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    “Look, ine, if—if this blows up in our faces, just say that it was all my idea. Tell your grandfather I made you do it.”


    ine acted as if he didn’t hear anything, grabbing her by the arm and pulling her toward the door.


    This kind of thing had to be done as quickly as possible. The longer they waited, the greater the risk. They had to move faster than Ralph.


    “Come on, there’s no time to waste!”


    Sadie watched him charge ahead, full of vigor, and could only smile resignedly. Meanwhile, Hailey was well and truly confined in her own vi.


    The security around the vi was tight, with numerous teams of cold-faced bodyguards stationed at practically every corner.


    Hailey was pacing back and forth, her chest heaving in outrage. She was the heiress of the Burgess family, always pampered, always surrounded by luxury. How could she endure such humiliation?


    She was livid, but she knew better than tosh out.


    These men were no ordinary bodyguards—each one looked like he could snap her bones without breaking a sweat.


    Just then, she heard muffled thuds from outside the window.


    Hailey walked over to see what was going on and watched as the guards dropped one by one, like puppets whose strings were cut.


    She let out a gasp of disbelief. What was going on?


    She reached up and rubbed her eyes to check if she was hallucinating.


    The next thing she knew, the door swung open from the outside.


    Forest burst into the vi, nked by a number of his subordinates.


    “Come with me, Hailey—right now!”


    Hailey’s nose stung, and her eyes welled up with tears.


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    Her father might have been unreliable on most days, but he certainly came through when she was in a crisis.


    “Dad!” she cried out, rushing over to him. “Everything is a mess! Stuart totally blew it. Sadie caught him, and Noah… He will never forgive me! What are we going to do now?”


    Forest’s expression tightened at the sight of her anguish, but his voice remained calm.


    “Don’t panic just yet,” he said, patting her shoulder. “Do you really think I would make a move without a contingency n?”


    Hailey jerked her head up, staring at Forest in surprise.


    She had always seen him as a greedy businessman obsessed with making a profit. She didn’t expect him to still have a few cards up his sleeve.


    “Dad? What else have you done?”


    Forest’s eyes darted to the door as he listened carefully for any sign ofmotion.


    “Come on, we need to move. The effects of the sleeping gas will wear off soon. We can talk once we’re in the car.”


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