Unmasking the Heiress

Walter's eyes narrowed, his face a mask of calm.

He had seen David's report coming a mile away.

"Any breakthroughs?" Walter prodded.

Years of working together had given David and Walter a kind of silent shorthand. With just a few cryptic words from Walter, David could almost read his mind.

"No leads yet. The guy running the show is tied up with the Bennison family through marriage. He's actually family, not someone we can sway with cash," David explained. The case would not be such a headache otherwise.

David knew Walter had poured his heart into that case, so he tried to lift his spirits. "Just because we're stuck now doesn't mean we're out of options. I'll keep digging for something to go on!" He could not believe that everyone was in the Bennison family's pocket. People always had a price or a weak spot!

"David, now it's my turn to drop some news on you.

"Celina's been hurt."

Walter's sigh was trapped in his throat.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

He was at a loss. The diamond mine case was safe only in David's hands.

However, Celina was different for David. He had already lost Evangeline. How could he stand by and watch his right-hand man lose his love too?

David's voice came through the receiver, laced with shock, "What are you talking about? Wasn't Celina at the spa? How did she get hurt? Is it bad?" His questions came fast and frantic, his voice shaking.

Walter thought of Celina, still unconscious in the hospital. "Evangeline and I found her out cold. She's still in the hospital."

"Out cold? How did that happen..."

David's heart raced with the urge to be by Celina's side in an instant, but the strange place he found himself in choked his words. The diamond mine case was a big deal, and

Walter had him shipped off the. He

with no warning, cutting off all his

usual ways to reach out. It had been ages since he had last heard

Celina's voice.

All of a sudden, she was hurt.

He was tied up with work that could not wait, so he had only one shot...

"Mr. Walter Gordon, could you please check on her for me?"

He felt awkward asking such a personal favor. Walter was the big boss, with a ton on his plate. How could David ask him to take time out for that? Nonetheless, he was at his wit's end.

His mind was a mess with worry for Celina. He needed to know she was alright to keep his head in the game there.

"Absolutely. Try to wrap things up if you can, and come back," said Walter.

Walter had been like a brother to David after all those years working together. He could not stand the thought of David fretting over Celina from so far away.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Walter

Gordon!" David was so touched that he was close to tears. He knew the stakes of his overseas assignment, and Walter's willingness to let Kim return because of Celina's accident meant the world to him.

"And one more thing," added David, a serious tone taking over. "I don't think Celina's injury is just bad luck. Could it be part of an internal purge?"

The term 'purge' sent a chill down his spine-it meant someone was out to settle scores within their own ranks.

However... had Celina ever done anything to betray the team?