The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 846

Brittany managed a wry smile, “How have you been holding up lately?”

“Just peachy.”

Brittany had met Charles under serendipitous circumstances. He seemed like a free spirit, but underneath that facade was a highly competent man with an extensive network of information at his fingertips. Her trip to Craneville was spurred by a desire to delve deeper into the research institute’s mysteries.

“How’s the investigation going?” she asked.

“Hang tight,” he replied before standing up to leave.

Upon his return, Charles slid a stack of papers across the table towards her. “Based on what I’ve found so far, the family bankrolling the institute from the shadows is likely the Salters.”

“The Salter family?”

“Yes,” Charles nodded. “Pete Salter had a keen interest in these matters, but he’s been gone for years, and there’s nothing left to uncover.”

The documents echoed Charles’s words.

Brittany hadn’t expected the Salter family to be entangled in this affair.

“There’s something else,” Charles said with a sly grin. “I discovered that your mother, Ms) Russell, had visited Craneville before.”

“My mother?”

“Indeed.”

“And it just so happens that Pete Salter was in

ties to the

once a socialite of Imperial City, but her connection to

but without evidence, he kept his theories to himself.

man with you today, is

company,” Brittany clarified, noting the misunderstanding. “My fiancé is still

Charles’s eyes before he spoke again,

We’ll catch up there.”

hotel, Brittany shed her defenses and the day’s dust,

following day, Brittany and Landon got down to

other party was eager

reached after nearly two days of hammering out the details. On Thursday,

everyone to unwind at a bar, and Landon joined them. By some stroke of fate, the chosen bar was owned by Charles.

pounding beats and applause filled the air

instruments, stood a

chest; his wet hair clung to his

and exuded

in him shedding his shirt and moving rhythmically with the