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Chapter 103: An unfortunate Spy I
Derrick's phone vibrated sharply, the sound of the buzz seeming unusually loud in the quiet office. Derrick's eyes narrowed quietly, as he had a feeling of who was actually calling him at the moment. "Excuse me," he muttered almost inaudibly as he brought the phone out of his pocket and glanced at the screen. His hunch was right. It was no one else but Dominic. For a brief second, Derrick stole a glance at Ivy. Her expression remained quite neutral, but she quickly looked away and returned her attention to the financial projections on her tablet. He quickly reasoned, understanding that she'd grow more nervous if he refused the call. So he had to pick it. He exhaled quietly as he came to this conclusion. "I'll take this please," he said. Ivy gave a very small nod without looking up. "That's fine." To Derrick's greatest surprise, Ivy stood up and gathered the documents on the table in her hand. Then she walked out of the office without another word. The door closed s
Chapter 102: The Quiet Before the Reckoning
"Vivian," Vincent said slowly, "went to the Lorenzos today. She told them she noticed your... unusual behavior." Moses looked away from Vincent, his fist clenching. "That's not enough reason," he muttered bitterly after a while. "If anyone was to be a target, it should be Ivy." A dry chuckle escaped Vincent. "I love how you hate her," he said. "I really do." Then he reached into his coat pocket and flicked something across the table. A credit card slid to a stop in front of Moses. "That's more than enough to cover Vivian's hospital bills," he said calmly. Moses picked it up slowly. As he got back up, he noticed that Vincent's eyes had hardened slightly beneath the brim of his hat. "But you must tell her something for me." He paused, then rubbed his mouth in a way that depicted a threat. "The next time she interferes with my plans, she won't survive it." Moses swallowed, muttering a stiff 'thank you'. Vincent waved a dismissive hand. " Get the hell out."Two of his men inst
Chapter 101: Shadows Behind the Curtain
Ivy stood outside Elissa's door for a moment, staring at it as though gathering courage. Then she raised her hand and knocked gently. There was no response. She knocked again, a small sigh escaping her lips. No response either. Hesitating a beat, she reached for the handle. The door opened easily when she turned it. She paused in surprise before slowly stepping into the room. Elissa was sitting on the edge of her bed with her back slightly turned. She held her phone, and a white earpiece rested in her ear. Ivy could hear the faint music as it leaked softly into the quiet room. Elissa didn't even look up as Ivy entered. For a moment, Ivy simply stood there, watching her younger sister. Then her expression softened.Quietly, she closed the door and walked forward. When she finally got to the bed, she gently reached out and tapped Elissa's shoulder. "Hey girl." Elissa turned slowly, her brows instantly knitting when she looked at Ivy. Ivy gave a small, awkward smile. "Can I s
Chapter 100: Family and Pain
Moses' hair was disheveled, his chest rising and falling as if he had run all the way from the street. He didn't even glance in their direction as he rushed straight to the reception desk."Where is she?!" he demanded breathlessly. The receptionist blinked in confusion, already alarmed. "Sir, please–" "Vivian!" Moses cut in sharply, his voice rising and trembling with panic. "Where is Vivian?! They–they just brought her in. Tell me the ward. ICU?!" His voice rose so fast and violently that the receptionist instinctively stepped back from the desk. "Sir, please calm down!" "Tell me where she is now!" Moses shouted. The desperation in his eyes was really terrifying. The receptionist's hand instantly reached for the phone beside her. "Security!" she cried out. But the scream wasn't loud enough to draw immediate attention, and Moses had already moved. He turned abruptly and dashed past Ivy and Derrick without sparing them as much as a glance. As he ran, his shoulders even brush
Chapter 099: Right Between Life and Death
Derrick stepped closer to the wreckage, his shoes crunching softly over broken fragments of the window glass. The crowd had thickened now. Passersby whispered among themselves, some stretching their necks to catch as much as a glimpse. Others held their phones up to record.But Derrick barely noticed all these. His eyes had already found the shattered taxi's backseat. For a split second, his mind refused to process what was right before him. Then it hit him, and a sharp, choking gasp escaped his throat. His hand flew to his mouth instantly as it held the sound back. Vivian was right inside the wreckage. Her body lay twisted unnaturally across the backseat, half buried beneath the collapsed metal and shattered glass. Blood streaked down the side of her temple. It was frightening against her dark skin. One of her arms hung limply over the seat, unmoving. Derrick could only squeeze his eyes shut at the horrible sight. His head turned away sharply. "God..." he whispered under his b
Chapter 098: When the Trail Turns Cold
Derrick's gaze drifted away from Ivy as she asked the question. Then he settled it somewhere on the far corner of the office as though the answer to the puzzle was plainly written there. His jaw tightened slightly, and he lifted a hand absentmindedly and rubbed his moustache. The gesture was brief and thoughtful. Just a moment later, his hand slipped into his pocket and brought out his phone. "She believed we could actually do something about Moses," Ivy continued, now pacing slowly behind the desk. "Yet she practically begged us not to involve the cops. What sort of logic is that?" Derrick still gave no reply. His thumbs were already moving across the screen as he sent a message to Dominic. 'Hey Dom. See if you can trail Moses Lorenzo's latest movements. Hack a GPS tracker, check his transactions, cameras–anything you can dig up about him. It's urgent.'Derrick got a quick reply. 'I'm afraid that'll take a while, sir.'Derrick's eyes narrowed as he read this. But another messag
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