Chapter 1499


    Three years ago, she had this nagging feeling that Leopold''s death was fishy, but couldn''t pin down


    why. No one ever spoke up about it, and now, with Callum''s words, her heart clenched, and her


    body tensed up.


    Callum''s hands were firmly on the steering wheel, talking about it as if it were just another day, but


    the slight tension in his voice betrayed his unresolved feelings.


    “He called me the night before he died. He wanted to use his death to create a scandal, to pressure


    Lysander into giving up his CEO position at the Sinir Group. Without Lysander in power, he


    couldn''t control you anymore, and you''d be free. He was so naive; what''s one life against absolute


    power? Even in death, he couldn''t shake Lysander’s hold.”


    Callum couldn’t forget that night, the despair in Leopold’s voice when he had called.


    A young man, gone in the blink of an eye.


    Thssa’s breathing stopped, tears falling, her heart trembling with pain. “So, it was me. I was the


    cause of his death.”


    She had always thought Leopold died from the stress of the ident, cornered by Lysander.


    If Lysander hade forward to rify that the ident was caused by the Sinir Group’s


    subsidiary, Leossa Electronics, due to manufacturing defects, and not Leopold, shifting all me to


    Leossa Electronics would have been enough.


    But Lysander refused to admit the faulty with Leossa Electronics. It was only then that she


    realized Leopold couldn''t withstand the public pressure and the outrage of the victims'' families'',


    leading him to his demise.


    It turned out, Leopold''s death was his own scheme, using his life to create a scandal in hopes of


    dethroning Lysander from the Sinir Group- all for her freedom.


    How could Leopold be so foolish? She wasn''t worth his sacrifice. And how did he not see that even


    in death, he wouldn''t be able to shake Lysander’s foundation?


    Even three yearster, Thssa’s heart ached as if being sliced open.


    “Now that you and Lysander are strangers, it fulfills Leopold’sst wish,” Callum suddenly said,


    shifting the mood.


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    Thssa was too deep in her grief to absorb his words.


    In the back of the sleek limousine, Rosalind noticed the tension radiating from Lysander, knowing he


    had just seen Thssa.


    The incident she couldn''t resolve was effortlessly handled by Thssa in just a few words. While


    she could easily surpass Thssa in her area of expertise, dealing with thugs wasn’t her forte. That


    moment surely made Lysander think less of herpared to Thssa, fueling Rosalind’s sense of


    defeat.


    Desperate to recuperate her image in Lysander’s eyes, Rosalind maintained a gentle smile. “If it


    weren’t for Thssa, I would’ve had a hard time. She really knows how to handle bullies. Perhaps


    she was eager to rush home with Callum, which prompted her to deal with it.”


    Rosalind watched Lysander’s reaction, noting his colder demeanor.


    “Aren''t you thirsty?” Lysander asked, his gaze fixed ahead, devoid of emotion.


    Rosalind paused, confused.


    “Have some water and stop talking,” Lysander said.


    Rosalind was at a loss for words. She got it; Lysander found her annoying.


    All her effort was to make Lysander aware that Thssa was with Callum, to make him despise


    Thssa even more. But it seemed she overdid it, irking Lysander instead.


    “Alright, I’ll keep quiet,” Rosalind said, taking the hint.


    “Slow down and follow the car ahead,” Lysander suddenly instructed the driver.