Chapter 499
Chapter 499
Cedrick paused and narrowed his eyes. “So it was nned?”
“Yes. I’ve looked into Miss rk’s personal life. Amy Jacqueline was in the mall at the time, and Ivan
was in the office. Neither had the time to do it, and there were no suspicious transactions from their
ounts either. Those two couldn’t have been the culprit.”
“What about the surveince cameras?”
“The board was too big and could easily hide a few people underneath it, so I’m afraid that surveince
footage wouldn’t be of much help,” Alex said gingerly.
Completely losing his appetite, Cedrick gazed up at the reflection on the ss window. He had thought
that it was merely an ident and was thus surprised that someone was behind it. Had he been one
step slower or were not swift enough to shove Catelyn aside, perhaps both Catelyn and him would be
in the funeral home at this moment.
“Anything from Nine?”
Alex was stunned. “You suspect that the Ninth Master is behind this, Master Cedrick?”
“Isn’t this what he always does to pawns he no longer has use for?”
“Information of what happened hasn’t reached Sapphire City yet, and everything is still under
investigation. I’ll try my best to find the person who loosened the screws and have that person lead me
back to the real culprit who plotted this.”
Alex paused for a moment before he added carefully, “I don’t think the Ninth Master is behind this. If he
wanted Miss rk dead, he would have never freed her and the two young masters back in Sapphire
City.”
Cedrick’s expression darkened as he clenched his fists. “Whether it’s him or not, we’re not letting this
go. Check everyone in Sapphire City. It could be anyone.”
“Understood. I’ll investigate this matter dutifully.”
Once Alex left, Cedrick got up expressionlessly and strode towards the window, staring down at the
exotic buildings of Franche with a fierce look on his face.
He had plotted against many throughout his life and had been set up multiple times, but if someone
dared toy their hands on Catelyn and the twins, he would make them regret being born into this
world.
Meanwhile, in a certain private manor in Sapphire City.!
Early that morning, Maia received notification from the assassins she hired that the mission had failed.
Cedrick had saved Catelyn at thest minute, and it was Cedrick who ended up in the hospital.
Judging from the interaction between Catelyn and Cedrick, it seemed as though their rtionship had
improved instead.
“Trashbags, all of you! Do you remember what you promised me before? I paid you so much, yet you
fail to achieve the easiest mission there is!” Maia tightened her grip on the phone as she stood before
the curtains, screaming at the person on the other end of the call.
The person on the other end of the line said something, and Maia hung up in frustration.
All of a sudden, a steaming warm body pressed up against her from behind.
Richard, dressed in a robe, wrapped one arm around her and brushed his fingers past her hair gently.
The two had started seeing each other since Cedrick called off the wedding with Maia, and they grew
even more reckless than they had been before.
Maia was already agitated, so she shoved him off. “Get off. I’m not in the mood!”
Richard lost bnce and fell back against the bed. Instead of getting annoyed, he propped his head up
with one hand and admired the furious expression on Maia’s face.
To him, she looked beautiful even when her face was twisted with anger.
Maia became even more agitated and thought to herself, ‘Why is it that all the guys who like me are like
this?’
She went to the wine cab to pour herself multiple sses of wine and gulped them until her anger
was barely at bay.
Richard took in her beauty and reached for the nightstand drawer to pull out a pile of photos before
walking over to Maia.
The photos were taken when Cedrick took Catelyn and their twins to the mall. The family of four looked
intimate and sweet together in the photos. “You’re trying to provoke me, aren’t you?” Maia squinted at
him maliciously.
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