True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 162

As the eager netizens attempted to identify the couple and send them warnings, the couple, Sara and Thorpe were busy packing their bags, just as they had told the curious online audience. They were preparing to check out of the quaint bed and breakfast that had become the center of such unexpected attention.

While folding her clothes, Sara couldn’t help but glance at the items in the velvet pouch they had received from Winnie. Curiosity got the better of her.

“That girl was quite the looker, wasn’t she? She said they were filming that reality show ‘Ghostly Guidance, right? Maybe we should give it a watch?” Sara suggested with a playful tilt of her head.

“What’s there to watch? It’s just kids messing about,” Thorpe responded dismissively, but then he casually broached another topic. “By the way, about that investment opportunity we discussed earlier, have you given it more thought?”

At his words, a flicker of tension crossed Sara’s face, and she turned to him with a hint of apology in her eyes. “Can we talk about it once we’re home? I’m still undecided. It’s not a small sum, and Dad mentioned he needs to think it over too.”

Thorpe’s expression didn’t alter, his casual smile remaining in place, “No worries, I was just curious. There’s no rush at all.”

He then insisted, “I’ll finish up packing here. Why don’t you head downstairs, check us out, and bring the car around?”

Seeing that Thorpe seemed genuinely unconcerned, Sara nodded, smiling as she took the room key and headed downstairs. What she missed was the moment the door clicked shut behind her, the smile on Thorpe’s face vanished, replaced with a chilling coldness.

He turned his gaze to the velvet pouch tucked inside Sara’s bag. Recalling Winnie’s words. Thorpe’s eyes narrowed slightly. After a brief hesitation, he pulled out the pouch and walked to the bathroom, where he tossed it into the trash without a second thought.

With an impassive face, Thorpe zipped up the suitcases and, taking both their bags, left the

room.

ahead. After much persuasion. Kane and Winnie finally secured a cooperative couple to join them. Mae and Gentry, however, failed to find a

She considered it a blow to her career, and being paired with

with her gave Mae a glimmer of hope. She believed her agent would manage

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thought, Mae spoke up. “Mr. Host, I know the rules say we have to

any couple of stuff with him on the

observing the mission objects. together, and

side had far less traffic and conversation than the other group’s, so it would be better to act together with Kane’s group, and they would still get the conversation

Winnie and Kane who became a

played her part well, her voice tinged with a plea. The host, understanding her strategy and aware of the low viewership of Mae’s team, agreed, provided the other groups consented.

Gentry and moved

rolled her eyes dramatically, unseen by the

reason to refuse Mae. And so, the groups merged for the

themselves. Your task is to follow this map and complete the checkpoints along

their bags, the innkeeper announced he, too, would retrace the steps he had taken with his wife, joining

for the promise of more excitement. Her gaze then shifted to Mervin, a member of the Breeze Monastery, and she couldn’t help

remained calm as he looked towards the Golden

in the previous day. But he couldn’t be certain, and the feeling was elusive

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