Vivian took out her phone and dialed a number, her gaze locked on Aveline across the room, a hint of venom in her eyes.

"Hello, Miss Winter? Can you help me? I want to get rid of that bitch, Aveline!"

Maria noticed that something was off with Aveline.

She seemed distant, uninterested in anything, yet she continued to mechanically complete her tasks.

Maria shared this with Lucas.

At that moment, Lucas was reviewing the information Desmond had gathered, his brows furrowed in thought.

Russell had taken Sophia and locked her in a shipping container, supposedly as revenge on Aveline. But what did that have to do with Aveline's change in behavior?

Lucas spoke in a low voice, "Keep an eye on Brian-something's off about him."

Desmond was startled. "Really? But hasn't he been protecting Miss Young all this time?"

Lucas' voice turned cold. "I said watch him. Stop questioning me."

"Yes, sir."

to investigate Brian, but what he found left

brought the gathered information

he watched Lucas as he

the pages and then let out

stammering, "Mr. Tudor, he... he only helped Sophia because

"Take

eyes

was in deep trouble this

Lucas's orders, Brian immediately went to

was waiting for him at the entrance,

notice anything unusual and

something, but in the end, he only

that, Desmond turned and started

figure out what was happening, but as he watched Desmond's retreating figure,

was immediately

quickly turning to Desmond. However, he didn't

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