Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

her heading home alone so late.

laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain

the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year

this with lan standing

witnessed her clash with Dalia.

seemed natural that she would take on the Shepard

he was determined not to let her have her way. So after she hung up the phone, he

from the smoke and, in part, from his anger at

his voice, Maja slowly turned around to see him standing behind her.

lit cigarette elegantly,

Shepard family, but I won’t allow it. Not only will I keep the Shepard family’s company

had the power to do it, and it wouldn’t be a

was at a loss for

a widely recognized prodigy in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no

rarely took action himself, but when he did, he showed no

now was impossible.

did follow through, all her recent efforts would be in vain.

wolf, and she was nothing

a deep drag on his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke into

cigarette he was smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather a mild one. It must have

she felt uncomfortable, her eyes reddening

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