Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1147

At the Naylor residence.

Healy's phone kept ringing, but he blatantly ignored it.

He didn't need to look to know it was Gia Vance calling.

Earlier that day, he had personally called Gia's father to formally terminate the engagement.

When her father demanded an explanation, Healy just offered a cold, indifferent response: 'I lost interest.'

Of course, since he was the one breaking the contract, Healy had surrendered a significant chunk of profits in their joint business ventures as compensation.

Gia's father had no choice but to swallow the loss and accept it.

How the Vance family chose to break the news to Gia was entirely outside Healy's realm of concern.

The room stayed quiet for less than five seconds before the phone buzzed again.

Annoyed, Healy blocked Gia's number entirely.

The world instantly went peacefully quiet.

Two minutes later, his assistant called.

Healy answered.

"Boss, we can't find Lillian Laurent," his assistant reported.

Healy frowned. "What do you mean you can't find her?"

How could a living, breathing person just vanish into thin air?

"According to her neighbors, she ran off overseas with some guy she was seeing. Even her mother can't reach her. She probably realized the fallout was coming and made a run for it."

That explanation made sense.

Healy scoffed. "Lucky for her she ran fast."

"She better stay gone for the rest of her life."

Otherwise, he would eventually track her down and make her pay.

Right now, however, Healy's mind drifted back to something else entirely.

Back when he went to meet Bianca at The Half-Light Club, he had unexpectedly seen Noreen being drugged and dragged into a hotel room.

In that fleeting moment, a dark impulse had seized him.

When the perpetrators stepped out to find their buyer, he had slipped into the room.

Staring at Noreen completely unconscious on the bed, his throat went dry.

He had leaned over, his fingers hovering just inches from her flushed cheek. His usual nonchalant facade completely shattered, replaced by an intensely calculating, predatory darkness and a greedy obsession he hadn't even realized he harbored.

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