Chapter 35


    Noah went straight into his study the moment he got home.


    Staring at the report on hisputer screen, Noah grew solemn and frustrated. With his finger tapping


    on the rosewood table, his eerie voice ensued. “Is this all you gathered from Imperia’s charitable


    association?”


    Wayne hung his head low as exasperation fleeted across his eyes. “Sir, the data on Imperia’s


    charitable association was wiped clean. We couldn’t retrieve much information. I suspect Ms. Grant


    adopted some sort of preventive measure.”


    He went on to drop another revtion. “Besides, the data was destroyed close to the time you called


    for the investigation. In other words, we have a mole among us.”


    Stopping the consistent tapping, Noah narrowed his eyes at the ss on the table. “Was there anyone


    else around when I told you to look into the matter?”


    Wayne gave it a thought before replying with hesitation, “We were walking by Colton’s bedroom…”


    However, Colton was only five. How could a five-year-old be in touch with Madeline?


    Not to mention, the pair did not know each other.


    Noah eliminated the possibility. His dark eyes spoke of obscurity. “She’s more than what I thought she


    was capable of. She even has eyes on me.


    “Leave no stones unturned. I want a detailed investigation of every person we ever came in contact


    with.


    “You can ship yourself to Alewell if youe back empty.”


    Wayne was feeling weak in the knees by the time he left the study in dejection.


    For the sake of his livelihood and not going to Alewell, he must find the mole!


    These people had the audacity to y dirty right under Mr. Quincy’s nose. Well, they would get what


    wasing for them.


    Noah barely got much sleep in thest few days. gued by a headache, he rubbed his temples and


    nned to turn off hisputer and get some sleep. It was then he noticed activity on the infrared


    surveince on the rooftop.


    Something glided past the monitoring screen, but it was enough to warrant attention.


    Noah was rmed.


    He immediately turned on the thermal sensor system installed in the residence and pinpointed the


    location on the rooftop. Meanwhile, arge disy screen rolled up against the wall in front of him.


    The huge screen disyed eight camera angles to give a clear view of the rooftop.


    Noah turned on the infrared sensors on hisputer and synced them with thermal sensors in an


    attempt to track the location of the abnormal activity.


    He was certain that they had an intruder.


    Noah had all his bases covered!


    Fixating on the looming anomaly, Noah quickly got a rough idea of the person’s whereabouts.


    “Wayne, intruder on the west wing of the roof!”


    It turned Noah’s frown upside down to see the intruder fall right into his wless trap.


    Noah could finally see the person who had been causing mischief in his territory!


    On the rooftop.


    Madeline searched long and hard, but she could not find a loophole through the mass ofser sensors.


    Out of options, she braced herself and nted aputing paradigm into theser beam spot.


    It should disrupt the system and create a breach in the web ofsers to pave a way for her.


    Nevertheless, it was not in her calctions that the Quincies’ security system had been upgraded to


    the maximum. Madeline was discovered the moment she reprogrammed the system.


    Moreover, theser sensors were equipped to attack thermal energy. The mere brush against the beam


    burned a hole through her leather jacket.


    Madeline would be a walking target if she forced her way through.


    Did Noah have a gold mine buried within the house?


    Must he install such a high-tech security system?


    Madeline cussed him out in her mind.


    She was a sitting duck, caught between a rock and a hard ce.


    Madeline became nervous as the footsteps of the security details grew close. She was seconds away


    from having her locationpromised.


    Was she about to get caught?


    No. She needed to figure a way out of this!


    Thinking on her feet, Madeline found a hiding ce in a blind spot from the infrared detection before


    throwing out her jacket.


    Theser beam pierced through the thick leather jacket, setting the garment on fire in midair.


    It did not take long before the jacket was reduced to nothing but ashes.


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    The me might not have been burning for long, but it was a clear sign to the oing bodyguards.


    “Here!”


    “Hurry!”


    With the bodyguards swooping in on the scene, Madeline noticed the sensors were shut down when


    the men in ck set foot on the rooftop.


    Here came her chance!


    She threw herself off the roof the moment theser sensors were shut off. With the help of a carabiner,


    Madeline leaped over several roofs and disappeared into the night.


    By the time the bodyguard got an idea of what was going on, all they saw was Madeline’s receding


    figure.


    Noah caught everything on surveince in the study.


    It was a shame that he did not get a look at the person’s face, albeit he could make an educated guess


    that it was a woman.


    It was a sneaky woman!


    While deep in thought, Noah’s mind was suddenly taken over by Madeline’s face.


    His profound eyes gathered ruthlessness.


    Was it her?


    Noah was unsure, but the thought of Madeline made him irritable.


    …


    Since Angie refused to travel abroad, Wayne left her be and pulled out the security personnel outside


    the ward.


    Lying in bed in despair, Angie stared nkly at the ceiling.


    She was done for. It was over. Noah wanted to break up with her. There was no way she could be


    the most esteemed woman in Imperia.


    The thought was nagging at her and sucking the life out of her like an endless ck hole.


    Despair did not even scratch the surface of describing her feelings now.


    The hatements and dirt on her online showed no signs of slowing down. She could sense that


    Noah was giving up on her for real this time!


    Lost in her fear, Angie was only pulled out of the depths of the abyss when Suzette turned up in full


    disguise.


    “Mom, Noah doesn’t want me anymore. Why doesn’t he want me? We were doing fine before!” The


    sight of Suzette was a lifeline to Angie. The girl bawled and let it all out.


    “What do you mean, Angie? Mr. Quincy doesn’t want you anymore? What on earth is going on?”


    Suzette came to Angie, bearing a glimmer of hope, but the news came as a bombshell. Her heart sank


    as her nerves got the better of her.


    Her worst nightmare hade true!


    “N-Noah said the wedding’s off. He doesn’t want me anymore. What should I do, Mom? Tell me! What


    should I do!”


    sping against Suzette, Angie whined irrationally.


    “Slow down, Angie. Tell me what happened between you and Mr. Quincy? Why doesn’t he want you?


    Did he find out that you threw Colton off a cliff?”