Upon hearing that, they released him.

The man who had been pinned to the wall quickly fled the moment he was set free.

Keith glanced at Hannah and coughed, a hint of embarrassment in his eyes.

“So, you knew all along that we were… trailing you?”

“I figured out some time ago that someone was following me, but I only noticed you two today,” Hannah replied, eyeing them with suspicion.

“You both seemed really eager to catch the guy tailing me.

You wanted to know why he was stalking me.

Who are you guys, anyway? Why are you digging into my business?”

With a narrow gaze, Hannah continued, “The Compton family weren’t into local business before.

Then you come back, hold this big auction, using that huge plot in the east district as bait to draw me in, right? The White and Compton families working together doesn’t really benefit you.

You’ve built your influence overseas.

If you were to partner up locally, it’d make more sense with the Mitchell family.

It just feels like your family’s deal with the Whites is somehow targeting me.

Keith and Trent exchanged looks.

Trent broke the silence.

it’s time we come

out a

better place to talk? Standing here isn’t doing

found themselves in a

coffees, please,” Keith

opposite them, Hannah said

to me again, I’m out of

“Wait!”

for words, so he nudged Trent to

began, his

need to tell

your

sharply, “I don’t have time

this isn’t

She looked at them as if they were

listen to me! Wyatt

Got it?!”

felt a jolt hearing these words and stayed

silence, cautiously added, “You

But…”

cleared his throat

of

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