Chapter 1161
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In that instant, all the strength drained from Dan’s body.
Meeting her callous gaze made every breath feel like drawing glass into his lungs.
“Yvonne.”
“Turn around,” she ordered her driver.
She shoved him away forcefully and slammed the car door shut with a loud thud.
The driver nodded immediately. “Yes, ma’am.”
With Dan’s Maybach blocking their path forward, spinning the car around to take an alternate route was their only option.
As the engine roared to life, Dan instinctively reached for her again.
“Yvonne.”
But the window was already rolling up.
Through the tinted glass, her profile looked devastatingly indifferent.
So utterly cold, as if she had never felt a single spark of affection or love for him in her entire life.
And just like that, she was gone.
Dan stood rooted to the spot, the blood freezing solid in his veins.
Carroll stepped out of the Maybach and approached him from behind. “Boss, the old man called. He wants you to head back to Litamark.”
Dan closed his eyes tightly.
He knew full well that Derek was in the thick of a vicious, all-out war against Lacey right now.
Why would he demand his return at a time like this? What exactly was he plotting?
Remembering how Derek had continuously favored Adelle and her three illegitimate children all these years fueled his suspicion.
Even though the absolute truth was out in the open now.
That deeply ingrained bias left Dan with zero trust in the old man.
So summoning him right in the middle of this bloody feud with Lacey.
Dan’s immediate gut reaction was simple.
How was the old man planning to use him as a pawn this time?
Keeping his eyes shut, he asked, “Was it Leroy who called?”
“Yes,” Carroll confirmed.
“What else did he say?”
“Nothing else, but considering the current state of Black Gate, we need to stay incredibly vigilant.”
Especially when it came to Lacey. In Carroll’s eyes, that woman was remarkably dangerous.
Despite years of Adelle’s relentless,
secret assassination attempts, she had managed to return to Litamark completely unscathed.
And she had single-handedly thrown the entirety of Black Gate into absolute chaos.
She had even secured the backing of Mr. Quinn, Xander, and Hull.
When she had made her move, they had all backed off, clearly giving her the stage out of respect.
In this brutal showdown between her and Derek, no one could accurately predict what her ultimate endgame was.
Dan’s expression hardened. “Keep a close eye on Lacey’s every move.”
He had to admit it.
The slow, agonizing torment Lacey was inflicting on Derek made him highly suspicious that she was after something much bigger.
She didn’t just want control of Black Gate.
If that was all she was after.
She wouldn’t have waited this long to make her move.
She had bided her time in Portis City for years. So what was the real motivation driving her?
Carroll nodded. “Understood.”
After a brief pause, he asked, “And what about Ms. Quinn? Do you have a plan regarding her?”
Carroll had had a front-row seat to the sheer agony tearing Dan apart over the past few days.
The memories suppressed by those fake-death drugs were resurfacing piece by agonizing piece.
With every new fragment, the torment only amplified.
When asked about his plans, a profound sorrow flashed through Dan’s eyes.
Silence stretched over the night.
Back at the Quinn Castle.
Ronald carried Stella out of the car. Half-asleep, she nuzzled into his chest, finding a comfortable spot,
and immediately drifted bahet
off.
He looked down at her softly parted lips, his heart melting completely.
The entire castle buzzed with a festive, joyous atmosphere tonight.
The butler stepped forward respectfully. “Congratulations on your marriage, Boss.”
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Seeing Stella sound asleep in his arms, the surrounding staff kept- their voices to a gentle whisperas. they offered their warm
ns.
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