At Nornytaar Airport, Sadie spotted Natasha walking out with the crowd early. She raised her hand. “Natasha, over here!”


    A wide smile spread across Natasha’s face. She walked over quickly and gave her a big hug. “How long have you been waiting?”


    Sadie proudly waved her phone. “Five minutes. Timed perfectly.”


    Natasha expressed her approval.


    The two of them exchanged a smile.


    Sadie gently caressed her increasingly radiant and rosy cheek, marveling. “Looks like your partner is really spoiling you.”


    One’s well–being could be seen from theirplexion.


    Sadie had been so worried about Alexei at the time, and was equally surprisedter to hear about their progress.


    She never imagined that the two, who initially only spoke of cooperation and transactions, could be so utterly devoted to each other.


    It showed Natasha was quite capable.


    She wanted <i>to </iugh just thinking about that unpleasant Lucas and his current miserable


    state.


    Natasha ced her hands on Sadie’s shoulders, turning her around for a thorough look. “You haven’t lost weight, so it seems things here are going even better than expected.”


    Sadie lifted her chin. “Of course, who do you think I am? I’ve got a bunch of foreignerspletely under my thumb. I can return home before the end of the year.”


    Her bet with her father was to increase the branch’s profit by 30% by the end of the year. She had already achieved the target.


    She stayed, motivated by ambition, determined to take full control of operations here. At the same time, she wanted to double the profits.


    The airport was not a suitable ce for catching up. After they moved their luggage into the car, Sadie said, “My current ce isn’t far from Sophia’s dance troupe’s theater. You don’t need to keep moving. Just stay with me. I’ve arranged a car for you, so you can just drive


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    there every day.”


    Natasha nodded. “Then I’ll tell Alexei not to arrange a driver.”


    Sadie choked on her drink. “A driver?”


    She felt a pang of jealousy. “Alright, alright. Alexei certainly has deep pockets.”


    She forgot, Alexei had deep roots overseas.


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    It was just that she didn’t have time to pick up and drop off Natasha every day, and she didn’t trust strangers. However, it gave that maniptive man an opportunity to show off.


    Sadie said, “Well, there’s no need to cancel your dedicated driver now. Having a driver is safer than driving yourself in an unfamiliar ce. The car I prepared can be used when we go out for fun.”


    Thinking of this, she then asked warily, “What else has he prepared?”


    Natasha smiled. “Nothing much, just a few bodyguards.”


    Actually, there were also vis andpanions, but she came specifically to find Sadie and had no intention of staying anywhere else. She even rejected the hotel Sophia had arranged, which was very close to the theater.


    She resolutely left Alexei, her biggest baggage, at home.


    He had just returned from Stieca and had spent some days in Mount Misty unaware of time. If he were to go abroad with her again, she feared Shawn’s‘ resentment would overflow the entire Turner Group building.


    Besides, there was no point of bringing a man on a girls‘ trip.


    As for the bodyguards, they were mainly for her to deal with Roderick when the time came.


    Speaking of this, she asked, “When did you see Roderick?”


    Hearing the name, Sadie let out a coldugh. “A few days ago, at a masquerade ball.”


    When she first saw Roderick, she only found him familiar.


    Roderick had been dead for several years, and his death was widely known. No one would have imagined that someone whose body was never found coulde back to life.


    She didn’t realize it was him until she happened to see the wealthy woman who had brought him to the party remove his mask and kiss him behind a pir.


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    However, Sadie and Roderick did not meet face–to–face that night. She was also wearing a half fox mask, so Roderick likely didn’t recognize her.


    Otherwise, he would have run away already.


    Sadie said, “At that moment, I thought I had seen a ghost until I saw them kissing intensely and then understood.”


    She was indignant. “That ident was definitely suspicious. I’ve already probed his current patron. He didn’t lose his memory or get injured, ruling out all melodramatic possibilities.”


    She continued, “The two of them met while hanging out at a bar. Roderick is very vignt and has no fixed abode, but he always seems to have plenty of money. He’s only been more active recently, constantly consorting with wealthy women.”


    Counting the time, it was roughly around the same juncture Olivia was imprisoned.


    If Sadie hadn’t retained a shred of sanity, she would have rushed over and beaten Roderick severely.


    His “death” triggered countless chain reactions.


    That day, Lucas suggested taking Natasha out to sea to clear her head because she had argued with her family about running away from home and was in a bad mood.


    Roderick, a good friend of Lucas, heard about it and asked to join them.


    At the time, Roderick was a key member of Lucas’s project and also a personal acquaintance, so Lucas found it hard to refuse and agreed.


    The sailing trip turned from two people into a group, but he didn’t expect Roderick to bring Olivia along.


    Instead of finding peace<i>, </i>Natasha and Lucas were burdened by the shadow of another death.


    Roderick put on a good act.


    Even Sadie and Natasha, who strongly disliked Olivia, couldn’t say a bad word about him.


    The only thing they couldin about was his poor judgment for falling for Olivia, that


    venomous woman.


    During that ident, he saved Olivia and several others before dying of exhaustion while saving Lucas.


    This made many people feel even more that he was a saint.


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    Later, the Wright family wanted a new daughter–inw. The rk family, feeling sorry for their daughter, pressured Lucas to assume Roderick’s identity and care for the ill Olivia. Even those aware of the situation found no fault.


    Only Natasha was silenced by a debt of gratitude. Even her jealousy and rebuttal seemed terribly wrong.


    After Olivia was heartbroken and nearly killed herself, her family redirected their anger towards Natasha, who had initiated the boating activity. As a result, rtions between both families reached a new low.


    Natasha endured so much injustice during that time.


    She had already left the rk family home, but still found herself entangled.


    It turned out this scumbag wasn’t dead at all.


    Sadie didn’t believe in coincidences. She thought that Olivia was behind it.


    At the time, she found it odd. Olivia had often flirted with Lucas in high school, so how could she suddenly have aplete change of heart and fall desperately in love with another man who, aside from his personal traits, was rather ordinary?


    Olivia’s opportunistic nature made Sadie doubt she could truly love a man that deeply.


    After observing for a long time, she realized they were truly inseparable and showed no signs of weakness. She could only secretly scold herself for being so suspicious. <fna0b2> Chapters first released on Find~Novel</fna0b2>


    After all, Olivia and Roderick started dating even earlier than Lucas and Natasha.


    Thinking about it, everything made sense.


    From the very beginning, Olivia’s rtionship was a trap set for Lucas and Natasha.


    Even Roderick’s outwardly gentle, humble, and docile demeanor was a stark contrast to his secret love for extreme sports. It had been carefully crafted for this very moment.


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