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

rearview mirror from time to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch glimpses of the

has such fair skin. No wonder his wife

out. “Have you seen enough? Do you want me to

look for his wife, so why

his wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze,

minutes later, Cedrick had changed his

one could

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

after an

of police officers

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

exited the vehicle and made a beeline for

this area. It must be hard for you to work this late into the night,” Kyro

been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming along? How many vehicles have you

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

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

The footage is complete. No one has tampered with that or the

a few hours back and check for

“Understood.”

the roadblock

his car, but before closing the door, he stared at the police chief standing

“Get in.”

umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he

and headed toward the standalone

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

Kyro’s right. There doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with these drivers.

tense, Kyro, who was staring blankly at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain?

rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could

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