The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 769

As the rain continued to pour, the small fleet of technicals sped down the highway.

Cedrick gripped his phone nervously, still trying to get through to Gwendolyn’s phone.

Out of service… Argh! Why is the phone still out of service?

Swain showed Cedrick a screenshot of the GPS location, and the latter couldn’t stop staring at the red dot on the map, wishing he could see his wife soon.

“Boss…” Swain uttered while driving, only to stop when he caught of glimpse of Cedrick through the rearview mirror.

“Speak.”

“Throughout the first half of the night, Mrs. Jenson’s phone only went online in that one instance. Don’t you think that’s pretty fishy? I doubt we can find any clues when we reach Xanthon Highway…”

Cedrick pursed his lips in thought, and it wasn’t difficult to tell from his clenched jaw that he was suppressing his anxiety.

“Stop spouting nonsense. Contact Xanthon’s border patrol immediately. They can reach Xanthon Highway in a little over ten minutes, so have them seal off the entire road. No one, not even a bird, can leave the area.”

“Understood.”

Swain kept a hand on the steering wheel while skillfully tapping his Bluetooth headset with the other to contact the border patrol and relay Cedrick’s orders.

Frustratingly enough, the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

As the fleet of vehicles neared Xanthon Highway, Cedrick glanced at the darkness outside the window and discreetly smelled himself.

“Swain, is the cigarette smell on me obvious?”

Swain shook his head. “You’ve stumped me, Boss. I’m used to it since I’m also a smoker. But… I suppose there isn’t much difference from how you smelled in the day.”

Cedrick rolled his eyes. Ugh. Why did I even bother asking him?

The technical was large, and apart from the cache of weapons, there was also a stash of emergency supplies.

of military fatigues. After turning off the light in the car, he quickly changed into the new

glances at his boss in the rearview mirror from time to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch glimpses of the

fair skin. No wonder his wife loves him

enough? Do you want me to blindfold you and use

he could think of was to look for his wife, so

of his wits, Swain quickly sat

Cedrick had changed his outfit and began buttoning

dim interior, one could tell his eyes

clean and tidy. No matter how slim the chance is of finding her tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been apart for centuries… The kids are already

the rest of the journey, and after an hour,

addition, a team of police officers had also stationed

a black umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking extra care to keep the latter out

made a beeline

Mr. Jenson. I’m Kyro Jaeger, the police chief of this area. It must be hard for you to work this late into the night,” Kyro greeted

quick nod. “It’s been hard on you guys, too. How’s

in Xanthon is usually pretty quiet, so we don’t get many cars on the highway.

popped up. “Is the traffic surveillance footage in this area

is complete. No one has tampered with that or

few hours back and check for

“Understood.”

pushed the roadblock away to let

closing the door, he

“Get in.”

umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into the technical

the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance

immediately handed the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the

doesn’t seem to

at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson looks terrifying… I feel like he might shoot

moment, Swain was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could be

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