Katie scrutinized the document, finding its contents increasingly incredulous. How could this be, how could this be…
Yet, nothing unfolded without a trace. This explained why Alexis had adopted such a stance. With this document, everything seemed to fall into place.
“What exactly do you want me to do?” Katie grappled with the possibilities, adjusting her tone cautiously. “What do you need from me?”
Henley spoke nonchalantly. “Simply cooperate with me at the wedding.”
With that, Henley stacked two reports together, setting them ablaze with the flick of a windproof lighter, extinguishing the remnants in a nearby trash can.
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As Henley departed, Katie finally sank onto the bed, a thin sheen of cold sweat clinging to her back. Doubt began to creep into her obsession. If what Henley revealed held truth, would she still love Mitchel the same? Did she love Mitchel, or merely the image and prestige associated with the Dixon family name?
Gazing at the dwindling embers in the trash can, Katie made a resolution. She messaged Henley. “I’ll cooperate with you, but I demand 20% of the Dixon Group shares.”
Clearly, the allure of a 20% share outweighed the prospect of becoming the wife of the CEO of the Dixon Group.
Soon after, a reply arrived. “Agreed.”
Katie clenched her phone tightly and dialed Davey’s number. “Davey, the funds have been transferred. I expect the Maxwell family to spare no expense in eliminating Raegan after the wedding.”
Davey chuckled coldly. “You hate that girl that much?”
“It’s not hatred. Her existence suffocates me,” Katie asserted.
Katie wrongly blamed Raegan for all her failure in well-designed schemes.
Katie felt she could have borne Mitchel’s child, securing her position as his legal wife. Once she held that title, she would have eradicated any threats to her status, regardless of Mitchel’s legitimacy to be the heir of the Dixon family. That way, she wouldn’t have allowed someone like Henley to exploit any vulnerabilities. But due to Raegan, all her plans had crumbled to dust.
Katie had been consumed by the obsession of marrying Mitchel for twenty years. Could she honestly claim she didn’t love Mitchel? Yet, her desire for power and control eclipsed all else.
There was a way to wield influence over Mitchel, rather than being controlled by him. Katie had administered that antidote to Mitchel, knowing it offered no true salvation. She wanted Mitchel to be a living ghost, forever tethered to her side.
Just as Henley had asserted, what Katie couldn’t possess, even if it meant ruining it, she wouldn’t relinquish to anyone else.
Hatred surged within Katie’s heart. “Davey, I want Raegan gone.”
Meanwhile in Aurora, Davey suddenly took a keen interest in Raegan, whom Katie harbored such intense animosity.
More intriguingly, Raegan was Casey’s daughter, a detail Davey vaguely recalled from old photographs, noting the striking resemblance between them. What sort of enchantment did Raegan wield to captivate Mitchel, the heir of the Dixon family?
Davey had his subordinates pull up a video of Raegan, casually glancing at it before his eyes widened. The vivacious girl in the video differed vastly from her photographs.
Raegan’s stunning countenance, radiant and youthful, outshone even that of her mother.
Beyond Raegan’s physical allure, there was a familiarity in her gaze, as if they were destined to meet in another life, stirring something deep within Davey’s soul. For a fleeting moment, his typically icy heart softened. But it was fleeting indeed.
The realization that Raegan was Casey’s child with another man reignited Davey’s disdain, fueling a desire to obliterate any reminders of her existence.