Sloan smiled sweetly, his voice full of longing. "If Yancey ever turns you away, I'll be here."

But Alice didn't take that to heart. She knew exactly where Sloan stood, and he was nowhere near Yancey's level.

Not to mention, being part of the Henderson family meant she had chances to bump into the mysterious and untouchable Ethan. As long as she kept pushing, maybe just maybe she could win him over someday.

Meanwhile, after storming out of the Lambert residence, Yancey couldn't get any peace.

Before he realized it, he had driven all the way to the psychiatric hospital where Grace was being held, but he couldn't bring himself to go inside.

Instead, he sat in the car and played the leaked recording over and over again. The more he listened, the colder he felt. He recognized the doctor's voice. He knew who it was.

He took a deep breath and clenched the steering wheel, white-knuckled. He quickly pulled up the doctor's home address and drove straight there.

Sidney had been a nervous wreck all day, waiting anxiously to hear from Grace.

But instead of Grace, a group of bodyguards showed up at his door. Before he could say a word, they handed him a check for 30 million dollars and told him he was being sent abroad.

Sidney's eyes lit up. He thought it was Grace who had arranged it and instantly packed his things, dragging his wife along with him.

Yancey arrived, the place was empty. He checked the hospital next, but Sidney

of doubt crept back in. Was the audio recording real? Or was it

a voice forensics

no sign of voice synthesis. Alice's voice is clean.

ended the call

her voice. The call rang, but Grace was still in

the bedroom and glanced at the phone buzzing

the screen, he shut it

made several calls in a row, but

minutes later, Grace stepped out of the bathroom,

hands were all bandaged. She couldn't get them

in the steam for too

her first time

She had

that she was just

aid, and

that realization gave her

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