Nine Hot Therians and Their Only One Queen novel Chapter 954

Chapter 954 Back and Forth

Chapter 954 Back and Forth

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Something in that comment seemed to strike Rafael, and his body flinched slightly. He lifted his head, tears trembling perfectly at the corner of his eyes, his voice still carrying that stubborn, broken quality.

“Fine, search me…” He paused, as though summoning some enormous reserve of courage. “But I don’t trust you or your people to

do it.”

His gaze slid past Lange and settled on Silas‘ side of the room, his tone suddenly turning calm and deliberate.

“I want Consul Hamblin’s people to conduct the search.”

He looked back at Lange, eyes hard with defiance. “Otherwise, how do I know you won’t use the chance to plant evidence on me?”

“You…”

Lange started to protest that such a thing was impossible, but Rafael didn’t give him the chance, pressing forward instead.

“If they actually find it, I’ll confess to everything.

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“But…”

His voice caught there, his gaze sweeping briefly over Emma and Silas before finally settling back on Lange.

“But what happens if they find nothing?”

He looked straight at Lange, spacing his words out with deliberate weight.

“Mr., Lange, you will have slandered a citizen of this empire and publicly demanded he be searched and humiliated. How exactly do we settle that account?”

Lange looked ready to explode with frustration.

‘Do you honestly think I’ve got nothing better to do than slander you in front of Consul Hamblin himself?”

Sure, his talent wasn’t exceptional, and his temper ran hot.

But he wasn’t foolish enough to not know where the line sat between acceptable and reckless.

All he wanted was to clear his own name, not throw himself into danger.

Hearing Lange’s outburst, Rafael stood there like a delicate white blossom pushed right to the edge of breaking, one gust of wind away from snapping, yet somehow still holding onto some unsettling thread of resolve.

He pressed his lips together and spoke quietly, his voice barely above a whisper, yet somehow every person in that room heard it clearly.

“Someone owes an explanation here, don’t they?”

His words settled into the room, and a brief, heavy silence followed.

The sight of him, swaying on his feet yet refusing to bow his head, stirred something in everyone watching.

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Chapter 954 Back and Forth

The Executive Department staff standing nearby couldn’t help the pity creeping into their eyes.

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Even Lange, who’d been burning with fury only moments ago, found his brow furrowing hard at the sight of Rafael looking so thoroughly broken and mistreated

Something deep in his chest twisted with an unwelcome pang of guilt.

Sure, his temper ran short, but he wasn’t the kind of man who’d push some ordinary, unconnected soul to the brink like this.

Still, thinking about his missing storage button, and the accusation of theft now hanging over his own head…

Lange ground his back teeth together, and for the sake of proving his own innocence, forced himself to speak up anyway.

“Fine! Let Consul Hamblin’s people handle the search.”

He looked directly at Rafael, gritting out his promise.

“If they truly don’t find my storage button on you, that proves I made a mistake accusing you. I’ll apologize to you personally, in front of everyone here.

“Or I’ll pay you in star coins, cover your medical bills, whatever compensation you think is fair for the distress this caused. Name your price, and I’ll pay it.”

Lange was a man who owned up to his mistakes, especially standing here now in front of Silas, Emma, and Aria.

Rafael’s pale lips pressed together tightly, saying nothing, wearing the same pitiful expression of someone resigned to whatever

fate awaited him.

Sitting in his seat of authority, Silas cast a quiet glance toward Rafael.

Honestly, the moment Rafael had demanded to be searched, Silas had already guessed the outcome of this whole performance. There was no way anything would turn up.

If Rafael felt bold enough to make such a demand, then even if he’d genuinely stolen something, he’d have already covered his tracks flawlessly, leaving nothing behind that could be traced back to him.

Still, since the stage had already been set this far, the performance needed to play out to its conclusion.

After all, plenty of people outside were waiting to hear how this would end.

Silas turned to the Executive Department staff member standing nearby.

“Take him and conduct a thorough search.”

“Yes, sir.”

Rafael didn’t resist, simply following the staff member out of the room with quiet obedience.

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Watching his thin, frail figure disappear from view, everyone in the room couldn’t shake the sense that they were watching someone completely at the mercy of forces beyond his control.

The wait didn’t stretch long.

Before long, the person assigned to conduct the search returned.

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