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Noel paused in his steps, timing In leek at Daniel, who had been following him, "Don't tell her a wond," he commanded.

"wdw not? Ms. Spencer thinks you don't want to help. She believes she's all alone in this."

Dariel didn't want to see his boss silently putting in all his effort, only to be misunderstood by the woman he cared about.

"Do as I say, or you'll lose your job as my assistant. "His tall figure then slipped into the rat

Dariel knew Noel wasn't serious about firing him, but he sighed deeply as he climbed into the front passenger seat. The driver started the engine, and the car soun pulled up in front of an eschive deb Inside a private room filled with old-world charm, Thomas had already been waiting. As soonas Noel walked in, Thomas motioned for the attendant to leave.

"Haw you visited her? How is she doing?" Thaimas asked, pouting Noel a glass of whiskey.

Neeldida drink. "Velle visited her at the hospital this morning. She didn't

tion anything?"

"Are you doing this en purpose? You know very well that she's ignoring me." He pouted honey lemontea instead, setting it in front of Noel. "You deserve it

Hearing his indifferent words, Thomas nodded in agreement. "I deserve it, but you shouldn't take your frustration out on me. I'm the innocent one here! Upon hearing him, Thomas immediately sensed that Noel's tone was off.

Nel took a sip of his honey lemon tea, his gaze sharp. "What's the situation?"

The drug will be ready in about two weeks. I've found someone with distant connections who will buy it from Damian."

Damian, through his connection with William, had secured a deal with a pharmaceutical company abroad and was bringing the drug into the country.

The drug was rare and in high demand, its price nearly reaching ten million dollars. It used scarce ingredients and had been crafted by the world's top chemists, making each pill worth a fortune

Howard Group had set strict requirements for purchasing the dog. Anyone buying it had to be registered, and if somence like Thomas or any close allies tried to purchase it directly, Damian would surely take notice. For that reason, he had found someone with distant connections to buy the drug from Damian

Thinking of Whitney, Thomas added, "She's relentless. She even thought of this plan to delay the wedding. She still doesn't know th plan to take down Damian"

know that you've been working on a

Damian had big ambitions and was dissatisfied with the current business mimpier of Howard Group. Behind the scenes, Noel's team had discovered that Damian was running illicit operations in underground casinos.

At the same time, he was using someone else's identity overseas to set up a company and work on projects with subsidiaries of the Howard Group, Launder

laundering his suspicious sources of income. If any of this ever got exposed, Damian would be too busy dealing with the fallout to think about a wedding Noel's fingers absently traced the rim of his glass. "She can't know too much. The more she knows, the more dangerous it become" Damian was ruthless and merciless. If he found out that Whitney was aware of his shady dealings, he wouldn't hesitate to silence het. Even if she was the one he had to marry, he would show no mercy. Moreover, they had only gathered some information, but not enough solid evidence. That was why he hadn't agreed to be inquest that night and had to watch her disappointment.

Noel's original plan was to find someone to leak the information the day before the wedding. Even though the evidence wasn't enough, it would be sufficient to Cause Damian to delay the marriage, buying him time to secure the drug.noveldrama

Ovce Margaret woke up, Whitney would no longer be under any threat. But to his surprise, Whitney had taken matters into her own hands and temporarily solved the problem