The Hidden Empress Stripping Her Secrets After Divorce novel Chapter 103

"Turn you in?" The man looked as if he'd just heard a hilarious joke. "If I wanted to turn you in, I wouldn't be standing here wasting my breath."

He paused, a fleeting chill flashing in his eyes. "I just happen to dislike certain people, and I want to make their lives a living hell."

Lyra's sharp instincts caught the crucial detail. "Certain people?"

The man didn't answer. He just gave her a deeply meaningful look.

In a flash of realization, a name crossed Lyra's mind—Evelyn Sullivan.

Was he targeting the Sullivans? Or... Evelyn herself?

"You have a grudge against the Sullivans?" she probed cautiously.

A cryptic smirk touched the corners of the man's lips. "If that's what you want to believe, Ms. Langford, feel free."

It was practically an admission.

Lyra's heart raced. Her terror was slowly being replaced by a glimmer of hope—a desperate grasp at a lifeline, intertwined with the twisted thrill of finding a co-conspirator in the dark.

"You want to help me?" She licked her dry lips. "Why?"

"I told you, I dislike certain people," he said flatly. "If Christian falls out completely with Evelyn over this drug incident, maybe even turning into bitter enemies... now that would be quite an entertaining show."

Lyra understood. This man had some old beef with the Sullivans and wanted to use her to permanently shatter the relationship between Christian and Evelyn. For her, this was a godsend. If someone could set up the perfect scapegoat and erase all traces of her tampering, her risks would drop to zero.

"What can you do?" she asked, her tone still guarded.

"Security footage can be erased. A waiter's memory can be 'corrected.' And..." He paused deliberately. "A perfect suspect can emerge to take the fall for you."

"Who?"

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