Chapter 1814

However, what he would never grasp was that Hesper had never been Rickard's weakness. Countless people had made that assumption in the past, and all of them had ultimately fallen to Hesper's cunning. Even Charles had believed that Hesper's actions were a desperate sacrifice. He assumed she thought he wouldn't harm her, so she switched places with Antoinette. However, no one had foreseen that Hesper had an escape plan all along. While Charles acknowledged that Hesper was not a fragile woman who relied solely on Rickard for survival, her current pregnancy made her less agile than before. Moreover, the sudden Antoinette incident had caught Hesper off guard, leading her to make a spontaneous decision to switch places. Charles didn't believe Hesper had any additional tricks up her sleeve, and that's how he had fallen into her trap. The unforeseen twist of events, even beyond Charles's expectations, had also caught Sonny off guard. As a result, they found themselves entangled in the intri