Chapter 971

Chapter 971

Karl hadn't even made it through the doorway before someone blocked his path.

A crisp, cool voice sounded from the side.

"Mr. Burton, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Karl shot Joshua a chilly glance and spat out a single word.

"Move."

Joshua only shrugged. "Sorry, don't really know how. Care to teach me?"

Karl had crossed paths with Joshua a few times before. He'd always pegged him as a pampered pretty boy. That was, until the time he'd tried to drag Candida away. Stella had stopped him, and when he tried to put her in her place, this so- called pretty boy showed up.

The memory made rage flicker red-hot in Karl's eyes.

Joshua might look wiry and delicate, but his skills were anything but. Karl's hand still throbbed from where Joshua had driven a knife straight through it. He remembered Candida calling him Joshua.

guy around, getting to Stella wasn't

Karl's gaze. He'd have to find a way to get rid

away, fixing Stella

where are

Karl-were all out of their minds. Anytime something went wrong, the blame

first to lose his patience. "Nonsense! Stella's been in the hospital recovering for a month. How in the world could she have hidden Sellers? And what possible reason would she have for

momentarily speechless, unable to answer Mr.

moment, Sherman hurried in, breathless. When he saw his grandfather in the room, his expression shifted. Mr. Burton was the one person

up

barely glanced at him. "Still

Burton was aware Sellers had gone missing, though he hadn't mentioned

stammered, "W-we're

searching, you all come here to interrogate Stella? She's just

weeks in the

you

is

abduction?"

might have been eccentric and reclusive, but he certainly

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