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Chapter 18 - Whispers in the DarkLate that night, the mansion was wrapped in deep silence. Elena sat at the small wooden desk in her room, listening through the baby monitor she had synchronized with the study's intercom.

Faint, hurried whispering filled the speaker.

"You said the paper trail was erased!" Vanessa’s panicked voice hissed into her phone. "If Julian finds out about the foundation funds before the wedding, I won't just lose him—I’ll end up in prison!"

A man's rough voice answered on the line. "Calm down, Vanessa. The nanny is just a nobody. Frame her. Make Julian think she's stealing from the estate."

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Elena smiled darkly in the dim light of her room. She saved the audio file directly to a cloud server. Vanessa was desperate, and a desperate enemy always makes fatal mistakes.

She looked over at Lily, sleeping peacefully in her small bed, finally safe from harm. "Don't worry, little one," Elena murmured. "Tomorrow, we take the next step."

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