The Woman From Hell

I gritted my teeth. "I know that. You don't have to remind me."

"Then shouldn't you be shedding a few tears or expressing some kind of sorrow?" Tory asked mockingly.

Just as I was about to lose my temper, something clicked inside my head.

That was right. If someone intentionally found a corpse that looked like Theo, did it not mean that someone wanted us to think that Theo was dead?

Then why did I not let them think that their plan worked so they would put down their guard?

When he saw that I had realized something, Tory sneered. "You're not too

dumb, after all.'

This man did not know how to speak nicely.

"What are you planning to do?"

at all.

squinted at him. "Are you

"Of course."

for a moment, I realized that he was

Lane, did you not complete your formal education? Don't tell me you can't understand something so simple?"

calm. "Mr. Zimmerson, you and Theo have decided to form a partnership Why is it that when you need his help, he'll gladly help you, but when he needs your help you can't do the same

too naive,

to me. "We're all businessmen. The premise of cooperation is that the other party can help me. For example, before I help him, I'll have to make sure that he can help me in the future. Theo was kidnapped after he was seriously injured. If I spend time and resources to rescue him but it turns out that he's already dead, wouldn't that be a waste? Moreover, I'd be getting into a lot of unnecessary trouble

him?"

meant every word

refuting him. There was no friendship between him and Theo. They were nothing but business partners. As a businessman, he would not perform a transaction that would put him at a loss. Moreover, if

wanted him to save Theo, I must make sure that he had nothing to lose. I had to let him

for you, it just meant that what you were

you don't have anyone else to rely on. It's you against the entire Zimmerson family. I can already predict that they'll devour you one day, right down to your very bones. Milan can't help you as much as Theo can. You should know that by