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Chapter 71~ A problem

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CASPIAN.

“Have you sorted out the problem?” I asked one of my men on the phone, my eyebrows furrowed in worry.

“Sir… I’m sorry, we’ve failed to trace the murderer,” Justin reported.

I clenched my fists.

This was bad… with a murderer on the loose, Lucas and his wife would be in danger.

Two days ago, I had received good news from one of the men who were investigating Lucas’s mother’s death.

They had found out who the real culprit was and just needed to secure the proof. The proof was Lucas’s former nanny… she had agreed to testify and reveal the killer if we promised to keep her safe.

The only condition was that she would only mention the killer's name once she was certain that her family wouldn't be harmed. We were in the process of moving her family to a safer place. I had even instructed a few of my men to stay with them until all this was over.

However, the nanny, including the man who had found her, was killed mysteriously. I couldn’t tell Lucas about it because of his plans
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