Once a Doormat, Now Untouchable

Chapter 644

That made sense.

This was not Brimcrest. News would reach the Sterlings faster than the Huttons in Jouleston.

Raymond kept his tone steady. "Don't let her contact your father again.”

They continued to say “your father" back and forth, and neither acknowledged him

James agreed without hesitation. "Sure. That won't be too difficult."

Theodore had always favored Megan. Even if she had committed murder, a few tears might have persuaded him to help bury the body.

Although his authority had been stripped, the Hutton name still carried weight. Out of respect for the family, people would continue to show him deference.

That alone made Megan harder to track down.

somewhere in Jouleston, Megan sat on a sofa in rumpled clothes. She clutched a trash

steadied herself and looked up at the man seated across from her. "You were the one who had that nurse

been simple. She

nurse to slip her a single sentence during a routine

the instruction and escaped. She

be transported out with a corpse. She did not know how long the body had been there. The stench clung to her skin

though she were already dead. "You could say

down another wave of nausea and

Huttons and treated her like his own daughter. She had always believed he wanted something in return or sought to ease

a cold laugh. "What use

What use

the Huttons not to deal with her. Her bank accounts were frozen. She had no power and no

sharp, calculating man had orchestrated her escape under countless watchful eyes. He would not have done that without understanding exactly

Just

"I want leverage over the