Madame Russell was still speaking, yet blood drained from Deirdre’s face.

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Somewhere in a room, Sam took away Madame Russell’s phone and said to the man on the sofa, “The call has been hung up, sir.”

Brendan sat on the sofa in the corner, and his chiseled jawline was perfectly separated into dark and light under the dim lighting. His dark pupils were hidden in the shadows and glistening like obsidian. His well-fitted suit complemented his tall, lanky figure, yet his entire person exuded a t