Chapter 168
Author: Youngblood
last update2025-09-29 18:34:55

“Brenda…” Doomdoer's voice was low, but the rage in it reverberated like thunder rolling just before a storm. “You’ve grown careless, and too relaxed. Were it not for my timely intervention, Edward Ashton would have spilled his tongue and unraveled decades of work in a single evening.”

Brenda lowered her head but did not flinch. She had grown accustomed to Doomdoer’s wrath, but she also knew that this time his anger was justified.

Edward Ashton.

Not in her wildest dreams had she expected she'd ever hear that name again.

He had been the old chauffeur of the Stannis estate back when she and Susan were still little girls running through the hallways, their laughter echoing against the chandeliers. Edward was more than a driver—he was like family, a man who had always treated the twins as though they were his own daughters.

But Edward had been sharp-eyed, too sharp for Brenda’s liking. He had seen the cruelty that bloomed in her young heart. He had noticed how she twisted words to set peo
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