“Gwen, what happened to you?”

‘When her colleagues saw her fall to the ground, they immediately went over to help her up.

The girl kept shaking her head and slapping herself. I-I feel like my vision is starting to get blurry.”

“Are you too tired? Go home and rest.”

“Maybe…”

At this moment, Jordan had long dozed off in the hotel room.

‘The next morning, Salvatore knocked a few times on the hotel room door before entering upon realizing that Jordan wasn’t answering.

“Mr. Jordan, Mr. Jordan, wake up, it’s time for us to set off and head back to DC,” Salvatore called out to Jordan a few times before he woke up slowly, only to feel like he was in darkness.

“What time is it?”

Jordan asked.

Salvatore said, “It’s already eight in the morning.”

Jordan said, “Open the curtains. Why is it so dark in here?”

Stunned, Salvatore’s brows wrinkled somewhat after hearing those words. He turned his head and looked at the window. He had just opened the curtains! At this moment, the sunlight had already shone in. It was bright enough even without the lights on.

Salvatore suddenly had a hunch that something was wrong. “Mr. Jordan… do you find the room… a little dark?”

Jordan said, “It’s not just dark, I can’t see anything at all. Are the hotel curtains the kind that are so thick that they block out all light? If it’s eight in the morning, there’s no reason for it to be so dark even if the curtains are closed. Is it still nighttime?”

was stunned. He swallowed some saliva and frantically scurried

Mr. Jordan, how about now?” Salvatore asked

on the lights, but

“Oh shit!”

that there was nothing wrong with the lighting but rather, it was his

“Mr. Jordan, don’t scare me. I’ve already turned on all

on the verge of tears but Jordan was extremely serious as he constantly recalled the events of the past 24

greater the crisis he was in, the

trembled as he asked, “Mr. Jordan, I’ve been by your side to protect you since the celebration started and I haven’t seen anyone do anything to you. When I

that’s triggered

trying to recall what happened last night. Although he had drunk a lot of wine, he had long gotten used to drinking

thing did not exist

to his strong and tenacious willpower that forced him to stay awake to a certain extent

eyes started hurting so I dozed off as soon as I returned. Before the celebration began, there wasn’t such an issue with my eyes. That means that someone made a move against me during the

Jordan’s analysis and said, “Tim and I have been on guard at the scene. No one has been in contact.

the same. He, too, believed that someone

to harm

couldn’t help but be frightened and horrified. Who exactly would dare to be

immediately thought of a

Russell, Cayden, Brad, Alex,

had a reason to do

exasperated and felt a rising sense of terror grow from inside him. If he didn’t find out who

camera footage of last night’s celebration, and thoroughly investigate every person who came to the celebration.

“Yes! But Mr. Jordan, the wine was prepared by this old dog Russell, could he have

it and said, “He has a motive but I have a strong feeling it isn’t him, though we should run a thorough check on him too. In addition to Russell, I want you to send someone to New York City to check on Cayden Huxley’s movements in the past

Howard, and Alex Howard!”

too many enemies, it was difficult for him to easily deduce who

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