Chapter 9 Finding Her

"Mr. Douglas, we've found her." Liam, fresh off a phone call, turned to Ethan with excitement. "Felix confessed!"

Ethan snorted, the sarcasm biting. "Who?"

"It's Harper Brown, the heiress of the Brown family," Liam said, equally astonished. Harper had been dealing with depression and had a suicide attempt six years ago.

"It's coming back to me. Among the hotel guests that night, Harper's name was there. But she was on a different floor, so I didn't think much of it. Felix planned to meet another woman, but when he saw the heiress wander into the wrong room, he seized the opportunity."

Liam slapped his forehead, annoyed he hadn't made the connection earlier. "Miss Harper's suicide attempt was after that gala six years ago."

Ethan furrowed his brow. "Turn around. We're heading to the Brown estate."

...

Daniel looked at Jasmine with distaste, as if he couldn't believe she had turned into what she was now.

"I never really knew you," he realized, regretting his past blindness in thinking Jasmine was pure and kind-hearted. "Using even children in your schemes. What, now that you realize you can't have me, you're trying to seduce my brother because of his status in the Douglas family?"

her lip and shook her head in

I didn't." "Look at yourself, Jasmine. How low will you stoop for money and status? Would you stoop to any man?" Daniel grasped her chin and pulled her in front of a mirror. Terrified, Jasmine closed her eyes.

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