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    Kale said. “bThat /bMs. Miller–she’s Dan’s sister.”

    What the hell?”

    Dan’s sister!

    “That guy has a sister? Since when? Derrick looked bbaffled/b.

    Kale fell silent.

    That guy. That thing.

    That was Derrick’s usual way of referring to Dan and the people around him.

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    And once one crack opened in a secret, the whole thing spread fast. Sure enough. Kale had gotten his hands on this earth–shattering piece of gossip too.

    Heid it all out for Derrick, step by step.

    When Derrick finished listening, he was speechless.

    Finally, he muttered, “Ashen Pact is seriously fucked up.”

    Calling it a little messy didn’t evene close. Anyone going in with a clear head woulde out with a brain full of knots..

    And if you didn’t have a sharp mind to begin with–forget it. You’d be left with nothing but

    confusion.

    Kale nodded. “Yeah, it’s pretty messed up.”

    Even they, who specialized in intel, had their brains scrambled trying to untangle all those rtionship threads.

    Derrick looked out the window.

    His long fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest. Then he said, puzzled, “But Dan looks. way older bthan /bSte’s friend.”

    “Older… Does bhe/bb?/b” Kale asked.

    Dan didn’t exactly look old.

    But if you had topare, yeah, he definitely looked older than Tessa.

    “He doesn’t not look old.” Derrick replied. “That guy’s calcting as hell.”

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    He was a master maniptor. The real power behind Ashen Pact. Old or not, his mind was

    deep and dangerous.

    Kale stayed quiet.

    Sure. If you say he’s old, then he’s old.

    “He looks about the same age as Mr. Abraham,” Derrick added.

    The moment Abraham’s name came up, Kale mmed up. That was one name nobody dared. gossip about.

    “Why’d Marie take that woman and run off?”

    Kale answered, “Probably to forge a de.”

    A de. A weapon aimed at Danb? /b

    Yeah, that would track. Right now, Marie’s hatred for Dan was absolute.

    The people of Ashen Pact…

    Thinking back to Shan Na’s past coboration with Mr. Abraham, it was clear–Dan had crossed a line with Maric.

    Everyone knew the Dawson family hated backdoor schemes.

    And Dan had approached Marie with just that in mind. No wonder Marie wasn’t going to let him off easy.

    “Then let her forge that de,” Derrick said tly.

    Tessa. Sibling against sibling. It had a nice ring to it.

    Kale said, “But now Mr. Victor is getting anxious.”

    That surprised Derrick. “Victorb?/b”

    “Yes. He’s been personally looking after Ms. Miller this whole time. Now that she’s been taken from under his nose, he’s not going to let it go.”

    Derrick fell silent.

    This whole web of connections… was aplete mess.

    Tessa was Dan’s sister. Supposedly. Though no one knew how that “sibling thing beven /bbwork /b

    One look at Dan, band /byou’d never believe he was younger than bTessa/b.

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    But Dan’s bown /bsister being sharpened into ba /bde to stab him? That was poetic justice.

    The only problem was Victor.

    Victor clearly wouldn’t just stand by and let that happen.

    “Let them fight, Derrick said with augh.

    “The messier, the better”

    He even added a note for emphasis.

    Kale was stunned.

    It was already a total mess,

    Derrick paused, eyes gleaming with interest. “We should help her.”

    Kale froze. Her? Who?

    Marie?

    “Wipe her tracks. Don’t let Dan find her,” Derrick said.

    “And what about Mr. Victor?” Kale asked cautiously.

    “What’s that got to do with anything? Just do it.”

    Kale fell silent again.

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    Derrick added, “I back my wife. Whatever she does is right. I’ll help her no matter what.”

    Kale said nothing.

    iWife/i…

    With Derrick stepping in, both Victor and Dan found it nearly impossible to locate Marie.

    When Victor found out Derrick was involved, he nearly smashed his phone.

    He immediately called Derrick. “Mr. Derrick, what exactly do you think you’re doing?”

    Derrick replied coolly. “Nothing much. You’re looking for your woman. I’m helping my wife.”

    Victor went silent.

    That word–wife–set off something explosive in his head.

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    He let out a coldugh. “Your wife?”

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    Derrick said, “Legally and literally.”

    What had started as a staged marriage on paper… had be real. And he hadn’t even struggled against it.

    Victor warned, “If Tessa doesn’te back… do you think you’ll still have a wife?”

    His voice dripped with threat.

    Ss, behind the wheel, could sense the tension in the air. It was like a duel between giants.

    For the next three days-

    Victor and Dan tore the world apart trying to find Tessa. But no one knew where Marie had taken her.

    They searched every location they could think of. Any ce Marie might have gone. Still, nothing.

    Back at the Dawson family estate-

    Ste had been trying to contact both Marie and Tessa the whole time. But after thatst call from Tessa three days ago, the line had gonepletely dead.

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