Not A Small-Town Girl

rushed to a different place, leaving him powerless to resist. "No, I’m fine."

But as he spoke, his body began to sway, and the girl was quick to steady him. "Which room are you in? Let me take you back."

By this point, Joseph’s mind was a foggy mess, the woman’s voice a constant buzz in his ears.

He muttered the room number, and they both disappeared into the room. The girl never emerged again.

The second video revealed a small figure exiting the room. Danielle instantly recognized it-one of the hotel staff.

Moments later, another woman appeared, sneaking up to the door. She swiped a card and slipped inside.

Danielle didn’t need a second to figure out who she was. It was Sienna, Joseph’s girlfriend.

They thought they could destroy the footage and get away with it. Danielle wasn’t fooled. She knew their little tricks weren’t going to work on her.

It crossed her mind-was Sienna the one who drugged Joseph? It made sense. She had a clear motive to get close to him, but Danielle still couldn’t figure out if the hotel employee was part of the plan.

Danielle uploaded the girl’s photo to a website, watching as the details loaded one line at a time. Finally, the information appeared.

This was the heart of the Black Web. Type in a keyword and anything you wanted could be found. That’s why the Black Web was legendary-nothing was out of reach.

[Ruby Dixon, 24, daughter of the Dixon Group.

After her mother fell seriously ill, Ruby mysteriously disappeared, and no one’s heard from her since.]

[That same year, Robert brought home a woman- Ruby’s stepmother-and a girl her age, now known as Sienna. The stepmother was cruel to Ruby, often resorting to physical punishment.]

[Afterward, Ruby’s standing in the Dixon family fell apart. She was treated worse than a servant, which explained why the heiress of the Dixon Group was working as a hotel maid.]

[It was around this time that Ruby met Joseph. But not long after, Ruby vanished without a trace.]

Danielle stared at the screen, her mind racing. This was bigger than she had thought.

Woody rushed into Charrington Manor, his voice respectful but carrying a hint of urgency. "Mr. Logan Charrington, Mr. Geoffrey Charrington, and Mrs. Polly Charrington have brought Sebastian back."

Logan’s smile instantly vanished. It had been David, his eldest grandson, who’d arranged for Sebastian to be sent overseas. Now, Geoffrey and Polly were doing something behind his back-bringing him back without so much as a word.