The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 883

Brittany was stumped. She had scrutinized the list of people, only to find that a mere handful had emerged alive from the research institute.

Joie was one of the few.

Brittany reached out to Charles. “How did Joie survive the institute?”

“Word is, she had tight connections with the institute’s higher-ups,” Charles’s findings were limited as well. “Rumor has it, her talents were recognized by the top brass, which is why she was allowed to leave.”

“If she was really so capable, how could she have died so easily?”

How did she survive the hellish institute only to perish in Imperial City?

“She had a toxin in her system,” Charles said gravely. “Anyone who leaves the institute is poisoned. It doesn’t affect daily life, but once they stop taking the antidote, the pain is unbearable.”

Brittany felt a chill down her spine. “No wonder.”

With her mission failed, the institute would no longer supply Joie with the antidote.

Without it, her life was agony.

“What about Isaac?”

“According to the investigation, it was the Salter family who specified the list that year.” Charles was baffled too. “Isaac was planted in there at the behest of the Salter family.”

of the kindly, benevolent Grace sent an unbidden shiver through

call, Brittany deleted all traces of her emails, refusing to leave any evidence

in her office for over three hours, unable to make heads or tails of

Salter family put Isaac in jeopardy?

meant his life was effectively over!

detail from over two decades ago

nearly been recaptured. But the

been orchestrated by the

that mean their every move was under the

once saved

was

she be next? The real savior of

were her current actions also being monitored by the

the more frightened she became, feeling a momentary panic. Come ten o’clock, Brittany shook off the confusion, packed

in a daze, she barely mustered the

from Isaac, informing her of a social engagement that might keep him

confirm that all

call him,

that she was the young girl from all those years ago!

until it was safe.

her emotions

drink too much. Remember to