The corridor was dimly lit. With the help of the flashlight, they could vaguely see the tightly-shut doors along the way.

Nico led Gwendolyn down the corridor while Karl, the butler, followed closely behind them.

The first door they opened showed a study.

They flipped the switch, and the lights in the room turned on.

Nico waved at the soldiers standing outside the metal door, gesturing for them to enter. Seeing this, they jogged in and acted as if they were rummaging through the room to look for the missing crystal earrings.

As they did that, Nico led Gwendolyn to another room.

Karl took in a deep breath anxiously and continued following after them.

The door was opened, and it showed a vacant bedroom. The room was decorated with rosewood furniture, looking minimalistic but exquisite at the same time.

“This used to be Old Mr. Abraham’s room. Ever since he passed away, Mrs, Newton would always say she’d see him in this room and couldn’t fall asleep. We left this room vacant later on, but Mr. Craig would tell our housekeepers to clean it every day,” Karl explained.

Nico nodded in response. The two soldiers who were checking the previous room walked in and began carefully searching the room.

As they exited the room, Nico locked his gaze on the door opposite them.

He could vaguely hear the sound of chains rattling coming from inside.

Nico turned back and glanced at Gwendolyn, who was also looking at him,

The pair exchanged solemn gazes.

An ill premonition suddenly brewed in their hearts.

Nico walked over, about to turn the knob, when Karl suddenly stood before him to stop him from opening the door.

She is already asleep around this time and will get upset if we wake her up

the more it meant there was an unspeakable secret going on in

Mrs. Newton likes me very much. Im sure she’ll understand since I lost my

Nico bypassed Karl and

Craig will be furious if

the door to stop Nico, and his breath

commotion outside, but the rattling of the chains on the

men entered a silent stalemate that

and Nico

as he spoke, and the latter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished searching the other

just managed to grab the doorknob when a man’s

“Stop!”

This voice…

simultaneously and saw Craig

bodyguards behind him. With

clenched her fists. Craig was back, which meant it would be much more if they

for this for days, but everything had gone down the drain just like that. Her expression. turned solemn as she

when

Newton residence. acting so arrogantly,

so the latter had no choice but to let

at Craig, she explained, “Mr. Craig, my crystal earrings were stolen during the tea party. All the sociahtes who attended have been searched. Nico is just

did not put down the gun even after listening

that mV sister was the one

Jasmine wasn’t at home. I don’t know where she’s gone. What if she didn’t want to take responsibility after stealing my earrings and bad deliberately returned to the Newton residence to hide the earrings before

and lowered his eyes. “I will look into this myself and make sure Jasmine gives you an explanation for what happened. If she did steal your earrings. I’m willing to give you compensation that’s three times

brows when

interrupted, “It’s late already. Please lead your men

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