Dumping The Ice King His Mini-Tyrant novel Chapter 323

Nadine stared at Harrison in confusion. “Sir, you were away on a business trip.”

Now it was Harrison’s turn to freeze.

A chill crept across his face. “Who told you I was on a business trip?”

Something about his question unsettled her. “Um… I just got a notice saying you’d be gone a few days for work.”

Harrison understood instantly.

Leo must have come up with that excuse for him.

During the seven days he’d been locked up, not a single person in the Vaughn family had realized he was missing. Everyone simply assumed he was away on business.

Harrison walked into his study.

He pulled up the security footage from the front gate. There, in the early hours of the morning, he saw Lacy helping him out of a car.

Nadine and the other staff hurried over to greet him, none of them noticing anything unusual about him.

He found Lacy and questioned him. Lacy explained that he had received a call from Harrison at 11:20 last night, asking him to pick him up from The Golden Lion Club, where Harrison had apparently been out drinking with friends.

Harrison had been so drunk he could barely stand. Lacy had been surprised but didn’t dare pry into his employer’s private affairs.

After Lacy left, Harrison reviewed his own work calendar.

It showed he’d been away at a resort for confidential business negotiations—a secret trip. Everyone thought he’d been at the resort for the whole week.

He reached for his phone.

When he’d woken up in his own room, his phone had been right there on the nightstand.

This was a flawless crime: outwitting not just the business world, but everyone in The Capital Circle.

All this time, Harrison had thought Leo was just the family’s stabilizing force.

He’d never realized that the prodigy who had shocked the world at fourteen had been quietly running the Vaughn family from the shadows all along.

Knock, knock.

The sound at the study door snapped Harrison from his thoughts.

Nadine’s voice called, “Sir, breakfast is ready.”

Harrison headed to shower. The bodyguards must have cleaned him up before bringing him home—even shaving his stubble.

He changed into a fresh set of clothes and noticed something odd: the suit he’d worn when Lacy picked him up last night was one from his own wardrobe.