Love On Ice: Don’t Leave Me, My Charming Liar

Chapter 79: The rest of the meal passed in a haze for Nyla. She heard little else, her thoughts clouded. On her way out, she decided to call for a cab, but Ethan caught up with her before she could leave. "Get in the car," he said, already seated in the back with the air of someone used to being obeyed. Nyla hesitated but ultimately got in. She barely had time to settle before Ethan's sharp, sarcastic tone cut through the silence.

"I didn't realize you were so talented, Nyla-managing to hook up with Murray, of all people." The words hit her like a slap, but Nyla forced herself to appear unaffected. Her heart clenched, but she kept her expression neutral, her tone light and biting. "I have to secure a backup plan, don't I? Or should I shamelessly cling to you after you get married?" Ethan let out a low chuckle, but his eyes were devoid of warmth. "Fair enough. In that case, you'll receive an invitation to the wedding." The next morning, Nyla woke up in her bed. She had no idea how she had made it back to her apartment.

Everything felt like a blur, her senses dulled. If she was numb, then why did her heart ache so much? Her mind swirled with fragments of the night before-forcing herself to endure Ethan's biting words, slapping him in a burst of anger, and then fleeing in a flustered daze. She remembered drinking herself to sleep with two bottles of wine, hoping to drown out the turmoil in her chest. Her phone buzzed insistently, pulling her from her hazy stupor. "Nyla!" Bonnie exclaimed. "Mmm?" Nyla groaned groggily, barely lifting her head from the pillow. "Still sleeping?" Bonnie's voice was sharp.

"The thing you asked me to look into? I'm almost done with it. Listen to this-the Higgins family used to be in the dye business. About eight years ago, they suddenly shifted focus, and after the company went public, it became the Higgins Group." Nyla rubbed her temples as her mind tried to catch up. Eight years ago? Her family's downfall happened around ten years ago. At the time, they'd been drowning in debt, constantly dodging creditors. If the Higgins family had disassociated themselves from the Green Group two years later, that couldn't be a coincidence.

Explore magic at gα ℓ ησ ν ℓs, com "A sudden shift?" Nyla murmured, sitting up. That was suspicious. Nyla dragged herself to the bathroom, splashing water on her face to wake up. "So, what triggered the change? That's the key." Bonnie's reply came quickly. "There wasn't an official reason. The decision came from the top executives. Your family had worked with the Higgins family on a batch of export dye." "Who oversaw that project?" "Callie's father, apparently. Oh, and about the Higgins family-I dug deeper. Turns out Callie has an older brother, Johnny Higgins.

But here's the strange part: even though he's in the country, hardly anyone knows about him." Bonnie had spent quite a bit of money hiring a hacker to investigate the Higgins family. She herself was surprised to discover that the family had an eldest son. Bonnie's words caught her off guard. . . .