The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 359

Chapter 359

Skyla’s face went suddenly pale under the glare of the floodlights.

Her black bucket hat fell to the ground. The cold wind lifted her long, straight hair, sending it whipping around her face like dark claws.

Panic flashed through her deep amber eyes. She reached for the mask on the ground, but Gavin stepped on it with his black hiking boot. He looked down at her as she knelt there in the dirt, battered and exposed.

He didn’t say a word.

But the message was clear.

There was no point hiding anymore.

“How did you know?” Skyla’s teeth chattered. If Gavin knew, that meant Chris knew too.

“Chris, he…”

Gavin’s face remained expressionless. “Mr. Xander was the one who told me to wait for you here. What do you think?”

Skyla braced both hands against the ground. Her pale fingers dug into the soil. It had rained in Liono City earlier that day, and the ground out here in the suburbs was soaked. Mud smeared beneath her neatly trimmed nails.

She stared blankly as Gavin’s words sank in. Her ears rang, and her mind went completely white.

A chill wrapped around her entire body.

“What did you say?” Her voice went from dazed to disbelieving, then rose into a hysterical demand. “How could he know? He wouldn’t know. He couldn’t know!”

Gavin lifted a hand, signaling for the bodyguards to bring the car over.

His tone stayed flat. “Mr. Xander ordered me to collect surveillance footage from every angle of the farmers’ market. That was when we realized the woman who killed Mrs. Young and the woman who stabbed William that day were not the same person.”

Skyla’s eyes widened, sharp and wild. Her nails dug harder into the mud.

“Impossible!”

Gavin took a pair of handcuffs from the pocket of his tactical jacket.

“The two women looked almost identical. Their height, build, and even hair length were nearly impossible to tell apart. But you overlooked one thing. A person’s appearance can be copied. Their presence cannot.”

He looked at her coldly.

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