Chapter 789

Chapter 789

"You can go outside for now. We will talk later,” Anne said.

“Yes.” Ken walked out and closed the door behind him.

Before Anne could ask Ashlynn about who had captured her, Ashlynn ignored Anthony and blurted

out saying, “Ms. Vallois, we've all been fooled. The Corentin in the Lloyd Family at the moment is

fake. He's actually Salvatore!”

“Salvatore... who is that?” Anne asked in confusion.

With fear all over her face, Ashlynn explained, “He's my ex-husband and was arrested for a certain

crime. He was supposed to be sentenced to death five years ago, but...he’s shown up again, only

this time as Corentin of the Lloyd Family. Something must have happened. Why didn't Salvatore

die? How did he become Corentin? I think that he might have murdered the real Corentin and

replaced him!”

Shocked, Anne turned to look at Anthony and Anthony remained quiet with a dark expression.

It was no wonder that Ashlynn mentioned that she would never get married during her interview if

something like that had happened before.

“But we performed a paternity test on him before and everything checks out, which means he is

indeed a Lloyd. Maybe you're mistaken?” Anne asked.

“He told me this himself. My wedding photo with Salvatore is in his room so there has to be an

issue with the paternity test. Maybe he forged the results. Before marrying him, I didn't know what

kind of a person he was because he was nice to me and appeared to be normal. After getting

married, I realized what a monster he was. He murdered his own parents and killed mine as well in

the cruelest way possible. I couldn't change him, so I could only contact the police to arrest him.

Half a year later, he was sentenced to death and I even carried his ashes for a burial. I didn’t

expect...”

"What did Corentin do to you, then?” Anne asked. “I thought you called and told me that you

wanted to stay.”

“That wasn't me. Corentin found someone who had a similar voice as mine to call you. He locked

me in his mansion, away from all telecommunication devices. I couldn't escape and he forced me to

do things that I didn't want to...”

Anne came to a realization. “So, he didn't agree to work with us for my dad's sake, but for yours.”

“People like that do things for a reason,” Anthony said.

Anne had not imagined Corentin to be such a person as he seemed like a gentleman.

“Now that the business deal is sealed between the two companies, you need to be careful,”

Ashlynn said.

Just then, Anne's phone on the desk started to ring,

Anne walked over to have a look and said, “It's Corentin.”

Ashlynn held her breath nervously.

Anne noticed her reaction and turned to look at Anthony, silently asking for his opinion.

“Just listen to what he has to say,” Anthony said.

Anne answered the call. “Hello, Uncle.”

“Is Ashlynn with you?”

Wess

"Did she say something to you?”

“Did you do something to her, Uncle?”

“I suppose I've scared her. I'll go over once I'm done with work here. There should be enough time

for her to calm down.”

"How long?”

“Two days.”

"Sure. I'll wait for you.” Anne ended the call and said, “I can't tell if anything is wrong with him at all.”

Ashlynn panicked. “He's coming?”

"He said he has something to take care of and will be here in two days. Ashlynn, if you want to

resolve this, it's best to talk it out when everyone is here. I want to know just how sincere he is with

the deal between our companies. I wouldn't have signed the contract with him if it wasn't for my

dad.” Anne felt tricked if Corentin had not agreed to work with them because they were family.

“I understand...” Ashlynn nodded blankly.

Anne walked over to her. “Just go home and rest for a while, Ashlynn. I will contact you when my

uncle is here. Don't think too much. You will have to face this at some point. Face it with courage.

After all, if he wants to track you down, there's no point in hiding.”

"Alright. Ill go now.” Ashlynn bowed in Anthony's direction, before leaving the office. “Speaking

from experience?” Anthony questioned with a low, seductive voice.