Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 654

When Linda received Adam's response, all her frustrations from the evening vanished.

She knew everything was going exactly according to the script she'd planned. She'd carefully crafted this opportunity to ensure it wouldn't raise any suspicions and allow her to meet Adam privately.

Her experience in acting and her understanding of psychology allowed her to predict Adam's reactions step by step, and the results were exactly like she'd envisioned.

First, he'd declined her request to support her and instructed Flynn to reject her demand for a ten-million-dollar compensation. He had said no twice in a row.

She knew that Adam couldn't reject her a third time for Alex's sake, especially after she'd hinted that she had her reasons.

Everything was proceeding smoothly just as she'd expected. Linda even felt like her misfortune had finally disappeared.

Now all she had to do was meet Adam in person tomorrow, and the next phase of her plan would be set in motion.

As she wheeled herself over to her opened suitcase, she retrieved a small green bottle. She smiled again as she gazed at it.

"Adam, we'll soon be together," she whispered softly. Her eyes gleamed with an unusual light.

What she didn't know was that Adam's expression was grave after he hung up the phone. He remained silent for a long time.

If it weren't for what Shannon and the two kids had mentioned earlier, he wouldn't have had this strange sense of alertness especially since Linda was his sister-in-law.

But now that he knew he'd recently been plagued by bad love luck and attracting malice, he couldn't afford to take anything lightly. Linda had indeed been behaving strangely.

After thinking it over, Adam stood up and retrieved the anti-malice talisman Shannon had given him. He carefully placed it in the inner pocket of the suit he'd be wearing the next day.

He hoped that he'd just been overthinking.

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