Chapter 164

Chapter 164

The meeting had ended, and Hailey, guided by her assistant, moved into her new office.

It wasn’t large, but it wasn’t small either. The office had been vacant for some time–previously Isaac’s, but after he was promoted to General Manager, no one had been assigned to take over.

Hailey stood by the window, gazing down at the city below, taking a slow, steady breath.

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They were on the thirty–sixth floor, and from this height, she could look down on the world below as though she were a god observing her domain.

After living two lifetimes, she had finally entered the Dalton Group.

But even now, her vengeance–her mother’s vengeance–had only been partially fulfilled.

She stood there, her gaze growing darker, lost in her thoughts.

Meanwhile, Aiden, seething with anger, returned to Mattie’s place.

He hardly ever went home anymore, often staying with her.

This was the villa he had bought for Mattie: three floors, extravagantly decorated.

Mattie, ever considerate, made him coffee and gently tried to soothe the fire of his rage.

With her warmth and soft affection, naturally, his anger began to subside.

But soon, Aiden’s phone rang. It was Rose.

The mere sight of her name on the screen made Aiden want to hang up immediately.

Mattie stopped him. “You should answer. It might be urgent.”

Reluctantly, Aiden answered the call.

The moment the phone connected, Rose’s voice erupted, full of frantic curses.

Aiden, not wanting to argue in front of Mattie, looked visibly pained as he quickly hung up.

Mattie blinked, her expression innocent and confused. “What happened?”

Aiden stood, clutching his chest as though his anger was causing physical pain. “I need to go back for a while.”

Mattie nodded, her voice soft. “Okay, I’ll see you out.”

slapped Rose across

past two years, Aiden had grown increasingly reckless, no longer caring about the woman who had once been his wife. Rose, on the other hand, couldn’t suppress her fury any longer, and their arguments

feared that Aiden might divorce her, leaving her with

and if they wanted, they

that Thomas had forbidden Aiden from divorcing

begun to make trouble.

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photos–pictures of Aiden with other women,

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nothing but her nightgown, her hair wild and unkempt, looking like

long nails left a deep scratch across his face.

a fit of pure fury, he slapped her again.

teeth. “I warn you–if

about is having a son, isn’t that right, Aiden? Well, I’ll tell you this:

his face. “What the

that cheap woman. You think I haven’t been watching? And she’s pregnant with your child, isn’t she? I bet by now

phone rang again.

It was Mattie.

weak and trembling. “Aiden… help… the baby…”

she could finish, the line went

shouted in panic, his heart

couldn’t help but burst into loud,

wine from the table and hurled

everything in the room fell into an

at him with an expression

the wound on her

suddenly snapped back into reality. He dropped the

just

him like a freight train, and his face

instinct was to

coming back–people had seen

he ran now, he’d

he couldn’t let

himself to calm down. He bent over and dragged Rose’s body to the basement.

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to hide the body first, then figure out what to do

and shattered glass from the floor, his nerves settling just

made a call to the housekeeper.

time, the housekeeper and the servants had probably been sent away

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