Chapter 1606:


    Absolute nonsense.


    Maia had simply wanted to stop him from issuing the order to transfer Chris.


    “You fool!” Dominic exploded. He snatched his pillow and hurled it at Joshua. “She yed you!”


    Joshua stood frozen, pointing at himself. “She yed me?”


    Dominic drew a deep, ragged breath, his chest tightening.


    Hadn’t he been yed in exactly the same way? Sending Joshua away, cutting offmunication, locking him in this room — it had been a wless, seamless operation. What ordinary person could pull that off?


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    She was a natural-born agent.


    Then again, his granddaughter had always been extraordinary.


    Suddenly, Dominic’s eyes narrowed to slits. His mind shed back to Maia’s resolute words before she left: I’ll leave with Chris.


    “Oh no.” The color drained from his face. On the monitor beside him, the blood pressure reading spiked violently, triggering a piercing rm. “Quick! Deploy personnel to the detention room at once! Stand watch over Chris — do not let him slip away! Go!”


    Joshua had no idea what was happening, but Dominic’s murderous expression left no room for hesitation. He spun and sprinted out.


    Twenty minutester, he stumbled back in, face ashen and drenched in sweat. “G-General… we have a problem.”


    Dominic jerked upright, his vision briefly blurring. “Speak!”


    Joshua swallowed hard. “Chris… he’s gone.”


    “What?” A deafening rush filled Dominic’s ears. “Gone? I assigned a full team to guard him! Are you telling me an entire squad failed to contain two individuals? You’re all ipetent!”


    “No — it wasn’t that we couldn’t hold them back.” Joshua’s voice was choked. “The officer on duty reported that you personally called andmanded them to release Chris. He insisted you sounded absolutely urgent, and even instructed them to arrange a vehicle for their immediate departure.”


    Dominic froze, his face a mask of utter disbelief.


    A phone call. His own order. Arrange a vehicle.


    Complete nonsense.


    “Bullshit!” Dominic bellowed. “When did I ever make such a call? My phone is with Cade! Did I suddenly develop telepathy?”


    Joshua recoiled. “B-but the guard insisted it was your voice — the same tone, the same manner. He even mentioned your granddaughter was present, talking cheerfully with you.”


    Dominic’s fists clenched so hard his knuckles popped.


    If he hadn’t pieced together what had happened by now, he would be aplete fool. Maia had someone impersonate him over the phone. To rescue that Cooper, she had resorted to this level of deception — and had plotted against her own grandfather to do it.


    Fury washed over him anew.


    The blood pressure monitor screamed beside him, its red light shing frantically.


    Dominic felt as though a massive weight had settled on his chest, pressing down until it was hard to breathe. Anger surged through him so intensely that a bitterugh nearly escaped.


    Yet beneath the fury, an unexpected flicker of pride rose quietly from somewhere deep within.


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