Chapter 1981

Ryan's deep gaze abruptly sharpened. For a moment, his vision blurred.

"She's dead?"

"Yes... She died a terrible death. By the time someone found her body, it was nearly unrecognizable."

Dean's brows furrowed as he continued in a low voice, "The police discovered during the autopsy that someone had sexually assaulted her. She also contracted severe sexually transmitted diseases, and her lower body was severely ulcerated."

Ryan closed his reddened eyes, his hand gripping the water basin and trembling with visible veins.

"Who did it?"

"Multiple people." Dean's tongue pressed against his teeth. "After arriving in Terranova, they sent Zoe to an underground club. It was essentially a high-end brothel. The brothel primarily used girls there for the sexual service of high-ranking officials in Terranova. Anyone who ended up there faced the inevitable outcome of getting played to death. Even if Zoe didn't get killed outright, her final fate would've been the same."

Ryan lowered his pale eyelids.

A mix of intense, bitter, and confused emotions churned his insides, leaving him unable to speak for a long while.

He undoubtedly hated Zoe.

to fend for herself in a foreign land, his heart was still burning

learning of her tragic death, he found he could not hate her anymore. It felt as if a black, gaping hole had opened in his

I may speak frankly, you have no reason to grieve

gaze was cold and filled with deep-seated hatred. "If it weren't for her, Young Madam wouldn't have ended up like this. If it weren't for her, my master and the entire Hoffman family wouldn't have suffered like this...

to Terranova tonight and

expression. "After that, investigate what she went through during

the past. She is dead now,

that underground club in Terranova. Whoever sent Zoe there must be someone familiar with the

widened

schemes or plots involving Zoe are now irrelevant. But I must remain vigilant in case they strike at the

nodded vigorously, "Yes,

they noticed people from the Salvador family

greeted him with a warm smile, waving at

wet hands on

Chairman Salvador." He bowed

so polite. Even now as the

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