The Ex and Her Riches

Zendaya was still in Charles’ car, and there was no confirmation of Gwendolyn’s situation yet. Cedrick was not going to say a word about it, nor was he going to let Zendaya head to the dangerous Orchidbay Tunnel.

In a calm voice, he said, “She’s fine. I’m going to pick her up. I don’t want her to get anxious from waiting, so I drove a little faster than usual. You should take Zendy to the lab to rendezvous with Nico and Benny first. Otherwise, the four squadrons of military vehicles behind you will be too eye-catching and will affect the other vehicles around us.”

Wisely, Charles did not press on the matter. “Understood.”

After the call ended, Cedrick soon noticed that no cars were after his from the rearview mirror. It was likely that Charles had gotten off at the nearest expressway to change his destination to the lab.

Stepping onto the accelerator, Cedrick sped his way to Orchidbay Tunnel.

Please be fine. Please…

His eyes were bloodshot as he repeated that again and again in an attempt to calm himself down.

Raindrops silently pattered on his car window, seemingly reflecting the angry roars he wished he could voice out loud.

The drizzle from the gloomy sky grew heavier and heavier.

In just eight minutes, Cedrick’s vehicle arrived at the scene in Orchidbay Tunnel.

Two trucks had turned over, so the traffic was congested. Traffic police had already set up a cordon so that the other vehicles could bypass the current lane to avoid worsening the accident site.

When Cedrick arrived, the entire tunnel was covered in dust.

The fire truck, the ambulance, and the traffic police were all there.

A moment later, Swain arrived with the police.

“Boss, I’ve already asked around for the details. There is a total of eleven victims in this accident. The two truck drivers passed away on the spot, and there were two other drivers who the medical staff were unable to save. Four have sustained severe injuries, and two have sustained light injuries. There’s a child too, but they’ve only sustained a little scratch because they had been protected well during the accident. There aren’t any signs of Mrs. Jenson.”

Cedrick dug his fingers deep into his palms and glared at Swain with bright red eyes. “Gwendolyn’s signal disappeared in this tunnel. This entire place has been sealed off, and yet, I neither see her nor the Jenson family’s car. Tell me, where can she possibly be?”

he was

no signs of Mrs. Jenson or her car means that she might not have gotten hurt. At the

deep breath and was silent for a long

no news was

nothing to

phone or track her GPS signal.

in his stomach at his wife’s disappearance. He could

leaving Swain to handle the accident site, Cedrick turned and went back into his car, planning to make

outside, and it’s only getting

and uttered, “I hope you’ll be equally calm when I make you lose contact

drastically, a wave of shame

you to look for Mrs. Jenson instead,” Swain muttered weakly

rolled his eyes at him. “Handle the situation here.

Investigation to handle the situation here. It’s just a massive traffic

the tailgated driver didn’t die as quickly. You’re

fatal injuries in a tailgating accident. Yet, the

realized what Cedrick was talking

“Got it, Boss.”

Swain returned to

sped off from Orchidbay

or not Gwendolyn was safe was

tunnel, it was

sound of the raindrops on the windows

Gwendolyn again and again, but only the gentle voice of a customer service officer answered him, reminding him that Gwendolyn’s

raining so heavily. Where can Gwenny possibly

but even half an hour

it seemed like the sun was going to set. At night, it would be far

window, Cedrick found himself getting

came. He

was Swain, not

soldiers just found signs of a

ended the call and slammed his foot against the accelerator, the screeching sounds of his tires echoing in