NovelBookChapter 958: Arion's gaze, cold and razor-sharp, cut straight through her facade. "Ms. Hopkins, you would be wise to remember your place. 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.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt was Sonia calling.
Corrine exchanged a glance 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, latching 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 glare locked onto Corrine like a blade ready to strike. "Corrine Holland, you wretch! May you meet the most miserable end imaginable!" Always at the root: galnovt||lsHer voice trembled uncontrollably, 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 windless lake, 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 outplayed. 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 calculated step, leaving them with no escape route. The charges against those hired thugs would...
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Inevitably, deeper secrets would be dragged into the light. Corey wouldn't walk away from this unscathed.
And even if by smiracle he slipped through the cracks, the m allegations of smuggling and illegal dealings would be more than enough to bury the entire Burgess family.
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