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    Sarah felt her heart pounding as if it were on the verge of bursting. She nced at the figure following


    her into the car and then heard the definitive “click” of the doors locking. She didn’t find it strange for a


    moment but looked up expectantly. “Mr. William, has Brielle crossed you too?”


    There was a slight smile at the corner of William’s mouth as he reached for a handkerchief. “Hmm.”


    A sparkle lit up in Sarah’s eyes, and just as she was about to say something more, the handkerchief


    came down swiftly, smothering her mouth and nose. Her eyes widened in shock, and she tried to


    struggle, but the pungent odor overwhelmed her senses, and her head felt heavy in an instant. Her


    attempts to fight back grew weaker by the second.


    William released his grip, his expression one of distaste.


    Sarah lost consciousness and slumped down limply.


    William had parked cleverly. His movements were so calcted that from their conversation to the car,


    everything had taken ce out of the surveince cameras‘ sight. He wouldn’t have made his move


    otherwise. Sarah had been waiting like a sitting duck, but William was the bigger predator.


    With Sarah’s newfound enmity towards Brielle and her sudden disappearance–or even possible death–


    Brielle would certainly not escape implication.


    Trouble for Brielle meant Max would have to step in.


    William sneered, nudging Sarah’s inert body with the tip of his polished shoe. She’s just a pawn of no


    consequence.


    He took out Sarah’s phone, unlocking it with her fingerprint. Several group chats in Sarah’s WhatsApp


    were buzzing with activity.


    William noted that she had alreadyid the groundwork for prior events, saving him a great deal of


    effort. He typed the words “Help me” in one of the groups and then tossed the phone into a nearby


    pond.


    Twenty minutester, the car stopped at his residence. He got out and nced at the bodyguard who


    had been waiting. “Take care of the person in the car, and make it clean.”


    The bodyguard, no stranger to such tasks, nodded slowly.


    William took the handkerchief from a man at the door, wiped his fingertips clean, and then casually


    discarded the cloth into a trash can.


    A meaningful smile yed on his lips. With Sarah gone at this critical juncture, the waters. would be


    muddied.


    What would Brielle do? And Max–how would he react? William was looking forward to it.


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    “Beaconsfield,” he thought, “the more chaotic, the better.” Only then could he seize the opportunity to


    fish in troubled waters.


    Max’s car was already parked at Pearl Estate, but before he could get out, he received a message.


    Reading the short text message, his brow furrowed. “Patrick, head over to the Clements family.”


    Patrick, sitting in the driver’s seat, was puzzled. Shouldn’t Brielle’s situation be the priority? Why was


    the boss suddenly interested in the Clements family?


    “But Ms. Brielle-”


    Max nced up at the building above. As her man, he should indeed intervene when Brielle faced


    trouble. But Max was no fool. Acting too hastily wouldn’t draw Brielle closer to him; it would push her


    away.


    Brielle was like a lone mountaineer. Just give her a rope, and she would climb with all her might.


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    Max let his gaze fall away. If he treated her like a caged bird, it would be his loss. He would never have


    the real Brielle. What he needed to be was the rope for Brielle.


    A caged bird never saw the wider world if it was merely kept by his side. But a mountaineer, who was


    used to love along the trails and still needed him, was Max’s understanding of a rtionship. So, he


    couldn’t intervene too much.


    Patrick, catching a glimpse of him in the rearview mirror, couldn’t guess his thoughts but he wouldn’t go


    against his decision either. So he stepped on the gas, and the car moved away.


    Brielle stood by the window, rubbing her eyes, feeling a sense of familiarity with a car that had just


    passed. When she looked again, it was gone.


    Messages in the group chat piled up, most demanding an exnation. Sarah’s video had been


    incendiary. By now, Brielle’s name was notorious at Dorsey International.


    Brielle wasn’t panicking. She was considering her next move. She had already contacted the


    establishment from the dinner, only to learn there were no cameras ip the private room. Theplete


    events of that night, beyond what Sarah had cunningly recorded, remained unounted for.


    This lead was a dead end; she needed a new n.


    Brielle lowered hershes, her calm deepening with the gravity of the situation. After all, she never


    mistreated Sarah.


    Her phone rang. An unfamiliar number popped up on the screen. After pressing the answer button, an


    angry female voice sted through.


    “So you’re the one bullying your staff, huh?! You bitch, thinking you’re some kind of god. Screw you.


    Dorsey International is disgraced with you in it!”


    Brielle didn’t bother with a verbal spat and hung up.


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    But then, a barrage of calls flooded in. Her number had been leaked.