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Chap 18

Author: H.I Pearl
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-01 22:43:38

Delia’s POV

"Anything?"

"Yes, I did some findings, and I got this." Drake replied, handing me an envelope.

"Good. Now you are doing your work." I said, setting my wine glass carefully on the table and collecting the file from him.

I opened it, and my eyes immediately locked onto the pictures inside. One was of Crystal stepping out of a man's car, the other was of her standing too close—way too close—to Cassius. My grip on the edges of the photos tightened. "Explain."

"I got that from Cassius’s CCTV. She was getting out of a man's car." He said the obvious.

I inhaled deeply, trying to keep my patience in check. "So, any more findings? Did you get anything about the man? Are they in a relationship, or is that her sugar daddy?"

"I really can't say. But I traced the car plate number to the man's house. He lives in a mini mansion, and I asked around. They said he's a businessman, but nobody seems to know anyone by the name Crystal around him."

I stared harder at the pictur
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