Chapter 153

Chapter 153

Thalia opened the driver’s door, sat down, fastened her seatbelt, and made a call.

“I need you to check the business records of Ashcroft Group,” she said.

Thalia’s eyes were cold as her slender, pale fingers tapped rhythmically on the steering wheel.

“Also, find me a reliable private investigator. I want to investigate Drake Ashcroft.”

“Yes, Miss.”

After hanging up, Thalia tossed her phone onto the passenger seat, pressed the accelerator, and drove away.

Dusk was falling, and the city lights were beginning to illuminate the streets.

It was rush hour, and the roads were completely congested. Her black Rolls–Royce Phantom was buried in an endless queue of traffic.

The gridlock was irritating and frustrating.

Just then, her phone rang. Thalia picked it up and glanced at the screen.

It was Asher calling.

After their breakup, Thalia had kept Asher’s number, though it hadn’t appeared in her call history for quite some

time.

She initially didn’t want to answer, but then thought he might be calling about Lucy. After a moment’s hesitation, she answered.

Her tone was cold and distant. “Hello, what is it?”

“The police just called to say they’re discussing a plan with Russian authorities to rescue Lucy,” Asher said.

Thalia’s heart skipped a beat, her breathing quickening. “Do they think they can succeed?”

Asher paused, his cool voice coming through the phone. “On that point, the police couldn’t give any guarantees.”

How well Thalia understood this.

But because her sister’s life was at stake, she couldn’t help asking.

After a moment of silence, Thalia asked, “Is there anything else?”

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Asher hesitated, his voice becoming slightly hoarse through the phone. “Lia, L…”

Sensing that what Asher was about to say had nothing to do with Lucy, Thalia interrupted, “If there’s nothing urgent, I’m going to hang up.”

“Wait,” Asher quickly said. “Lia, I’m sorry about what my grandmother said to you at our house earlier. I apologise on her behalf. I really am sorry.”

Thalia remained silent.

She looked up through the windscreen at the endless queue of traffic, her gaze unfocused.

To say she hadn’t been affected by Lady Blackwood’s words would be a lie she wouldn’t even believe herself.

The person on the other end of the line also fell silent.

He seemed to be waiting for her response.

The air felt stifling.

Thalia lowered the window slightly to improve circulation.

rushed in, finally allowing her constricted

herself speak in a deliberately

not as if I ever wanted to marry you

waiting for Asher’s response,

He didn’t call back.

she reached the Winters

Victoria, and Lucy was gone. The grand Winters mansion

entered the underground

took her keys and rode the lift to

the living room. Seeing Thalia return, she smiled

and, thinking of Victoria in the hospital, asked, “Has Victoria had

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for a cook at the

see.” Thalia turned to go upstairs. “You should

floor–to–ceiling window, allowing her mind

current situation, Thalia felt

call and ask about the progress

wander for a while, something suddenly

Inside was a drawing.

with pain as her trembling hand

Lucy had drawn it.

their happy

on either side, with Thalia and Lucy in the

happy.

slender, pale fingers gently brushed over the

instantly, Thalia’s eyelashes glistened

A tear fell.

Splat.

landed on the

this picture to Thalia shortly after she’d returned from

had been

by her attitude. Instead, she’d become increasingly attached,

and considerate.

the most well–behaved, adorable, and

were damp,

strictly controlled her emotions.

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waves of pain shooting through her heart, tears fell uncontrollably like

her face with both hands, lowering her

his call with Grace, Drake realized he had been used and had nearly indirectly caused Thalia’s death. He was filled

several times, but she didn’t

noticed his depressed mood and approached to comfort him, only

In Drake’s office.

spot on the ground,

you forced me to

logged into her TikTok account and started

previously posted videos of herself playing the

returned to Britain, her account already had

gained even more followers by posting a series of “CEO Boyfriend

showed glimpses of Drake’s luxury cars, his mansion, corners of his expensive bespoke suits,

showed her face on camera, wearing meticulously applied makeup, dressed in luxury brands, carrying designer handbags–the complete image

Netizens were obsessed.

posted a video, her comments section would

GASPED. The wealth

watch people who can afford Hermès:

because WHY am I watching this while eating beans

thinking this

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bullying me at

my villain origin

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