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Chapter 124 - This Can't Be True!!

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Lia caught on quickly; she understood what Emma was trying to say without a word being spoken.

And before anyone could stop her, she stepped forward with her hands shaking, and her voice trembling.

"S-Sir…" she stammered as her eyes flicked toward Alistair. "I… I have something to say."

Alistair was still asking questions to Asher about the content Emma had forwarded to them. But when he heard that someone had finally decided to speak up, he turned his head toward them.

"What is it?" he asked sharply.

But before Lia could even open her mouth again, the other staff interjected.

One of them stepped forward fast, trying to cut her off, and shoved her back.

"What are you doing, Lia?" the maid hissed under her breath, gripping her arm. "You don't work here anymore! Why are you even back?"

Another chimed in, eyes darting nervously between the brothers and Mrs. Lancaster's shadow, who was still sitting on the couch far away in the living room.

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