Sumr thought for a mont and said, "He ntioned his na is Jayden Irving. A professional chess player?"
Damian Knight shook his head and then nodded, "Besides being a professional chess player, he also holds a position in the high ranks of the Crestfall court."
Sumr was slightly taken aback, "Then he indeed has the status not to greet ."
"But now he has beco your grand-apprentice," Damian Knight chuckled, "If you ever have a legal case, you don’t have to worry about lacking support."
Sumr raised an eyebrow, "Looks like I’ve gained a grand-apprentice with power and status. But when it cos to law, it’s not about support; I’ll rely on solid evidence to bring to justice the person who killed my mother."
Damian Knight nodded, looking at Sumr with a faint brightness in his eyes.
Damian Knight recalled Sumr’s sensation today and asked, "Do you need to ask everyone tonight to keep your identity as an international chess champion secret?"
"No need." Sumr looked out the car window, declining Damian Knight’s offer.
She was no longer the sa person who had just returned to Crestfall; now, even if Henry Stanton knew her true identity, it wouldn’t matter. The Stanton Family had already fallen apart, and it wasn’t possible for Henry Stanton to force her out even if he knew who she was.
She could still stay in the Stanton Family to continue investigating the truth.
Moreover, Rachel Ross had suffered such a huge setback; the last thing she wanted was for tonight’s events to be spread around.
Without needing her to do anything, Rachel Ross naturally wouldn’t let tonight’s events leak out.
But even if it did leak, it wouldn’t matter; starting today, she didn’t plan to hide any of her multiple identities anymore.
In the blink of an eye, it was already ti for Coralie Hughes’s banquet to begin.
As the car approached the Hughes Family residence, Sumr suddenly curled her lips into a smile and asked Damian Knight, "Do you know what taboos the Hughes Family has?"
Damian Knight had no intersection with Coralie Hughes, even if there were, he wouldn’t bother with these things.
But since Sumr brought it up, he shook his head and asked, "What taboo?"
Sumr’s eyes sparkled like a galaxy as she brightly smiled and said, "The color black."
"Huh?" Damian Knight asked, puzzled, "Why is black a taboo?"
Sumr laughed, "I also learned today from researching the Hughes Family history that Coralie Hughes’s father is a mber of The Ancient Clan, and they are very superstitious about black. Usually, her father stays abroad, but he returned to the country a couple of days ago. For today’s birthday banquet, he’s sure to attend, hence..."
Damian Knight glanced at the black tie he was wearing and asked, "So should I take off my tie?"
Sumr nodded, "They consider black to be a very ominous color, so it’s best to take it off."
Damian Knight nodded, "Good thing the outfit I helped choose for you isn’t black, otherwise it would have offended them. You go in first; I’ll handle a few things in the car before joining you. We’ve got so clues about the person who planted a bomb in the building; I need to exchange information with Ryder and the team."
"Alright. If you’re busy, don’t worry about coming. I’m already grateful that you arranged for the master makeup artist’s appointnt with Mr. Langley for ."
"No big deal." Damian Knight didn’t think much of it.
Sumr gazed into the distance, thinking to herself that by now, Clarissa Stanton should have already set out for the Hughes residence wearing that black evening gown.
She wondered what expression Coralie Hughes would have when she saw Clarissa Stanton wearing the outfit ant for her.
anwhile,
Clarissa Stanton finally finished her makeup and arrived at the entrance of Coralie Hughes’s residence by car.
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