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.”

Pete Salter was in town at the same time as Ms.

no known ties to the Salter family

Imperial City, but her connection to the Salters seemed coincidental at best.

but without evidence,

he turned to Brittany, “The man with you today, is he your boyfriend?”

to help run the company,” Brittany clarified, noting the misunderstanding. “My fiancé is

light flickered in Charles’s eyes before he spoke again, “Alright, I’ll be heading to

We’ll

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

and Landon got down

was eager and genuine.

after nearly two days of hammering out

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

pounding beats and applause filled

the instruments,

his wet hair clung to

lean, and exuded a sense of

played, the atmosphere churned with excitement, culminating in him shedding