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Chapter 268 Accomplishment

Author: Olivia GW
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-07 11:41:49

(Thomas)

As we drove back to the hotel, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. Everything had gone according to plan, right down to the final detail.

I glanced over at Lydia, who was staring out the window, her face partially hidden behind the mask she hadn’t taken off yet. I could see the tension in her shoulders beginning to ease, though neither of us would feel completely at peace until this entire nightmare was over.

But for now, we’d won this round.

My part had been simple, really. After Lydia had managed to snag the original pen from around Nathan’s neck, all I had to do was replace it with an identical one in the confusion. It had been seamless, just as we’d rehearsed.

Naomi had done her part, making sure Nathan was far too out of it to notice anything happening around him. In the chaos of helping him stumble into the room, no one had noticed when I slipped the duplicate necklace around his neck. He hadn’t even stirred.

The genius behind this plan belonged to L
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