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.

After turning off the light in the

to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch glimpses of the latter’s chiseled

has such fair skin. No wonder his

husky voice rang out. “Have you seen enough? Do you want me to blindfold you and use you as target

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

quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and

later, Cedrick had changed his outfit and began buttoning

car’s dim interior, one

best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like

journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front of the

officers

opened the door for Cedrick, taking

made a beeline for

the police chief of this area. It must be hard for you to work

too. How’s the roadblock coming along? How many vehicles have you had

many cars on the highway. In the past hour, only two cars have shown up. We’re currently verifying

Cedrick replied before another thought popped up. “Is the traffic surveillance footage

Jenson. The footage is complete. No one has tampered with

from a few hours back and check

“Understood.”

pushed the roadblock away

latter turned around to get into his car, but before closing the door, he

“Get in.”

umbrella and shook off the excess water.

and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in the middle

“Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is

and skimmed through the details. Hmm… Kyro’s right. There doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with these

bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson

Swain was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in

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