Chapter 470
The corridor was dimly lit. With the help of the shlight, they could vaguely see the tightly-shut doors
along the way.
Nico led Gwendolyn down the corridor while Karl, the butler, followed closely behind them.
The first door they opened showed a study.
They flipped the switch, and the lights in the room turned on.
Nico waved at the soldiers standing outside the metal door, gesturing for them to enter. Seeing this,
they jogged in and acted as if they were rummaging through the room to look for the missing crystal
earrings.
As they did that, Nico led Gwendolyn to another room.
Karl took in a deep breath anxiously and continued following after them.
The door was opened, and it showed a vacant bedroom. The room was decorated with rosewood
furniture, looking minimalistic but exquisite at the same time.
“This used to be Old Mr. Abraham’s room. Ever since he passed away, Mrs, Newton would always say
she’d see him in this room and couldn’t fall asleep. We left this room vacantter on, but Mr. Craig
would tell our housekeepers to clean it every day,” Karl exined.
Nico nodded in response. The two soldiers who were checking the previous room walked in and began
carefully searching the room.
As they exited the room, Nico locked his gaze on the door opposite them.
He could vaguely hear the sound of chains rattlinging from inside.
Nico turned back and nced at Gwendolyn, who was also looking at him,
The pair exchanged solemn gazes.
An ill premonition suddenly brewed in their hearts.
Nico walked over, about to turn the knob, when Karl suddenly stood before him to stop him from
opening the door.
C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org.
“That’s Mrs. Newton’s bedroom. She is already asleep around this time and will get upset if we wake
her up now. We must not enter this room!”
The stronger his reaction, the more it meant there was an unspeakable secret going on in the room.
“I’ve beening to the Newton residence since I was young. Mrs. Newton likes me very much. Im
sure she’ll understand since I lost my precious crystal earrings, Gwendolyn said.
Hearing that, Nico bypassed Karl and forcefully tried to open the door.
“No! You can’t go into this room. Mr. Craig will be furious if he finds out! You really can’t enter!”
Thetter leaned against the door to stop Nico, and his breath quickened by the second.
Perhaps it was because of themotion outside, but the rattling of the chains on the ground sounded
again.
The two men entered a silent stalemate thatsted for a few minutes.
Time was running out, and Nico apologized eventually, “Pardon me, Karl”
He pushed Karl away as he spoke, and thetter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished
searching the other room, and they quickly grabbed each of Karl’s arms to stop him from falling.
Nico stepped forward and had only just managed to grab the doorknob when a man’s angry roar was
heard.
“Stop!”
This voice…
Nico and Gwendolyn looked toward the metal door simultaneously and saw Craig rushing upstairs. He
was breathing heavily and looked absolutely furious.
The man had a few bodyguards behind him. With torches in their hands, they followed Craig
Gwendolyn frowned and clenched her fists. Craig was back, which meant it would be much more if they
wanted to find Jennifer and check on how she was doing
They had nned for this for days, but everything had gone down the drain just like that. Her
expression. turned solemn as she instructed quietly. “Ignore him and open the door”
Nico was about to open the door again when the sound of a gun being cocked rang out
Craig was standing around two meters away from them and holding a gun in his hands. His eves were
cold as he aimed the gun at Nico’s head. “How dare you bring soldiers and break into the Newton
residence. acting so arrogantly, Nico? Don’t think I wouldn’t dare to hurt you just because Cedrick has
your back. 11 put a bullet straight through your head if you dare open that door and disrupt my mother’s
sleep,” he threatened sinisterly.
Craig was superior to Nico, so thetter had no choice but to let go of the door knob.
Gwendolyn walked forward to block the gun and shielded Nico behind her. Then, ncing at Craig, she
exined, “Mr. Craig, my crystal earrings were stolen during the tea party. All the sociahtes who
attended have been searched. Nico is just doing his job, so there’s no need for you to use the gun, is
there””
Craig did not put down the gun even after listening to her exnation. An ominous aura emanated from
his body.
“I’ve already heard from the bodyguards when I came in earlier, Mrs Jemson. Since you suspect that
mV sister was the one who stole your earrings, you should go look for her instead of searching the
Newtoni residence.”
Without the slightest change in her expression, Gwendolyn replied, “But Jasmine wasn’t at home. I
don’t know where she’s gone. What if she didn’t want to take responsibility after stealing my earrings
and bad deliberately returned to the Newton residence to hide the earrings before going into hiding
herselt)
Craig glowered and lowered his eyes. “I will look into this myself and make sure Jasmine gives you an
exnation for what happened. If she did steal your earrings. I’m willing to give youpensation
that’s three times the price of the earrings and break her limbs for stealing. I’ll make sure to bring her to
you and have her exin herself”
Gwendolyn furrowed her brows when she heard that. “Craig-
Without waiting for her to finish, Craig interrupted, “It’ste already. Please lead your men and leave
the Newton residence. Mrs. Jenson”
His frigid demand for them to leave left her no room for refutation.
Nico nced at Gwendolyn worriedly, but thetter said nothing
The atmosphere in the corridor was tense
Craig was back, and as a family member of the Newton family and deputy director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, he was at a higher rank than Nico. This meant that his words meant everything
here Gwendolyn and Nico had no right to continue searching the ce.
“All right, then. I’ll leave since you don’t wee me here. Mr. Craig, Gwendolyn said with a smile.
Crang finally put down his gun and exined calmly, “It’s not that I don’t wee you. Mrs Jenson
Jennifer is sick, and Mother isn’t feeling well too. The Newton family doesn’t typically allow guests to
stay
Gwendolyn interjected upon hearing him bring up Jennifer himself. “You also said Jennifer was sick the
last time. It was just amon cold, so why isn’t she better yet! We’ve been dying her shoots for
quite some time now What happened to her?
The man politely responded. “The season is changing, and she has influenza. It’s quite serious and
contagious, which is why I didn’t allow any guests here, afraid that they’d be infected”
When he hushed speaking, he took a few steps backward and leaned against the wall, opening up a
path for her. Craig then reached out politely and gestured for her to leave.
Gwendolyn didn’t want to leave. However, she had no choice but to lead Nico out of the corridor
They had only taken a few steps when the sound of chains ratthing sounded from behind them. This
time. the chains rang with a rhythm
Gwendolyn instantly stopped in her tracks and looked toward Craig “Mr. Craig, did you hear something
Nico quickly chimed in, saying. “I heard it too, Gwendolyn. It sounded like chains. Why would there be
something like that on the top floor of the Newton residence? You can’t possibly be confining someone
in here, night
“Nico Jenson?” Craig’s eyes had darkened. He gritted his teeth and shouted. “This is the Newton
family’s business. You’re not allowed toment on this. Besides, that wasn’t the wound of chams.
The wundor the room aren’t closed, and the beaded curtains inside moved because of the wind”
Gwendolyn swept a nce at the door.
The sounds from beaded curtains and chains arepletely different. Who is he trying to fool? It took
us considerable effort to finally get in here. If I can’t check on Jennifer today, Craig will definitely put his
guard up in the future. I’m afraid things will be much more difficult if that happens.
Gwendolyn couldn’t ept having their n fail and return just like that.
She decided to go all out.