The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 779

Cedrick was about to clear his mind and analyze the situation when Swain stopped the car in the laboratory’s open-air parking lot. The latter got out first, then went to open the rear passenger door for the former.

“Boss, we’ve arrived at the laboratory.”

Cedrick had no choice but to pull himself out of his thoughts. Taking his tablet and phone, he stepped out of the vehicle. “Return to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Joe has yet to be caught, so we must continue investigating this matter.”

“Understood.” Swain watched Cedrick walk away before driving off.

The laboratory was extremely quiet at night, and on the entire floor, Benedict’s ward was the only room with its lights on.

Not wanting the two children to wait too long, Cedrick quickened his pace.

Just as he approached the door, he saw it was slightly ajar. He was about to push it open when he heard Zendaya crying and Benedict comforting her patiently.

“Uwaahh! Benny, I miss Mommy so much. So very, very much!” Zendaya wailed in a tearful voice, weeping pitifully.

Surprisingly, Benedict did not make fun of her. Instead, he patiently wiped away her tears with a tissue. “Don’t cry. Your eyes are already red from crying. Daddy is bound to notice it when he arrives.”

“But… I can’t help it. I’m so worried about Mommy, yet I’m afraid of causing Daddy trouble,” she replied through sobs.

Benedict sighed. In his piping voice, he reasoned with her solemnly, “You need to be good. Make sure you sleep well at night and don’t misbehave. Let Daddy have peace of mind as he looks for Mommy. I trust his capabilities. He’ll surely find Mommy soon. Don’t cry anymore. Daddy will get upset if he sees you like this, and we can’t make him even more worried.”

Shortly after, the cries in the ward grew softer and less frequent.

However, a sense of guilt crashed over Cedrick like a raging wave. His fingertips on the door handle trembled uncontrollably, there was a stinging sensation in his nose, and he could not stop his eyes from swiftly reddening.

ones know Gwendolyn didn’t go to her parents’

the bitter pain. However, the

the point that he could

to get some air and splash cold water

his composure, Cedrick glanced at his watch to check the time, then looked at his reflection in the mirror. Apart from his exhaustion that had no way of being concealed, he had done a good

though nothing had happened, he realized that Benedict had put

from the bedside lamp, the redness around her eyes from all that crying was not that obvious. However, she was

put on a smile when he saw Cedrick walk in. “You’re early today, Daddy. It seems the Federal Bureau of Investigation will

over soon.” Cedrick sat on the edge of the bed with a smile and stroked the boy’s head lovingly. “Why did Zendy go to

no way she’d be unwell. She was just

the boy’s face as

Mr. Mallory away. He likes lecturing me. I found it

said gently with a helpless sigh, wanting to speak up

Cedrick’s arm and lay sideways with his head on the pillow. Fixing his clear eyes on Cedrick, he

Cedrick blocked the light from the bedside lamp with his body and watched over the former until he

from his and Zendaya’s pillows

merely my judgment based on how well I knew Gwendolyn. I have no

children and ate with them in the laboratory’s ward before

standing guard. The second time was in the middle of the night. She said

Cedrick was of his wife. When he finds out we didn’t call to inform him that she woke up in the middle of the

any expression. “Got it. Good job. You can change shifts

“Thank you, Mr. Jenson.”

saw the woman eating breakfast from the hospital’s small

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