ude furrowed his brow. "What are you implying?"Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    Richard slid the documents Ronald had entrusted to him into his briefcase, making no move to share them with ude.


    As he brushed past ude, Richard paused to ask, "If one of the three bodies you convicted for was ire, would you regret putting your Kate before her?"


    Richard''s voice grew hoarser and even trembled as he spoke.


    Yet ude stood his ground, firmly asserting, "Impossible. I never make mistakes with my cases."


    Richard asked again, "And the child she was carrying? Does that mean nothing to you?"


    It took a moment, but I could hear ude taking a deep breath before he solemnly said, "Kate already did some digging. That child isn''t mine. But I''m curious. Could it be yours?"


    Richard stepped back, only tond a hook right on ude''s face, making his lip swell up and turn red.


    "You brute!" ude''s disdain for Richard wasn''t new. He saw Richard as a cultural lightweight who had made his fortune through underhanded means, bing a dark horse in the business world.


    "You can''t insult ire like that!" Richard red, pinning ude with a look that left no room for argument. Knowing better than to engage further, ude stepped back, saying, "If she''s dead, we won''t bury her in the Hart family plot. So, she better not be dead," before striding away.


    I watched his retreating figure,mitting to memory the kind of man he was in this life and vowing to make him regret his actions if there were ever a next one.


    After briefing Ronald on his next moves, Richard was about to leave. In turn, Ronald instructed some inclothes officers to follow.


    However, I was curious about ude''s next steps. Despite everyone telling him I was dead, he clung to his convictions. What drove that mindset?


    Following ude to the family estate, I found Gabrielle tending to the garden.


    Her surprise at seeing ude was evident as she put down her shears. "The''s buzzing with news that ire is wanted nationwide and


    Kate''s kidnapping. What''s going on?"


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    ude shook his head. "I''m exhausted. We''ll talkter."


    He had been up all night waiting for news about Kate.


    "Kate will be fine. I''ve reached out to the Goodwin family. They''re on it," Gabrielle said, surprisingly calm.


    ude nodded, having made contact with the Goodwin family.


    "But what about ire? Is anyone looking for her?" asked Gabrielle.


    Gabrielle''s question made ude halt in his tracks, touched by her concern. "Mom, you know how you feel about ire. I don''t need to spell it out."


    Gabrielle was momentarily speechless, eventually saying, "ude, I''ll only be at peace when we find her."


    Running his fingers through his hair in frustration, ude answered, "Got it."


    He then retreated to his room and called me, which went unanswered.


    It seke checking a box on a


    to-do list. One call, and then ude moved on.


    ude was leaning against the headboard when his phone rang.


    "Mr. Hart, we''re still tracking Ms. Goodwin''s whereabouts. But in our


    search, we discovered a


    Love


    sum transferred to an ount named Daniel, amounting to a million. We suspect her


    disappearance might be rted to this transaction."


    ude sat upright instantly, "Did you get any leads on Daniel?"