His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 1790

The lights outside the window were brightly lit, with half the lights in the entire building on. There were many people working overtime, desperately chasing the bag. Most of them had no idea that the vaccine they were developing was not a vaccine against the virus but a psychotropic drug for mind control.

As soon as the so-called vaccine was done, everyone would be injected with it. By then, they would all be this man's puppets.

"Boss, you don't have to pretend. There's no one around. How would my name be exposed if you didn't allow Mike to let Austin escape? This was all part of your plan. I’m nothing more than a pawn in your chess game."

She lowered her gaze to hide her emotions. Her voice was exceptionally calm.

She was aware that she was merely a piece of their larger strategy from the start.

That was right. Their plan!

The organization was more than just her and the boss. Being the boss did not mean that he was on top. She had been in the organization for so many years that she understood that there was a higher power behind him. She did not, however, get the chance to find out who it was.

She had given the organization her all, but now that this last experiment had failed, the organization seemed to want to let her go because she was in a rut.

After a few seconds of silence, the man chuckled. "How did you find out?"

He did not deny or admit it but instead asked a rhetorical question. However, this sentence showed that Rhea had guessed correctly. He did let Austin escape on purpose.