Chapter 4

“Impossible! I had guards at the estate!” Lloyd yelled at his assistant. He refused to believe it.

“I told you I’d be back. I left them there on purpose. How could anyone have gotten in?”

The assistant looked awkward and glanced hesitantly at Lillie.

“Ms. Lillie called and said you’d be staying with her tonight. She told me to station those guards here.”

Lloyd’s face darkened as he glared at Lillie.

In a panic, Lillie said, “I was just worried about your safety! How was I supposed to know the estate would be attacked tonight?”

“Why didn’t anyone call me when it happened?”

The assistant hesitated and then said softly, “Your phone was off. We couldn’t reach you.”

Lloyd quickly checked his phone. It was indeed turned off.

He turned it back on and stared at Lillie. He angrily asked, “You turned it off, didn’t you?”

“I didn’t! It must’ve died on its own! The only thing I did was call the guards here. You can’t blame me for everything!” Lillie said. Her voice was shaky.

There was a wounded look on her face. She acted like she did not know anything about the night’s events.

Lloyd did not say anything. He got in the car without a word and drove straight to the estate.

As he sped down the road, he felt panicky and regretful.

When Lloyd reached the estate, his men were already cleaning the scene up. There was blood all over the floor.

The housekeeper walked up to him and said with a heavy voice, “Boss, the attack was very sudden. We couldn’t find Madam’s body.”

Lloyd’s eyes lit up. “No body? Then, how do you know Nelly’s dead?”

“The staff said she didn’t leave with them. Someone saw her get shot in the chest. She probably didn’t survive.”

“Why didn’t she run?” Lloyd asked.

But no one had an answer.

Just then, Lloyd’s assistant ran up to him. “Boss, you need to see the video Madam posted.”

[I’m letting you go so you can be with each other. Goodbye.]

Lloyd played the video. It showed him sneaking into the study to steal her plan.

At the end of the footage, I had added proof that Lillie had taken bribes from arms dealers.

I had married into the Baker family as an orphan. Even after five years of marriage, the family never really accepted me.

I had hoped that by leading this mission, I could prove that I was good enough for Lloyd.

I wanted to get the southern weapons smuggling route to prove to the family that I deserved to be with Lloyd.

He knew how hard things were for me and how much this meant to me, yet he still chose to help Lillie without a thought.

The plan I had worked so hard on ended up being proof of how pathetic my love for him really was.

Lloyd’s hand shook slightly as he held his phone. He recalled how I had acted when he left a while before. I was very cold and distant because I was disappointed in him.

“Find her! Nelly must still be alive!”