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Arion’s gaze, cold and razor-sharp, cut straight through her facade. “Ms. Hopkins, you would be wise to remember your ce. Police matters are handled by the authorities. This is not something you have any right to interfere with.”
Daring to meddle when Corrine was involved? How reckless.
“You—” Andromache’s face flushed crimson, anger bubbling beneath her skin as her jaw clenched tightly. “I was merely asking out of concern, but clearly that was unnecessary.”
At that moment, Leah’s phone rang abruptly, shattering the tense silence.
It was Sonia calling.
Corrine exchanged a nce with Arion, and without needing words, he understood. “Answer it,” he instructed.
Leah hesitated, caught off guard. Were they really allowing her to take the call? Could they possibly be that magnanimous?
As soon as she picked up, Sonia’s panicked voice poured through the receiver like a rushing tide. “Leah, what on earth is going on? Why are so many police officers storming into our house?”
The muffled chaos in the background painted a vivid picture—officers swarming the Burgess residence, their heavy boots thudding against polished floors, orders being barked, a household thrown into disarray. “Leah, they’re about to seal off our home! What is happening?” Sonia’s tone wavered between disbelief and terror. Then, after a beat, she steadied herself,tching onto a desperate solution. “You need to contact Andromache immediately! You two are close—she won’t just sit by and do nothing!”
All eyes in the room instinctively turned toward Andromache. Before Leah could say a word, Arion signaled for his men to take her phone away.
Leah’s teeth clenched so tightly she could almost taste iron, her furious re locked onto Corrine like a de ready to strike. “Corrine Hond, you wretch! May you meet the most miserable end imaginable!”
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Her voice trembled uncontrobly, yet the venom behind her words remained undiluted.
Corrine’s lips curved slightly, her eyes carrying a touch of mockery. “Instead of cursing me, perhaps you should focus on securing the future of the Burgess family.”
She sat there, calm as a windlesske, watching the unfolding chaos with the detached amusement of someone observing fish floundering in the mud.
And in that moment, Leah finally understood. She had been outyed. Corrine had set the board and moved every piece with precision. From the very beginning, her goal had been clear—to bring down the Burgess family, step by calcted step, leaving them with no escape route. The charges against those hired thugs would…
Inevitably, deeper secrets would be dragged into the light. Corey wouldn’t walk away from this unscathed.
And even if by some miracle he slipped through the cracks, the allegations of smuggling and illegal dealings would be more than enough to bury the entire Burgess family.
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