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!

she miscounted and double-checked the

world? Who would transfer fifty million

into her mobile banking app

was a transfer from a luxury jewelry brand.

ties with a jewelry company. Why would

shock to confusion and asked with concern, “Thalassa, what’s wrong, honey?”

a mix-up at work, money sent to my account by mistake. You go ahead and eat, Mom. I need to make a quick call.” With that, Thalassa excused herself and retreated to her room with her phone.

the jewelry company first.

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

Mr. Sinclair?

voiced her

the confident

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

it. When Mr. Sinclair discovered this, he confronted the person, gave him a good talking to, and

the clerk’s brevity, Thalassa grasped the gist of

felt out of sorts, struggling to process the clerk’s words momentarily.

million was the result of the

you know who tried to sell the necklace?”

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