Chapter 293

Grace Carter’s laugh cut off abruptly, scorn thick in her voice. “Charles Hart, a deal’s a deal, sure—but that mystery person’s targeting Stella Johnson, not me. That’s a win-win for me. Team up to find them? Not a chance. I’ve got better things to do.” With that, she hung up without hesitation, lips curled into a mocking smirk, like she was scoffing at Charles’s foolishness. Charles just listened to the dial tone, the trace of a smile playing at the corners of his mouth. He never planned to work with Grace for real—just wanted to shut her up and keep her from meddling. Now that she was off his back, he quickly called in his trusted men. His priority now was uncovering who was pulling the strings. Whoever’s behind this, I’ll drag them out into the light—for Stella’s sake. His eyes darkened. Through surveillance, he could monitor everything happening on Stella’s end. Michael Anderson was keeping her safe for now, and they still hadn’t figured out how to deal with the drug in her system…