Chapter 77

Chapter 77 Evan stepped out tonight on the bunt, armed with a potent pill capable of incapacitating an adult with just one dose. He trailed Shirley from a distance, watching as she entered a private room guarded by only two bodyguards Lingering near a corner. Evan waited. When a waiter delivering drinks exited the room, Evan intercepted him.

At the Moore residence, Sophia, wracked with self–doubt after years of captivity, was left sobbing uncontrollably after being humiliated by Eleanor. Tearfully, she insisted that she wasn’t good enough for Samuel It took Sarguel a long time to comfort her. By the time Sophia finally fell asleep, it was late, but even in his own room, Samuel couldn’t rest. His mind was consumed with the image of Shirley -her shy, aturing expression lingering vividly in his memory What exactly had she done with Benjamin in the car earlier?

Was Benjamin spending the night at the Weiss residence?

The mote Samuel thought about it, the more irritable he became Grabbing his phone, he instinctively searched his contacts, typing “5” into the search bar.

The results came up blank.

Frowning, Sampel tried typing “Shirley,” only to see the same result He scrolled through his call history with Shirley, and to his surprise, every record of their conversations was gone.

It finally dawned on him–Shirley had blocked his number.

The last time Shirley had moved Samuel’s contact, Sophia had found her number and called her, stirring up trouble But that day, Slay ha Now, there was no trace of her number on his phone.

had blocked him right in front of Benjamin Samuel’s expression darkened. He quickly opened his messaging app and sent a simple question mark Moments later, a red exclamation mark appeared next to the message, followed by a system notification: “Message sent but rejected by the recipient.”

Switching to another chat app, be searched for Shirley’s profile, but it was gone–she had removed him from her friends list altogether.

was now painfully dear that Shirley had severed all ties with him, leaving no roots even for a casual friendship.

The realization left Samuel’s face grim Returning to the first app, he attempted to view Shirley’s profile feed but found he lacked permission to see anything Frustrated, he opened their last chat history.

The final message from Shirley was sent on her wedding day–a selfie of her in her wedding dress.

In the photo, she wore a strapless gown adorned with a delicate well. Her radiant smile filled the frame, her eyes brimming with warmth and joy. Happiness seemed to emanate from her. almor palpable through the screen.

Samuelcouldn’t help but recall the image of her running out in that same dress, her makeup flawless, her beauty breathtaking.

irritated, he conned his phone aside, only to pick it up moments later. Scrolling through his contacts, he found hook’s number, tempted to ask about the latest happenings at the Weiss But then, he remembered Brook’s parting words that day “You chose to abandon het. From now on, her lid is one of our concern.

Abandoning that thought, Samuel sent a message to Mailey instead. “Where are you?”

A few minutes later, Marley replied, “Ne’s birthday. We’re at the Samuel typed back swiftly. Tll be there in half an hour.

sal spot. Coming by, boss?”