Chapter 67
Jeff thought. Ten tisses the purchase poker. Not even Father can come up with that kind of money!”
Jeff quickly realized Ray was deliberately making things shafficult for him. As he recalled Ray
He thought. When have I ever offended Ray! brant remember anything at all!
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Ray walked out of the lounge, carrying his winnings and headed to the meeting room at the end of the hall. He pushed the door open and stepped
Byron wiring on the black sofa tumed his head slightly, holding a glass of red wine in his left hand, the comer of his eyes lifted in a casual gare
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“Apiece of cake,” Kac replied with a grin, placing a phone on the table before pouring himself another glass of wine. “That fool actually had a bit of lock tonight. If he’d quit while he was ahead, he could’ve walked away with a nier profit. But he got greedy
“Hait something felt of. Sure, the transfer deed for all my restaurants of George Groups is tempting, but it’s not worth roking company shares over
nd you have a hand in this?”
Ray thought. The gambling session tonight, orchestrated by Byron, didn’t feel like a coincidence!
“Just gave him a Întle nudge.” Beron replied calmly.
Kay raised an evebrow, sensing there was more to the story. “What did Jeff do to get on your bad side? Care to slure?”
Dan be tou
Ray rubbed his chin, trying to read between the lines of Byros
of Byron’s words. Then he suddenly asked. “You didn’t go after Jeff because of a woman,
Hir thought, “After all, with the Graves family’s minor status, , it doesn’t seem like something that will catch Byron’s attention otherwise.
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a moment, then coolly dismissed the alea. “You’re overthinking it
“Krally I don’t buy it. Ray said, his curiosity piqued, his expression full of eager gossips.
Byron ignored him, set down his wine glass, and walked over to pick up the phone on the table.
The double password lock that Jeff had set was practically useless in Byron’s hands.
As soon as he opened the photo album, he found exactly what he expected: secretly recorded surveillance footage of Maeve
With an indifferent expression, Byron deleted all the videos. Then, with a thick of his long fingers, the phone dropped into the fish tank on the table with a splash
“What was on it?” Bay ask
asked, crossing
og his arms.
arms. “You didn’t have ine win his phone just to toss it in the tank, did yo
“Nothing important.” Hyron said dismissively. He walked over to the floor–to–ceiling window and looked down. “Tx lively down there.”
Ray raised an eyebrow “And what’s that got to do with anything?”
“You should go down and join the fun”
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Hay was left speechless, thinking. So this is how it feels to bar word and discarded?
Meanwinle, outside in the garden. Maeve had wandered around for a while and was about to head back inside.
The place was beautiful, exuding elegance and luxury, but there was also a certain superficiality that made her feel out of place.
She wondered if Botir was done with her greetings because she was starting to feel like healing home.
Lost in thought for a moment, Marye was abusit to rise from the bench when she suddenly felt her dress get heavier.
Looking down, she realized that part of her akiri had gotten caught in the flower Inishes
She mind to pull it free, thinking it would come loose easily, ban then she brand a ver. “Who’s there?” she called osit
froze for a moment. Across from her, a man in a silver gray tailcoat slowly stood up, holding the conser of her skirt in his hand
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Maeve pointed at his hand. “Excuse me, sir, could you please let go of my dress?”
