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Chapter 45

Author: Raven Sanz
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-19 03:29:53

Inside the office of the private investigator Jaime had called, photos of Andres’s car were spread out, along with police reports and notes from the mechanics. The room was silent, the only sound was the scratch of a pen on paper.

“Sir,” the investigator said to Jaime, “it was done cleanly. Whoever tampered with the brakes knew exactly what they were doing. This wasn’t the work of an amateur. No signs of forced entry, no CCTV caught anything unusual. Whoever did this planned it carefully.”

Jaime clenched his jaw. “So we can’t prove it’s Julio Domingo?”

The investigator shook his head. “Not yet. The Domingos are the obvious suspects because of the bidding. But if they did it, they covered their tracks well. It could also be someone else—another rival who lost big in Isla Verde.”

Celia, sitting beside Jaime, was deep in thought. If not the Domingos, then who? The project was massive, and many companies had lost. Many had reasons to hurt Andres.

But in her heart, she felt the weight of t
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