Chapter 924

The assistant’s heart skipped a beat as she clamped her mouth shut, her fingers trembling as she called for an ambulance.

Before long, Bruce was carted away by the ambulance.

Thalassa was at home, sharing a cozy dinner with Evelyn when her phone buzzed with a message.

She snatched up the device, her eyes wide with panic. Ever since Bruce sent her that disturbing video, she had been on high alert, terrified that Bruce, in his lack of humanity, might send another video to threaten her.

She had deleted the video from Bruce the moment she stepped out of the coffee shop.

If he sent another one and Evelyn accidentally saw it…

She couldn’t bear to think of the consequences.

Noticing the message wasn’t from Bruce, but from the bank, Thalassa exhaled in relief.

The bank notification showed a deposit with a leading digit of 5 followed by a string of zeroes.

At first, Thalassa thought it was her paycheck, maybe five thousand, but on closer inspection, the zeroes seemed to multiply. Good heavens, it was fifty million!

miscounted and double-checked the zeros. Still,

would transfer fifty million to her?

logged into her mobile banking app to check the

it was a transfer from a luxury jewelry brand.

she had no ties with a jewelry company. Why would they suddenly transfer fifty million to

noticed Thalassa’s expression go from shock to confusion

ahead and eat, Mom. I need to make a quick call.” With that, Thalassa excused herself and

jewelry company first.

jewelry company clarified. “The account details were provided by

Mr. Sinclair?

voiced her

came the confident reply.

and asked, “Why would Lysander instruct you to transfer fifty million to

counter, possibly picked up by someone intending to sell it. When Mr. Sinclair discovered this, he confronted the person, gave him a good talking to, and melted the necklace on the spot. We treated it as a buy-back from our company, and Mr. Sinclair instructed us to

Thalassa grasped the gist of the events.

sorts, struggling to process the clerk’s words momentarily. Nevertheless, she latched onto the key detail- the cloud pendant

the result

know who tried to sell the necklace?”

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