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Chapter 234

Author: Chronos
Adriana decided to lay out all her thoughts. Daisy had spent a long time with Dean; perhaps she could pick up on subtle details Adriana had overlooked.

After she finished speaking, Daisy fell silent for a long moment.

It wasn't that she was surprised—once the clues were connected, everything fit together with a strange inevitability.

Joan's resolute breakup back then, her return to the country—none of it could have been out of love for Chris. She wanted only one thing: Chris's wealth.

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