"Ever caught a glimpse of your boss?" Aurelia asked.
Lisbeth nodded, "A few times," she replied casually.
"What does he look like?" probed Aurelia, her curiosity piqued.
Lisbeth let out a wry chuckle, "He is always behind a mask. No one has seen his real face."
Aurelia sank into thought. If Geoffrey and Skyler were identical twins, what was the point of the mask? What he did only gave himself away.
"Here's the scoop I've managed to dig up. Your boss goes by the name Geoffrey, Skyler's twin brother. At least, he claims it. Chances are that he's a dead ringer for Skyler. If you spot that face, make sure you figure out who you're dealing with."
Lisbeth's heart skipped a beat. The boss was Skyler's brother? That was a twist she hadn't seen coming.
"Doesn't that make him Leopold's cousin? Then why would Geoffrey want to..." Lisbeth trailed off, grappling with the implications.
"Want to off Leopold, right?" Aurelia curled her lips into a sardonic smile. "Let me drop another bombshell on you. He's not Leopold's cousin but his half-brother with the same dad. That goes for Raines too."
"What?" Lisbeth gasped, her eyes wide with shock. "He's a member of the Stirling family?"
No wonder someone had infiltrated Raines' daily life. It was a classic case of deception, a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Aurelia scoffed, "What he's after is the head seat of the Stirling family, but that's a pipe dream. The Stirling family would never acknowledge him, let alone let him take the reins."
Now Lisbeth got the picture. It was all an internal Stirling family feud, a real snake pit.
"So Geoffrey has been parading someone around as Raines for his own gain."
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