The Ex and Her Riches

A few minutes later, Nico, who had received Cedrick’s orders, hurriedly ran over and eagerly followed closely beside Cedrick.

“Cedrick, are you suspecting that Charles took advantage of Gwendolyn’s vulnerability and did something inappropriate to her? Or even hid her away?” Nico asked.

Cedrick did not answer and merely walked forward with a solemn expression. It was evident that he was indeed thinking the same.

Nico sighed and said sincerely, “Cedrick, Charles helped us before, and because of your support, he managed to gain control of the Newton family. He has been well-behaved all these years. Moreover, he has a girlfriend now. I don’t think he would do such a thing.”

His voice became softer as he spoke, and he even started doubting himself. However, Nico had known Charles for many years. They even challenged each other to a fight before and bantered like teasing friends. He did not want Charles to repeat the same extreme actions as the S404 RNA virus incident from the past. Nico did not want the latter to end up in prison again.

When he saw the complicated look in Nico’s eyes, Cedrick stopped in his tracks and stared coldly at him. “How well do you know him? How can you guarantee that?”

Nico ultimately lowered his head upon hearing that and did not respond.

“Back then, I thought he was willing to be Benny and Zendy’s godfather because he wants to let go of the past and his obsession with Gwendolyn completely to move on with his life. However, as soon as something happened to Gwendolyn, he would pursue her quickly, almost like a rabbit darting forward. He has the same level of urgency and impatience as me. Considering their ten years of childhood friendship, are you certain that he won’t resort to extreme actions if he finds Gwendolyn before I do?” Cedrick continued.

At that point, Nico found himself increasingly unable to argue and instead lowered his head in despondence.

Then, with a composed tone, Cedrick reprimanded him, “Call him right away. Do it in front of me. Hopefully, I’m overthinking things.”

“Yes,” Nico answered as he obediently took out his phone. He found Charles’ number in his contacts list and dialed it, putting the call on speaker in front of Cedrick and Swain.

At the same time, Swain quickly asked the technical department to enable location tracking. As soon as Charles answered the call, Federal Bureau of Investigation could monitor his whereabouts immediately.

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.

Cedrick sat nearby with a grim expression while Nico stood obediently.

No one spoke.

The phone rang for over a minute, then the call automatically disconnected without anyone answering.

Nico’s resolve wavered. He found himself unable to offer any more explanations to help Charles. It’s afternoon, and he’s not even answering the phone. Is he feeling guilty?

stiffened. He discreetly

low voice, “Send him a text and let him know that

“All right.”

keyboard, typing the message carefully, and

he called

time, Charles answered the phone almost

slightly anxious tone, “The Gwendolyn that we found is an

heard what Nico said. It was as if

he still did not

Charles and could not help but raise his voice,

However, he remained calm and did not ask anything after learning that the Gwendolyn they found was an imposter while the real Gwendolyn

something wrong

you’d better don’t resort to any extreme actions. You know Federal Bureau of Investigation’s influence in Chanaea very well, and the truth will be exposed sooner

head hanging low, knowing he had made a mistake. Nico’s broad shoulders slumped slightly, and he helplessly clenched his fists. “I’m sorry, Cedrick. I couldn’t control myself and threatened

Cedrick could respond, Swain spoke up first. “Boss, we’ve located him. The signal

is he?” Cedrick rose to his feet and walked over, looking at the red dot on

“He’s at a small village about ten kilometers from Quawak. No. Actually, he seems to be in

strange for someone to run off to a

long would it take to drive

take the highway by car. The mountain roads are too small, so if we were to hike

It’s too time-consuming.

around, put on his coat, and ordered, “Bring a team and have ten helicopters here within

wait that long. Flying there

It can be done. There’s a small plateau on that mountain.

“Okay.”

stood motionless by the

time. Nico eagerly volunteered for the

glare at Nico, taking slow steps as he approached the latter. In a stern tone, he declared, “You’d better pray that Charles won’t run. If your unnecessary talk just now alerted him and caused a delay in official matters, I will hold you professionally and personally

his back stiffened as

understood what

action from the bureau, and he might be suspended