Betrayed by Blood: My Second Life as a Queen novel Chapter 372

And why had he deliberately let the news of his disappearance leak?

Was he baiting them out?

Willow was starting to feel like she was the one who had just walked into a billionaire's psychological trap.

He couldn't have set this whole thing up just to lure her in... right?

It didn't make sense, but now wasn't the time to interrogate him.

They had much bigger problems to handle at the moment.

Outside the shed, Daphne jumped at the sudden shout. She whipped around to see the intruder, recognizing him instantly. It was Finnegan Cross, Lucian's most trusted right-hand man.

Finnegan didn't report to the Jagger family. He answered exclusively to Lucian.

That loyalty stemmed from years ago when a young Lucian had rescued him from the Federated States.

Finnegan had been one of the victims in a massive human trafficking ring that Lucian had helped dismantle.

But Finnegan's fate had been far crueler than the others. By the time he was recovered, he had been missing for three grueling years. His parents, unable to bear the tragedy, had passed away from sheer grief.

His grandparents had fallen terribly ill, bedridden from the devastating loss.

With his mother originally having been an orphan, he truly had nowhere to go.

The moment Finnegan was finally rescued, he had returned to a world where his entire family was gone.

He was slated to be dumped into an orphanage, but Lucian, taking pity on him, brought him home instead.

Lucian paid for his education and provided him with a comfortable, secure life.

Finnegan hadn't squandered the opportunity. He clawed his way up from the bottom to become Lucian's most formidable ally.

Dominic Jagger had repeatedly tried to poach him, but Finnegan ruthlessly shot down every offer, reporting every single bribe straight back to Lucian.

He even sabotaged Dominic several times for good measure.

In the current corporate landscape, seeing Finnegan Cross was essentially the same as facing Lucian Jagger himself.

Coming face to face with Finnegan now, Daphne felt the blood drain from her face. "What are you talking about? How would I know where Lucian is? Stop making wild accusations!"

She was almost positive Lucian was locked inside the shed, but she certainly wasn't going to admit that to his second-in-command!

If Finnegan found out the royal family had drugged him, Daphne would be tied up and thrown in front of the Jagger family for execution before the night was over.

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