Chapter 222
The elevator ascended gradually to the 38th floor..
Trevon and Hackett walked into the room where Daniel had stayed earlier.
Trevon stood at the door for a few seconds before entering. He turned around and gave Natalie a
contemtive look.
Natalie quickly looked away, her heart fluttering. She lowered her head and walked into her room.
Although she knew Trevon was staying at Grand Manor, she was surprised that he was staying in
Daniel’s room.
Sherri noticed the exchange of looks between Natalie and Trevon. She ced her arm around Natalie’s
shoulder. “Stop looking. Hackett said that Mr. Wilson had changed rooms. He was originally staying on
the 37th floor, but he asked Jim to change his room to the 38th floor”
Natalie now realized what had happened. Once Trevon knew that Joseph had epted him, he
changed rooms immediately.
She thought that Trevon was very adept at handling all sorts of situations.
Ava had something on her mind that night. She took a shower early and hid in her room to y on the
After sending Jasper back to his room, Joseph returned to his suite.
Ruby and Jasper were chasing each other in the living room. Natalie had just finished showering and
was drying her hair with a towel. She sat down beside Ava and looked at theputer. “What are you
doing?”
Ava’s eyes were fixed on theputer as she replied, “I want to y a game with Frank tonight, so I
sent him a message a while ago. However, he hasn’t replied.”
When Natalie heard that, she stopped wiping her hair and sat up straight. “Ava, the person you invited
for a game tonight is
the boss of Lithern Club,”
Hearing this, Ava was stunned. She turned to look at Natalie inquiringly. After a while, she said, “Why
didn’t anyone stop me when I added his WhatsApp number? Does he know that I’m the one who
hacked into hisputer?”
Natalie did not know either. If Frank knew Ava was the culprit behind the matter regarding Lithern Club,
most likely, he would not have given her his contact information
Since only Natalie. Ava, and Sherri knew about that matter, Natalie felt she had to ask Sherri if she had
told Hackett about it.
Natalie was sure she had never told Trevon about it.
Thinking about it, she shouted in the direction of the living room, “Sherri.”
Sherri walked in from the living room when she heard her name. She leaned against the door and
asked suspiciously. “What’s up?”
Natalie asked, “Did you tell Hackett about the incident involving Ava and Lithern Club?*
Sherri replied without hesitation, “Of course not. How can I say such a thing? Don’t worry. I can keep
secrets.”
Ava and Natalie were relieved to hear Sherri’s resolute reply.
Sniffing her body. Sherri then proceeded to take a shower. Natalie and Ava continued chatting with
each other.
“Why don’t you ask him if he installed theputer system at Lithern Club himself? You should be able
to gauge how much he knows from his response.”
Ava agreed that she should give it a shot and test Frank. Nodding her head, she immediately entered
the site on her.puter “Buddy, I heard from Trevon yourputer skills are very good. Did you
install theputer system at home yourself?
Frank did not reply to Ava’s message but swiftly sent out his response to this question “My friend
installed it.”
Ava nced at theputer. After confirming it multiple times, she was relieved. “Natalie, he said that
someone else installed it for him.”
Natalie turned to look at theputer. She did not think Frank would lie about this matter. Satisfied,
she stood up and continued to dry her hair. She reminded Ava, “Be careful. You can y a game or two
with him. Just don’t let anyone know about what you did to Lithern Club.”
Ava replied, “Okay.”
After about 20 minutester, the doorbell rang
Sherri had juste out of the bathroom. Her hair was still dripping wet, and she was wiping it dry with
a towel. “Natalie, open the door. My hair is too wet.”
“Oh, okay.” Natalie opened the door and saw Hackett standing outside. He was, wearing dark blue
pajamas. “Mr. ckwell?
Hackett turned to one side and squeezed through the door, smiling. “Mr Wilson is y chess with Mr.
Turner 1 lule scared to be alone, so I came over to chat with all of you”
Natalie scoffed at hisme excuse
By then, Hackett had already entered the house. However, he did not walk around. Instead, he waited
patiently in the living
Inside the room. Sherri was sull drying her hair behind closed doors. As the hairdryer was very loud,
she did not know that Hackett was in the living room. She only realized it was hum when she came out
of the room
She tied up her hair casually and asked in surprise. “Why are you here?”
Hackett vas ying with Ruby when he replied with a daughter.”
1. “I want to see you before I sleep. I also want to see my
Seeing how pitiful he looked. Sherri did not have the heart to chase him away
Natalie decided to leave Ava alone since thetter was busy She closed the door of her room and sat
in the living room. She cast a nce at Hackett and asked, “When are you two going to meet your
parents”
Both Hackett and Sherri had been together for a while and even had a child together Natalie thought it
was time for them to meet each other’s parents.
She was aft and that Richard would be unhappy if this matter dragged on too long
It was obvious that Sherri liked Hackett, and Hai kett would always amodate Sherri
Hackett was ying with Ruby and Jasper when he heard that He looked up at Sherri and smiled. “I’ll
do whatever Sherri wishes If she’s agreeable, I’ll go over tonight”
Hackett knew he would be able to run away from Edward. He could not care less now since Frank had
already cheated him of arge sum of money.
The ball was now on Sherri’s court Feeling a little nervous, she looked at Ruby before turning to
Hackett After some thought, she finally said, “Let’s wait a little longer. It’s my father’s birthday next
month”
Natalie did not say further. She could only advise them. It was up to both of them what they nned to
do.
However, oftentimes, things would not go ording to everyone’s wishes.
