The Returning Ex

Elder Mr. Bailey nodded. “Of course we are being targeted. Nothing has happened to this place all these years, but problems suddenly started arising during this time. I knew that something was wrong when so many of them went missing at the same time previously.”

Initially, the old man wanted to pass everything to his son so that he could settle the upcoming issues, but he was still too slow.

Since the two of them couldn’t reach a conclusion from their discussion, Elder Mr. Bailey could only ask his son to continue holding on and act according to the situation in case anything happens again.

On the other hand, after John left the company in the evening, he received a phone call from Isabelle, telling him, “I’m at the cafe in front of you.”

Taken aback, John turned toward the cafe in front of him.

However, the sunlight was reflected by the cafe’s glass windows, so he couldn’t see who or what was inside the cafe.

After pondering on it for a moment, he started heading toward the cafe.

was sitting at the corner of the cafe instead of

John entered, she waved and

and sat in front of her before waving off the

the waiter nodded

before she asked, “Are

lie to her. “I am. It is actually ongoing right

chuckled. “It’s

the shadow bank was beaten half to death by your grandfather. He lodged a police report immediately after he was sent to the hospital. Now that the police are onto this, I can’t stop it

at all. “Oh, I see.” Then, she bursted into laughter. “It’s fine, John. I’m not here to interrogate you. I just want to

stared at Isabelle in

need for me to stay here to ward off trouble with them when they don’t even need me. Moreover, my

to leave as soon as possible. Now that the police are involved, this entire situation is out of my control and it might escalate anytime