Exposed to the CEO Behind the Mafia Mask novel Chapter 487

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Daniel’s POV

Something about Lila’s brother’s reaction to his stepmother caught my attention. It wasn’t just casual disdain-there was deep-seated conviction behind his words, the kind that comes from knowing family secrets in our world. What really piqued my curiosity was their father’s reaction. Nathaniel seemed unnaturally disturbed by his son’s comment and quickly silenced him with the authority of a former don.

“Enou

your

in

Beckett! You’ve been obsessed with this ever since Lila visited

e,” Nathaniel reprimanded sharply, but his words only fueled my

ive instincts.

ed by what?” I asked, sensing there was more to this family than they were letting on.

tt hadn’t seen his sister for some time after she moved to the city,” aniel explained carefully. “When she finally visited his compound to tell she was relocating permanently, he’s been fixated on how drastically e’s changed.”

shook my head. “When I first met Lila at Thorne’s operation, she was already like this. Whatever transformation you’re talking about had already happened.”

“Dad, you can’t keep denying what we both see,” Beckett insisted, his voice carrying the weight of someone accustomed to commanding respect in the Sullivan organization. “The resemblance is undeniable.”

Nathaniel’s weathered face tightened with the look of a man who’d buried too many secrets. “Lower your voice! I don’t want Lila hearing this madness! I’ve told you repeatedly-you’re projecting old grief onto her.”

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“What about you?” Beckett challenged, his tone shifting to that of a underboss confronting his former boss. “Are you going to pretend you weren’t shaken to your core when you first saw her after the change?” His father fell silent, unable to respond.

My detective instincts were fully activated now, the same ones that had helped mvigate both legitimate law enforcement and the shadowy world.c

she to

she

nized crime. “I’m curious-who does she resemble? I assumed r her mother since she doesn’t look much like you, sir. Though are certain features with her brother:”

ou’re aware that Beckett and Lila have different mothers, right?”

asked, and I nodded in confirmation.

pulled out his phone with the deliberate motion of someone about al a family secret that could shake foundations. “I’ll show you and an judge for yourself.” He displayed a photo of a strikingly beautiful an who bore an uncanny resemblance to Lila-the kind of resemblance makes your blood run cold in families like ours.

ho is she?” I asked, though my gut already knew this woman was gnificant to the Sullivan family history.

Just answer-does she look like Lila or not?” Beckett pressed, his eyes holding the intensity of someone seeking validation for a truth he’d carried alone.

I studied the image carefully, my trained eye picking up every detail. “It’s as if I’m looking at Lila in another decade. The resemblance is extraordinary- almost supernatural.”

“See, Dad? Are you going to claim Inspector Martinez is projecting too?” Beckett said with the satisfaction of someone finally being vindicated.

Nathaniel shook his head, but I could see the cracks in his denial. “Beckett, it’s impossible! Just a coincidence. You’ve been watching too many crime

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documentaries and inventing conspiracy theories.”

“The woman in the photo is my mother,” Beckett explained, his voice softening with old pain. “She died when I was young. She was carrying a baby girl and died during a difficult labor.”

Something clicked in my mind as Nathaniel added, “My daughter also died during delivery.” Pain shadowed his eyes-the kind of grief that never fully heals, even in men who’ve seen violence and loss in our world. “I wasn’t

there when it happened. I

neighboring territory,

him.”

“My mother was le compound,” Beck emotion. “Whe

premature

wasn’t ti

baby s

dete

“B

raveled to oversee operations in a

kett with me to fulfill a promise I’d made

ur most trusted household staff at the family d, his voice trembling with suppressed

d, the head of security told us mother went into our family’s private physician since there usual medical facility. Both my mother and the om complications.” His voice grew stronger, more t Lila-she’s the living image of my mother!”

sible!” Nathaniel’s voice cracked with the desperation efully constructed world was crumbling. “I held my ried my daughter’s small coffin myself.”

w what really happened in that room. The physician had d when we returned, and the staff gave us only their ett challenged before showing me another photo. “Want to g else that’ll interest you, Inspector?”

I asked, though the woman looked vaguely familiar.

re, Lila’s supposed mother “”

the photo with the s

‘s absolutely no

hat you think.”

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“Exactly!” Beckett exclaimed with the fervor of someone whose theory was gaining credibility. “Daniel, you’re a detective-doesn’t this seem highly suspicious? Claire has always treated Lila with cruelty, always!”

“Nathaniel, this is deeply troubling,” I admitted, my professional instincts now fully engaged. “Lila truly looks identical to your late wife. But why did you only notice this recently?”

Beckett showed me

ago. “Because thi

The image sho heavy bangs dominated

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