She had this whole routine down pat. Back when she was hitched to Alexander, this was her daily grind, and now she was back at it.


    When she got back, Susan was already home.


    "Wondered where you disappeared to. Grocery run, huh?" Susan said to Quinn. She''d noticed the washing machine going earlier, so she knew Quinn was back.


    Quinn walked in with the groceries and scoped out the ce. Anna wasn''t in the living room. "You guys eaten yet?"


    "Yeah, we already ate. Just do your thing. You get everything done?" Susan asked.


    "Almost. Just gotta stash these groceries first," Quinn replied.


    "Cool."


    Quinn took the groceries to the kitchen and shoved them in the fridge. When she came back out, Susan was on the phone.


    Sounded like some drama at work. Quinn didn''t bother eavesdropping and headed straight upstairs.


    Sprout was still snoozing. She pulled out the book she brought and plopped down by the window to read. The foreignnguages she picked up were for everyday chit-chat, but sometimes she hit a word she didn''t get. So, she had to keep at it. That evening, she swung by Alexander''s ce again, but no luck this time. The nanny didn''te out to dump the trash.


    And Alexander wasn''t home either.


    Looked like he didn''t crash there much. Quinn staked out for days and never caught himing back.


    A weekter, she got a call from Kyle.


    Quinn rolled up to themunity entrance and spotted a white car. She bent down to peek inside but hadn''t seen anyone when Kyle popped out of the car.


    "Mrs. Kennedy, hop in," he said.


    Quinn blinked and looked up at him. "This your ride?"Belonging to N?velDrama.Org.


    "Nah, borrowed it from Cody. It''s his old beater he doesn''t use anymore, so he let me drive it. You want it? It''s yours," Kyle offered.


    "Nah, I''m good. Don''t really need a car right now," Quinn said, opening the door and sliding in.


    Kyle grabbed a file from the back and handed it to her. "Did some digging on Vitex Group. It''s a phonepany. Was doing alright a few years back, but their phones had some issues that never got fixed, so they got overshadowed by other brands. Their stock''s been tanking the past couple of years. Especiallyst month, when another brand dropped a killer phone, boosting their rep big time. Plus, with the head of the Lynch family kicking the bucket, Vitex Group''s stock nosedived, and there are whispers of bankruptcy."


    Quinn flipped through the docs. The legal rep for Vitex Group was Hugo Lynch. The info matched what Kyle had said.


    "If they''re going under, why would he want Sean to buy their stock?" Quinn asked.


    Kyle shrugged. "No clue. Maybe he''s nning a takeover?"


    "Apany like this wouldn''t be much use even if he did take it over, unless he''s got a way to turn it around," Quinn mused.


    "Yeah, and even if he takes it over, he''s still part of the Lynch family. It wouldn''t do him any personal favors..."


    Kyle trailed off, suddenly looking at Quinn like he had an epiphany.


    Quinn seemed to have pieced it together too.


    He nned to snag it not under his own name but through anotherpany. If thispany tanked under Hugo''s watch but got revived after being acquired by someone else, you could imagine the heat Hugo would face within the family. The best y would be to stir up some family drama within the Lynch n, creating chaos so Alexander could swoop in.


    So this nearly bankruptpany was his golden ticket.