Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 439

It snagged Evangeline's attention, and she picked up without a second thought.

"Could it be an update on Lydia's location?" Evangeline asked, her voice thrumming with hope.

Since the day she had scoped out Sunny Glow Beauty Salon and sketched out a map of its layout for Snow Wolf, all had been quiet on his end. That unexpected call had her mind racing. Could it be the break they needed?

She was right. A cheerful male voice greeted her from the other end.

"Yes, we should've had news sooner, but we hit a snag Snow Wolf admitted, pausing for a moment before diving back in. "The map you handed over was just a slice of the salon's real footprint. We had to crack their system wide open to snatch the hidden part of the blueprint they were sitting on.

"Now we're pretty sure there's a secret door tucked away in the back of the director's office. And Lydia, the one you've been chasing shadows to find, is holed up in a room right behind that door."

Lydia's disappearance had stretched on far too long, and the surge of relief at the prospect of finding her was too intense for words.

when I'd have tracked her down? Looks

team. "The mastermind behind Lydia's disappearance was a real professional, slipping through the government's digital defenses like a ghost. No matter how you sliced it, you'd never find the hidden room they stashed her

your subordinates are incompetent, it's that

back, "Does that mean you were able to figure it out

a gold star

champ and replied, "Nah, it's not about being sly. I've just got a horseshoe

Alex was cooling his heels on the balcony, she cut the call short. She made a beeline for the bathroom, reaching for the door handle on autopilot, only to

was the deal? Did she

baby brain, she did not dwell on

Even the coffee Julieta had

gone.

she flagged down Julieta. "Hey, where'd Alex go? Did he vanish while

had to rush off because of some urgent business. He zoomed out of here so fast that I didn't even think to stop him. If I'd known you'd be back this quickly, I would've tried to keep him here a

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