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!

and double-checked the

Who would

into her mobile banking app to check the transaction history.

showed that it was a transfer from a luxury jewelry

with a jewelry company. Why would they

sitting across the table, noticed Thalassa’s expression go from shock to confusion and asked with concern, “Thalassa, what’s

ahead and eat, Mom. I need to make a quick call.” With that, Thalassa excused herself and retreated to her room with her phone.

dialed the jewelry company first.

jewelry company clarified. “The account details were provided by Mr. Sinclair, and it’s highly unlikely there was

Mr. Sinclair?

Thalassa voiced her suspicion.

the confident reply.

asked, “Why would Lysander instruct you to transfer fifty million to me?”

he confronted the person, gave him a good talking to, and melted the necklace on

the clerk’s brevity, Thalassa grasped the gist of the events.

the clerk’s words momentarily. Nevertheless, she latched onto the key detail-

was the result

who tried to sell the necklace?” she asked.

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