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Chapter 751 Shadows in the Dark

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Dan chuckled under his breath. Before she could say anything, he had already turned and continued upstairs.

As he walked, he tossed a remark over his shoulder. “Secrets may look safe in the dark, but the dark is the first thing to break.”

Artemis’s body went weak. She staggered back two steps before she barely managed to steady herself.

Her face had drained of all color.

In the study.

The moment Dan stepped in, he met Dale’s exhausted eyes.

Seeing him, Manny’s gaze blazed with fury.

But with Dale sitting there, he didn’t dare be the first to speak.

Dan strolled lazily across the room, pulled out a chair opposite the desk, and sat down without hesitation.

There wasn’t the slightest trace of loss or worry in the way he carried himself.

Looking at him, Manny was almost certain Tessa was in his hands.

“Father.” Manny clenched his jaw and looked at Dale.

Before Dan arrived, he had already spent quite some time badmouthing him to Dale.

Up to now, Manny and his mother had taken the hardest hit.

Especially his mother’s.

Meanwhile, Dan–aside from losing Dovemont to Derrick–looked like he’d barely taken a hit

at all.

Manny and Artemis were close to

the one with

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his hand, cutting off Manny before he could

His

Dan was sharp, heavy,

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back. “If you called me here just to spout nonsense about handing

could reply, Manny ground out through clenched teeth, “Who else could it be? You’re the one who brought that woman back. She must’ve slipped

he meant

child,”

let out a short laugh, turning his eyes toward Dale. “Well, that’s interesting. A

mocking his smile became. Then he turned his gaze on Manny, his eyes

chest tightened under that

roar cut him off

lost so far is Dovemont,

you’ve lost, the more likely it looks like you’re

“You-”

do you think

your mother?”

and night of relentless attacks, Manny and Artemis were both on the edge

in the Morris family had been spared, the mother and son had

worst.

palm on the desk with a loud crack. “That’s

mouths!”

to tear each other apart while

fell silent at once, though Manny shot Dan a glare filled

most likely isn’t in the

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carried the weight of

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