Chapter 261

Shane had always been able to not leave any stone unturned whenever he performed an investigation on someone. While he had been able to unearth relatively unknown facts about her such as the years she spent working as Mark substitute or the ways she had subdued other socialites to rule over them, there were still gaps in the report that they couldn’t fill in.

The first five months after her disappearance, there was nothing about it. Not a single detail or evidence was left behind. It was like she disappeared from the face of Earth, never to be found.

"You already know the answer to that." She looked out the window and stared at the afternoon sky filled with fluffy clouds.

He stared at her defensive position as she avoided his gaze by facing the window. Ever since he found her drunk and vulnerable last night, he saw her in a much better light. Instead of the confident and daring woman he was used to seeing, he saw something much more — a woman who hid her pain behind a dazzling smile an