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The Game's Suspect

Author: Lily's Ecstasy
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CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR

Lenora's Pov:

After a day at the hospital, I was finally discharged. My eyes were glued out of the tinted window as the chauffeur drove quietly on the smooth road.

“Are you comfortable there?” Richard asked,

My face instantly blushed to hear that, I had been pampered all day by the man, and for some minutes I felt he wasn’t the same Richard I knew.

“I’m okay,” I responded smiling.

His next words were instantly interrupted by the sudden peep on his phone, I watched him glance down at his cell phone and instantly picked up.

“Any further information?” He asked the moment he picked up.

Richard had been working hard to catch the culprit and so was Grandmother Minetta. I just hoped the person was caught soon, but then my mind kept rambling on who it could be.

I mean Tara's alibi was proven by her mother and a few maids who saw her when she left but I don’t think I had any misunderstanding with anyone besides her.

Richard finally dropped the call after a few seconds and I
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Hello Readers, I hope you are enjoying this book of old money and contract marriage. So who do you think pushed Lenora into the lake?

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