Chapter 971
Thssa’s heart was strung tight, her breath caught, as she endured the torment, a drawn-out agony.
She was worried sick about her mother’s safety. Yet faced with Lysander’s iron grip of power, she felt
utterly helpless.
Racking her brain, she pondered how she would break the news to Lysander once the truth was out.
How could she convince him not to tip off Bruce, who held her mother’s fate in his hands?
Would he showpassion for her, for her mother, and hold off on confronting Bruce?
Thssa didn’t know if Lysander would.
The fact was, Evelyn had been Bruce’s girl in her youth, and now she was under his thumb again. If
Lysander found out about this family scandal, would he mock her mother and im she had iting?
Thssa’s heart quivered with fear; she couldn’t predict Lysander’s thoughts or what he would do
about this mess.
It was an all-or-nothing gamble, and neither she nor her mother could afford to lose.
A loss could mean paying with their lives.
The surveince video was still ying normally. The feed from 8 PM to 9 PM showed nothing unusual,
but from 10 PM to 11 PM, there was a ckout!
And it was precisely between 10 PM and 11 PM that Bruce had brought Thssa into the hotel – the
critical time frame.
The tech in the security room, upon discovering the missing footage, was visibly shaken, cautiously
exining to Lysander, “The cameras were down for an hour before we noticed and called for
maintenance. By that time, it was already toote.”
Lysander’s handsome face turned icy cold, his expression as dark and fathomless as the ocean
depths.
The aura he exuded caused the tech’s teeth to chatter with fear.
Seeing the unfolding situation, the hotel manager took charge, stepping forward and scolding the tech
in a fury.
“How could you let this happen? An hour goes by before you notice a malfunction? During such a
crucial time! You’ve lost the footage Mr. Sinir needed. Nine lives wouldn’t be enough to make up for
this mistake!”
“I’m so sorry, truly sorry. The surveince is usually reliable; I never expected it to fail today. It must’ve
been Elliott, preparing in advance to sabotage the system.” The tech stammered out an exnation,
trembling with fear.
Elliott was the shifty-eyed man whom Lysander had ordered to have his hands broken and sent to jail
for life.
Working at the hotel, Elliott could have easily tampered with the surveince under the guise of his
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duties.
Thssa, seeing that the surveince didn’t capture Bruce bringing her in, felt a slight easing of the
knot in her stomach,
At that moment, Lysander’s piercing gaze shifted to her face, catching the trace of relief that passed
over her expression,
The air around Lysander grew oppressively heavy, his eyes clouding with a chilling intent.
“Effective immediately, this hotel is closed for business!” Lysandermanded, his voice cold and
The manager, who had been throwing his weight around just moments before, stood stunned,
staggering back a few steps at Lysander’s decree. He was not only the hotel manager but also its
owner.
This hotel was his life’s work, the sustenance for his entire family. Closing the hotel meant cutting off
his family’s financial lifeline.
For the manager, this was a deathblow.
Thssa, upon hearing Lysander’s words, wasn’t overly surprised. This was Lysander’s modus
operandi, capable of copsing a business in the blink of an eye.
Hadn’t the mighty Brennan Group, a vast conglomerate, faced bankruptcy overnight at just a word from
Lysander?
What chance did a small private enterprise stand?
“Who brought you here? Describe them, their appearance, their features, Lysander’s deep voice
suddenly broke the silence, pulling Thssa back to the grim reality as she met his dark, prating
gaze.