Chapter 24 - GABRIEL'S SECRET
Later that night, inside the medical laboratory at Thorne Headquarters, technicians confirmed the champagne contained a lethal dose of ricin.
Gabriel sat in the briefing room with Willow, his knuckles white as he stared at the floor in silent fury.
"Gabriel, you saved my life tonight," Willow said softly, placing her warm hand over his tight knuckles.
"I almost failed you, Willow," Gabriel replied, his voice thick with unexpressed emotion as he looked up at her.
"There's something I need to tell you about my past," he confessed, taking a deep breath.
"My real name isn't Gabriel Hayes... my father was Jonathan Vance, Julian's uncle who died under mysterious circumstances ten years ago."
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Willow stared at him in utter shock, her mind racing to process the revelation.
"I took this job with your father five years ago to uncover how Eleanor Vance stole my family's inheritance," Gabriel explained tearfully. "But protecting you became the only thing that mattered to me."
