Iceblade: [I just don't want anyone else taking credit for this. If I can catch Connor myself, the reward is a billion dollars.]
Lydia didn’t bother replying. She couldn’t tell anymore if Iceblade was being honest or just messing with her.
One thing was for sure, though. The authorities had put out a search warrant. Whoever was behind the hit on Connor had to be freaking out right now. If the investigation found any of those assassins connected to him, he’d be done for.
And Lydia was right. Somewhere in the Capital, inside a command center, a man was clearly losing his cool.
“Get Blood Oath out of the country right now,” he said, his tone cold. “Lay low until things settle down. Then we’ll move.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Are you sure the leak came from Hacker L?”
“No one else could pull that off.”
“So Connor has Hacker L on his side?”
“Eighty percent sure.”
“Well, look at that. Hacker L!”
Connor was no ordinary guy. Even after three years away from the military, he could still get someone important like Hacker L to step in.
By that night, every Blood Oath member had already pulled out of the country, waiting for a better time to act.
Connor was almost completely healed. His injuries didn’t slow him down at all. He asked Aiden to get some gifts together because he was going to officially visit the Norwood family as their future son-in-law.
At breakfast, Lydia shared the news. Kylie and Cameron were both thrilled.
“Connor’s all better?” Cameron asked.
Lydia nodded. “Yeah.”
Mr. Norwood looked genuinely happy. “That’s great. He hasn’t even had a proper meal with us yet.”
Lucinda saw what was happening and wanted to stick up for Grace, but she held her tongue. She didn’t want Lydia to hate her any more than she already did.
“Lydia, my friend invited me to see Elliot’s new movie today, so I won’t be home,” Lucinda said quietly.
She really didn’t want to stay and make things more awkward.
Grace started to panic. She wanted to say something but was too scared Lydia would snap at her again. Silly girl, she thought. The Jeffersons are coming and you want to go see a movie?
Before, Lucinda probably would have ditched her friends to stay home and impress the Jeffersons.
But things were different now.
She liked Connor, but he didn’t like her. If she kept chasing after him and her parents found out, she’d probably get kicked out of the family. Then she’d be left with nothing.
“Oh, right. Elliot posted on Twitter a couple days ago about his new movie coming out soon,” Kylie said with a smile.

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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