When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144 Let’s Talk Outside

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Carl looked down at her from above, his gaze as sharp and frigid as ever. “Let’s talk outside.” His lips barely moved, but the sudden words made Jean pause.

Her grip on the doorknob tightened instinctively. “What do you want to talk about?”

His voice floated through the silence. “You.”

Jean’s lashes trembled slightly. Talk about me? Did Carl… figure something out?

She raised her eyes, meeting his unreadable gaze. “What’s there to talk about, Dominic?” She forced a casual smile.

Carl’s mouth remained in a straight line, his expression unreadable. His eyes, though, betrayed a forceful pressure. “I’ll

get to the point. You’ve got a lot of secrets, don’t you?”

Jean’s fingers curled into her palms. Her face remained impassive, but her lips pressed into a thin line.

Carl glanced down the quiet corridor beside them and said offhandedly, “Let’s talk outside.”

It felt like she’d been caught red–handed, and now she had no choice but to go along with him.

Because the truth was, she wasn’t entirely sure how much this man had already uncovered.

Reluctantly, Jean stepped out of her suite and walked beside Carl down the long hallway of the hotel.

The place was eerily still, and there was not a soul in sight. Only the echo of their footsteps accompanied them.

“If you’ve got something to say, then just say it,” Jean said, eyes fixed ahead, face blank and voice.

brisk.

“I think you’re pretty impressive.” Carl’s voice suddenly broke the silence.

Jean sucked in a sharp breath. The air shifted around them.

“Oh?” she murmured with a hint of a laugh, eyes downcast as she stared at the floor. “And why’s that?”

“You managed to find Bro before any of the trained search teams,” he said, voice cool and steady. his eyes still locked on the air in front of them. “In terrain like Northara, that’s not something just anyone can do.”

Jean felt like she was being interrogated under the pretense of small talk.

One wrong word and she’d blow her cover. Don’t panic. Don’t ramble. Stay calm, she reminded

herself

Chapter 144 Let’s Talk Outside

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“So?” she replied with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, her tone light, almost flippant. “If there’s more you want to say, just spit it out. I’d like to get back to my room.”

She motioned toward a grand wall clock hanging ahead. “Say your piece, then I’m leaving”