The Road to Rebirth Her Fresh Start and His Late Sorrow by Helena R. Bates

Chapter 252

Not only was he overwhelmed with a mountain of evidence, but he was also running around like a headless chicken.

The phone rang, and Baldrick glanced at the caller ID before answering.

"Baldrick, regretting competing with me yet?" Cyrus's icy voice came through the receiver.

With a cool smile, Baldrick replied, "Likewise, it seems the issues with The Gordon Group aren't completely resolved on your end either."

"Almost there, just a few more days," Cyrus retorted with a sneer.

"What a coincidence, I've got a few days myself," Baldrick responded,

unimpressed.

Cyrus didn't believe a word. "Is that so? Let's see if you can really wrap things up in just a few days."

With that, he hung up.

Baldrick watched the phone, a cold smile on his lips. "Doesn't believe me, huh?"

he murmured. He wasn't one for lying, after all.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door.

up as his assistant entered, offering a

going," Baldrick

back now; he wasn't one to

At the airport.

as Cyrus arranged her new identity papers, and exhaled

start over with a new name

muttered through gritted teeth. "Don't

back on top, you'll be the

repay Nancy

just as Lucy stepped out of

too fast for

Thud-!

a broken kite, her head hitting

around her as her vision clouded over, her body heavy

faded, a

she finally made out the face, her eyes widened in shock.

reached out towards him,

finish, her became

breathin

fell

her

and she