Natalie decided not to probe further since Sherri had her ns. She would be happy as long as Sherri
was happy.
Meanwhile, Joseph was ying chess with Trevon in his room
This time. Ethan was not with him Only Joseph and Travon were alone in the room.
One used his left hand to y chess, while the other used his right hand. There was an expensive
bottle of wine on the table.
Joseph poured himself a ss of wine and said indifferently. “Mr. Wilson, you should drink some water
instead”
Trevon smiled and did not pour himself any wine. He wanted to recover as soon as possible too. He
had spent so much effort and time getting so close to Natalie and found his injuries to be a big
nuisance
No one spoke. It was as if they were just having a game of chess. Time passed by the minute. It had
been more than two hours, but no victor emerged.
Trevon did not seem to be in a hurry. He poured himself another cup of hot water and drank it slowly
Joseph said. “Do you smoke? Trevon had been in the room for hours, and Joseph had yet to see him
smoke. He
remembered Pat telling him that Trevon was quite a heavy sinoker.
Trevon curled his lips into a faint smile. I quit smoking”
Joseph was surprised “Is it because of Jasper?”
Trevon exined. “It’s for Natalie’s sake. She stopped smoking, so I should stop too.”
Joseph did not know that Natalie smoked. Hearing this, his hand froze in mid-air, holding a ck chess
piece tightly. He stared inquiringly at Trevon, who was sitting opposite him.
When Natalie was pregnant in Sapphire Caty, she did not smoke. She also did not smoke after giving
birth.
Hence, Joseph had no idea at all that Natalie smoked.
Trevon noticed the change in Joseph’s expression. He was aware that Joseph did not know Natalie
smoked. He slowly retracted his gaze and looked down at the chessboard as if he was the winner
He spoke up, sounding helpless “She started smoking when her mother passed away. She used to
smoke before she got pregnant, although she wasn’t addicted to it. She would smoke a few cigarettes
whenever she was in a bad mood”
Joseph was stunned. He retracted his hand that was frozen in the air and put the chess piece back on
the table. He knew what
kind of feeling it was for a woman to take up smoking as a means to numb herself from her loneliness
and despair.
She found sce in smoking, using it as a coping mechanism to case her emotions, for she had no
one else to confide in or seckfort from.
Joseph was silent for a long whule. He had always been able to hide his feelings well. However, he
now looked guilty and heartbroken
Trevon wasforted to know that Joseph was feeling bad for Natalie. It was good to know that
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another person cared for her. She deserved to have both love and kinship. He assured Joseph, I won’t
let her smoke again. I’ll quit smoking with her.”
After a while Joseph finally spoke up. “I hope you’ll keep your word”
If his parents knew that Natalie used to smoke, they would be heartbroken.
Joseph knew that his father would me himself even more. All of a sudden, Joseph’s throat was dry,
and his chest felt tight.
Trevon made his earlier promise not just to Joseph. It was also to himself. He said, “I will keep my
promise. Beside, aren’t you always keeping watch on me
The corners of Joseph’sclips curled up. He poured Trevon another cup of water from the coffee pot. He
looked at Trevon intently As long as you are good enough for Natalie, I won’t waste any more
resources on you.”
Trevon shook his head, knowing full well what Joseph meant “If you have too much money and don’t
know how to spend them you can transfer them to my bank ount. I don’t mind showing off my love
to her in front of you. You seem to enjoy seeing us together”
Joseph ignored ham and went to the toilet. While ying chess, both men had gone to the toilet
countless times.
It was an evenly matched-game. Their skills were on par with each other Joseph looked at the clock. It
was already half past eleven “Til leave Athana in four days time I have a favor to ask of you.”
“Is this my honor, or should 1 sider myself unlucky?”
Ignoring him, Joseph continued. “Think what you like. It’s about Natalie”
Immediately Trevon replied. “Its my honor then“
Joseph stopped what he was doing. The gentleness on his face was soon reced by a serious
expression “It’s about my aunt, who is also Natalie à mother. I suspect that there is more to her death. I
don’t have as many connections in Athana as you do. I hope you can help look mito this matter”
Two years ago. Trevon ha also investigated the matter. When Natalie went overseas, he had put the
matter on hold. “Okay, Til take up this task
Trevon understood Joseph’s considerations. He also knew how Joseph felt when he entrusted the
matter to Trevon.
Joseph could do whatever he wanted in Sapphire Caty. He had so much power that he could also nt
spies around Trevon. However, it Joseph wanted to investigate something that happened decades ago,
he had to start looking for clues from scratch He would need to spend a lot of time and effort on it
Trevon knew at once that Joseph made the right decision. Immediately. Trevon knew what he had to
do. “Tll get my friends to continue investigating 1 looked into this two years ago but stopped after some
time”
Joseph was surprised to hear that Trevon had investigated the matter earlier. This meant that both of
them had the same thought Who’s the chef of this hotel?”
Trevon smiled and immediately replied. “Til look into this. Leave if you have to. I’ll deal with this.”
Joseph sneered Im sure you can’t wait for me to leave.”
Trevon retorted. “Don’t tell me you want to stay and break up a loving couple”
Joseph was rendered speechless.
He decided to avert the question and warned. “Don’t let Natalie know about this. If you find out any bad
news, don’t tell her too. It’s better that she thinks that my auntmitted suicide. Also, how’s the
investigation of the car ident going?” Trevons expression darkened and he said in a low voice, “I
won’t let her know We’re still investigating the car ident. There’s some progress in this”