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Nanny White nodded.

“If he was here, why did he leave before eight?”

Chloe was lost. “Nanny White, why is he doing this to me? I wasn't late, was I?”

The housekeeper’s face returned to its usual wooden mask. “Perhaps Miss Bishop should ask herself—where did you go before coming here?”

In an instant, Chloe understood everything.

Xavier knew she had gone to the Martin estate