He turned away quickly and declared, “Change back into your clothes. You probably have to come by another day when your face is better.”

In the meantime, Gwendolyn left the commercial district.

She opened her purse once she was inside her car and took out a small note.

It had been stuffed into her hand by Treyton earlier.

The note simply read: Give me some time.

Gwendolyn frowned in incomprehension as her gaze traveled over Treyton’s familiar scrawl.

Why does he need more time? Did he find out about something and is looking into it?

Her phone suddenly rang with an incoming call from Cedrick, interjecting her thoughts.

When the line connected, Cedrick grumbled, “Why didn’t you wake me up before you left?”

Gwendolyn replied cajolingly, “I’m already done with my errands, so I’ll be back ASAP. I couldn’t bear to wake you up since you were sleeping so soundly.”

Cedrick’s harrumph was muffled by the blankets. He asked, “What did you go out to do? Are you hurt?”

Her chest swelled with satisfaction as she boasted, “Well, I slapped a pretentious b*tch several times, so I’m feeling great!”

“You hit someone?” Cedrick’s tone turned anxious as he added, “Does your hand hurt? I’ll massage it for you when you’re home.”

Gwendolyn chuckled, moved and amused by his concern. “I’m not that fragile. In fact, I’m still on cloud nine!”

They chatted for almost fifteen minutes before ending the call, and Gwendolyn steered the car toward Harrick Villa.

Cedrick had washed up when she arrived, though he was still dressed in his billowing silk sleeping robe.

He was standing right behind the front door and gently pulled her into a hug when she walked in, inhaling her comforting scent.

his head into the crook between Gwendolyn’s neck and shoulder, acting

was so upset when I woke up this morning and realized your side of the bed was already

his hair and

Harrick Villa was ajar, granting him a full view of Cedrick’s uncharacteristically coquettish

rare and sweet that Nico could

to dwell on their loving display. Nico

to announce his arrival, bringing the lovers’ reunion to

and Gwendolyn immediately jumped apart upon

them and submitted his report. “The investigation results are out. Something is indeed off

expressions darkened

helping Gwendolyn to a nearby couch. Then, they pored

a mother who was over eighty years old, and the

the exact day after his mother’s departure.

jet abroad, and his whereabouts have

enough, the ownership of his assets had been transferred abroad as

reading through the report. “Both paternity tests were personally done by Alban, but Nico couldn’t have watched him twenty-four-seven. Tampering with a few data points is child’s play for someone as smart

mother was sent overseas, someone must’ve threatened

paternity test? I can get it done at a hospital outside of town to

thought, Gwendolyn nodded

Pierre sent to the secret interrogation room.

“Sure.”

left for the garden. He took out his phone and called Mr. Dalberg, the prison warden at Salinsburgh’s

comforted her, “We should finally see a conclusion after this paternity test. You won’t

“Mm-hmm.”

swelled in Gwendolyn’s chest as she recalled Treyton’s note and the

They must be extremely influential figures in Chanaea, and there’s a high possibility that at least one of them is a member of the Harris family. I can exclude Treyton as a suspect based

The conclusion dispirited Gwendolyn.

Nico rushed into the room,

Mr. Dalberg said Pierre suddenly foamed at the mouth at midnight two days ago

and he asked, “How could this happen?

had a history of seizures. He had been in seizure remission for years after

room

to break the silence. “We can still do

ago, and because of his history of seizures, the prison wrote it off as a natural death. They

sank in

could not be

was as

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