Mistaking a Magnate for a Male Escort

Chapter 2243 Preparations

Francesca suddenly remembered something. “If you put it that way, does that mean Hazel was only a pawn of theirs?” William nodded solemnly. “She must have been innocent. If it was only for love, she didn’t need to sacrifice her father’s life.

If I’m not mistaken, she had always been a pawn, and the previous scandals might not have been her intention at all. The first lady instigated Gerard to help further her cause.

Her purpose was to use Hazel as a diversion and have everybody think that Hazel created all the chaos just to marry into the Lindberg family, to mask the fact that the actual mastermind had been the first lady. In any case, judging by how things turned out, it’s obvious that the one who was behind all this benefited the most.”

So that’s what happened. Francesca suddenly recalled something Hazel had once said to her.

“Actually, it’s good to be a doctor who’s free and easy. There’s really no need to get involved in such a complicated political battle…” Those were her exact words.

start how deep the waters were. She had warned me often to distance myself, yet I didn’t heed her

if she had seen through many things beforehand, there’s no avoiding the fact that she’s hostile toward you. Her father is dead, after all. Her hatred for you will only deepen. Even if she finds out that someone

Layla frowned. “It looks like we’re caught between a rock and

this, it wouldn’t be long before somebody comes after Francesca. They would have nothing to fear since

terror. She was about to say something when Sloan hurried in to report, “Ms. Felch, news about Gerard being poisoned to death is all over the headlines now. Everyone all around the world knows about this. The police have issued an ultimatum: If you don’t turn yourself in,

this because someone has their

contrary, was unusually calm. “It’s on the news? What

“Every major media outlet around the world has been spreading the word. Your name is censored, but they identified the offender as

and that his fiancée, someone given the alias Ms. F, had

public, much less in the press. Despite that, due to the prestige of his identity, news pertaining to him tended to

especially, it spread across the globe in the blink of