Chapter 1017 His Peculiar Departure

The rumors in Simeria were still rampant. Everyone wondered when Malcolm would marry Seraphine. Meanwhile, Bianca seemed entirely engrossed in her work.

Inside Malcolm's mind, anxiety had taken hold, yet Bianca appeared unfazed by it all.

"Horatio!"

"Yes, sir."

"How dare that damned woman!"

After his return, Malcolm had been lost in thought for a long time. Now, watching Bianca's dazzling performance in the workplace, all achieved by deceiving him, Malcolm could barely contain his rage.

"Perhaps Lord Zane is behind all this," Horatio suggested.

"What do you mean?" asked Malcolm.

"When we were in Weiss Town, Ms. Sanders' grief over Ms. Sharp's death didn't seem staged," Horatio explained quietly.

As Malcolm heard this, a chill ran through him.

Zane had left shortly after Nancy's death. But why? He had abandoned everything to find Bianca. Malcolm couldn't believe Zane would just give up like that.

But now...

"Are you suggesting that his departure was because he believed ther