Three years ago, she had this nagging feeling that Leopold's death was fishy, but couldn't pin down why. No one ever spoke up about it, and now, with Callum's words, her heart clenched, and her body tensed up.

Callum's hands were firmly on the steering wheel, talking about it as if it were just another day, but the slight tension in his voice betrayed his unresolved feelings.

"He called me the night before he died. He wanted to use his death to create a scandal, to pressure Lysander into giving up his CEO position at the Sinclair Group. Without Lysander in power, he couldn't control you anymore, and you'd be free. He was so naive; what's one life against absolute power? Even in death, he couldn't shake Lysander's hold."

Callum couldn't forget that night, the despair in Leopold's voice when he had called.

A young man, gone in the blink of an eye.

Thalassa's breathing stopped, tears falling, her heart trembling with pain. "So, it was me. I was the cause of his death."

She had always thought Leopold died from the stress of the accident, cornered by Lysander.

the accident was caused by the Sinclair Group's subsidiary, Leossa Electronics, due to manufacturing defects,

with Leossa Electronics. It was only then that she realized Leopold couldn't withstand the public pressure and the outrage of the victims' families', leading

own scheme, using his life to create a scandal in

not see that even in death, he wouldn't be able to shake Lysander's foundation?

are strangers, it fulfills Leopold's last wish," Callum suddenly said,

was too deep in her grief to absorb

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noticed the tension

resolve was effortlessly handled by Thalassa in just a few words. While she could easily surpass Thalassa in her area of expertise, dealing with thugs wasn't her forte. That

it weren't for Thalassa, I would've had a hard time. She really knows how to handle bullies. Perhaps she was eager to rush home with Callum, which prompted her to deal

reaction, noting his

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