Chapter 494


    “We found out that the person of interest, Miss Jessica, arrived in Seafield the day before today.


    She has been staying in Hilton Hotel since then, and she was in her room for the entire time until


    yesterday afternoon, when she headed out to visit Paradigm Co. and Marina City for a while. After


    that, she went back to the hotel, and she hasn’t left since then.” The detective reported all of his


    findings.


    Sonia knitted her brows. “Are you saying that she stayed in the hotel for most of her trip?”


    “Yeah.” The detective nodded. Sonia lowered her gaze as her expression darkened. That’s not right.


    That doesn’t sound like Jessica at all. A nicer description of Jessica would be that she’s a lively and


    outgoing person, while a harsher way to describe her would be that she’s a busybody who can’t


    seem to sit still when she’s at home. Based on Sonia’s understanding of Jessica, Sonia was certain


    that Jessica wouldn’t be able to stay in the hotel for such a long time.


    Furthermore, the ces that Jessica had visited one day ago were Paradigm Co. and the area


    where the Reed Residence used to be located. It was impossible for Jessica to return to Seafield


    just so that she could visit these two spots. Sonia narrowed her eyes as she continued questioning


    the detective. “Can you see what she’s doing in her hotel room?”


    “I’m afraid not. Hilton Hotel has pretty strict rules about ensuring their customer’s privacy. If she


    doesn’t step out of her room, I won’t be able to tell what she’s doing,” the detective exined as he


    shook her head. Sonia wasn’t disappointed with his answer as she had expected this to be the


    case. She only asked the question to try her luck. Who knows; the detective might have some tricks


    up his sleeve, right? She didn’t feel dejected despite not being able to gather such information on


    Jessica.


    “You can’t tell what she’s doing in the room, but I’m sure you can find her check-in details, right?”


    Sonia asked


    again.


    “Yeah, of course,” the detective replied without any hesitation.


    “Great. In that case, I''d like to know if she’s staying alone or if she’s staying with another person,”


    Sonia uttered.


    “She’s alone. I checked her booking details—she booked the room for one person. Also, apart from


    the hotel staff, no one else has entered her room in the past few days,” the detective answered.


    Suspicion flickered in Sonia’s gaze. What’s going on? Didn’t Sandrae back with her? The


    detective continued speaking while Sonia was still puzzled over the situation. “By the way, Miss


    Reed, I also found out that Jessica got the hotel staff to help her purchase a flight ticket from the


    airport this morning.”


    “A flight ticket?” Sonia leaned her body forward. “Is she going to leave Seafield?”


    “Yes,” the detective replied. “I went to ask about it when the hotel staff returned


    from the airport. Jessica told the staff to buy a flight for today at 4.00PM, to the Republic of


    Mesania.”


    “Republic of Mesania...” Sonia muttered to herself before she raised her head. “I got it. Thank you


    so much. I’ll transfer you your fees in a while.”


    “Alright, Miss Reed.” Once the call was over, Sonia threw her phone on her office desk before


    leaning against her chair and looking down at the ground. What is Jessica doing all of this for ? She


    comes back out of nowhere and stays in the hotel for nearly three days, leaving her ce only


    once. Even then, she only strolled around Paradigm Co.’s area before going to the Reed


    Residence. She doesn’t have the keys, so she couldn’t have gone into the ce. At most, she


    walked around outside the area, and she headed back to the hotel after that. Today, she’s nning


    to leave Seafield. It may seem like Jessica returned to take a look because she misses home, but I


    know her too well, and I know that she’s not that sort of person. There’s definitely some other


    reason she’s back here. Yet, her actions don’t seem to tell me what brings her back, so I can’t figure


    out what’s going on. But regardless of her intentions, I know that I have to be on my toes.


    At that thought, Sonia picked her phone up to give Charles a reply. ‘Okay, I got it. Stop sending me


    updates about Toby. I''m not interested. That’s all; I''ll go back to work now.’


    Charles curled his lips into a smile when he saw Sonia’s text. ‘Okay, okay. I’ll stop it. Good luck with


    work!’ He sent his text over before keeping his phone away to look at all of the other guests at the


    social event. Charles pouted as he watched Toby and the other well-known figures chit-chatting in a


    casual and yful manner. As much as Charles hated Toby as a person, he had to admit that Toby


    was an extremely talented and outstanding person he could only dream of bing.


    Although Charles and Toby were from the same generation within the field, Toby was certainly at


    the tip of the pyramid if they were to disregard family backgrounds and makeparisons in terms


    of pure skills. Anyone who belonged to Toby’s generation grew up feeling frustrated and shocked by


    Toby’s outstanding skills and talent. Most of these individuals grew up in families whopared


    them to Toby, and anyone who tried topete against Toby would eventually be faced with total


    defeat.


    That was also one of the reasons most of these people, apart from Zane and Tim, were seldom


    friendly with Toby. However, they could keep their distance from Toby while acknowledging that


    Toby was a talented man—that was precisely what Charles was doing all along. When Charles


    found out about Sonia and Toby’s marriage six years ago, he had been sad over it, but it didn’t take


    long for him to ept the truth. He loved Sonia, but what he hoped for the most was her to be


    happy. Charles believed that Toby, who was better than him in all aspects, would be a better match


    for Sonia.


    Yet, it turned out that Toby was a bastard who hadpletely let Charles’s down. Furthermore,


    Toby was practically an idiot when it came to love—he couldn’t tell the difference between good and


    bad, and he ended up bullying Sonia for six whole years. Charles grew increasingly furious as he


    thought about the matter, and he couldn’t stop himself from sending Toby a fierce re.


    Toby immediately sensed something, and he frowned as he turned around to look at Charles. “What


    are you looking at?” Charles hissed before rolling his eyes at Toby.


    Toby squeezed his brows tighter together before he tore his re away from Charles. “Please go


    on,” he uttered to the foreign guests who were sitting with him. The other person naturally continued


    with their topic after hearing Toby’s instructions.


    The social event ended about an hourter. Toby had managed to n out a few coborative


    projects with a few different big shots from overseas, and they were all satisfied with the


    arrangements. They had drunk a few bottles of wine to celebrate this, and it waste at night by the


    time they were


    done drinking.


    Most of the foreign guests were staying in the same hotel, so the only people who had to leave the


    location were Toby, Charles, and their respective partners. Toby didn’t pay any attention to Lily as


    he parted his legs to stride toward the hotel’s exit. Charles walked with Daphne behind them, and


    he clicked his tongue when he saw what Toby was doing. “Toby sure is cold toward his female


    partner. If he doesn’t want Lily as his partner, why did he ask her in the first ce?”


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    “I have no idea,” Daphne replied as she shook her head. Lily could hear both of them talking behind


    her. She bit her lip in anger and shame before she clutched onto her expensive handbag and


    hastened her footsteps to go after Toby, her heels clicking on the floor. “Wait for me, President


    Fuller!”


    Toby walked on as if he couldn’t hear her at all. He only slowed down when he walked out of the


    revolving door at the exit. He pulled his phone out to get Tom to send his car over. When Lily caught


    up with him, she heaved a sigh of relief as she saw that he had stopped at the exit. She stopped a


    few feet behind him to fix her messy hair because she wanted to look her best when she was


    talking to him. She had to get him to change his mind about canceling the partnership.


    However, the revolving door behind Lily spun suddenly, and the door hit her back as she had been


    standing too close to it. She felt her body being pushed forward without any control, and fear spread


    across her face as she realized she was about to fall. However, at the very next moment, she


    realized that Toby was standing just in front of her. The fear disappeared from her expression and


    was reced with excitement and desire.