Chapter: 767

After disconnecting the call, Ariana wrapped her arms around herself in a somber hug. Once her emotions had settled, she retrieved her phone and scrolled through her contacts, her fingers eventually pausing on Theodore’s number.

She lingered there, caught in a moment of uncertainty, then finally hit dial.

An undercurrent of quiet anticipation buzzed through her as Ariana waited, hoping against all odds to hear a familiar voice on the other end.

But what greeted her was the impersonal chill of a mechanized voice.

“The number you have dialed is currently switched off. Please press 1 to leave a message.”

The automated message bore into Ariana’s heart like a drill, its relentless repetition echoing in her ears.

phone slipped from her grasp, its screen continuing to glow ominously as it Lay discarded. Ariana curled up, her

the

Was she merely caught in the throes

a dreary drizzle that matched

so potent that they had resorted to various underhanded schemes to

only did they extend invitations to prominent business associates, but they also beckoned every single employee of

and cradling a black umbrella, Ariana loomed at the cemetery’s entrance. Her lips twisted into a sardonic smile as she observed the assembled crowd. Their garb might be befitting a funeral, but she couldn’t help but wonder how many of them were genuinely grieving

tried their best to don a sorrowful facade as they greeted the guests. But Ariana saw past their pretense;

with the Anderson Group, showed a surprising level of intimacy with Darian, to the point of nearly clasping his hand and

resemble a funeral; it

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scene, a sneer curling her lips. Imagining the kind of spectacle that would ensue if Theodore were truly dead filled her heart with a suffocating sorrow, almost as though the

brushed away her tears and ventured into

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