Chapter 196 Kiss Me, but Not Like the Last Time
It was somehow quiet as if there was only the sound of Jeanne''s heart beating.
She closed her eyes tightly and took the initiative to deepen the kiss.
There was no harm anyway.
After a long time, Jeanne and Edward let go of each other.
The room was still very quiet
Jeanne rested her hands on the headboard of the bed and maintained some distance from Fourth Master Swan even though they had stopped
kissing
She saw that Fourth Master Swan''s lips were stained with a sparkling luster.
Jeanne asked, "Fourth Master, can you return the phone to me now?"
"Yes," Fourth Master Swan replied.
It was just a simple word, but Jeanne picked up a hint of hoarseness in his voice.
It was as if he was enduring something
Jeanne stretched out her hand again and grabbed Fourth Master Swan''s hand. Then, she gently opened his slender fingers and took her phone
back.
At that moment, she felt as if she had aplished a great thing in her life and heaved a huge sigh of relief.
She left from the bedside.
Fourth Master Swan locked at her.
"Fourth Master, I''m leaving." It was as if Jeanne had no lingering feelings after achieving her wish.
Fourth Master Swan did not answer her.
Jeanne left directly.
When she left, she suddenly saw Nox and Teddy standing at the door.
She instantly looked a little irritated
"I didn''t see anything,” Nox hurriedly said.
Teddy also hurriedly said, "Me neither."
They gave themselves away by concealing the truth
Jeanne gritted her teeth and left immediately.
Nox and Teddy watched Jeanne leave before they walked into Edward''s room.
Edward was lying on the bed emotionlessly.
At least, Teddy could not see through him.
Of course, Nox could tell at a nce, but he did not expose Edward. He said with a serious expression, "We have news about Kingsley."
Edward''s expression obviously changed slightly.
Nox continued, "Kingsley''s background is very powerful, but we don''t know what exactly his background is. We only know that he''s very famous in the
high-ss socialite circles abroad. Many people know Kingsley, but no one can tell what he does. They only know that he’s very rich, and whenever
he appears, he’s very generous. The most famous thing was that at an auction. he spent a billion dors to buy a long-lost royal painting of
Harken. The most important thing was that he paid in cash!"
Edward''s eyes moved slightly.
At this moment, Nox could not help but exim, “F*ck, a billion dors in cash. Was there a truckload of notes? It sounds so f*cking pretentious!"
"Is there anything else?” Edward did not seem to be very interested in that.
“There''s nothing else.” Nox was
straightforward. "So far, that''s all I
can find out. As for the rtionship
between Kingsley and Jeanne... I
can''t find anyrtionship at all.
Among international celebrities, .
many people know Kingsley, but
nobody-knows Jeanne. Jeanne-had
neverbeen seen together with-
Kingsley. Didn''t she use to be the
marketing director of MUK? In fact,
she rarely appeared in public
abroad. It''s unknown whether it was
because she deliberately didn''t want
to be exposed. In any case, other
than the people from MUK, no one
from the business world or even
international celebrities know about
Jeanne. This was also why no one in
Harken knew that she was the
marketing director of MUK."
"Mm," Edward replied.
"Oh right, there''s another discovery." Nox suddenly thought of something. "Kingsley has a fixed femalepanion by his side. I heard that he has
many women. Every time he attends a celebrity banquet, he would bring a different femalepanion. All of them are beautiful and are top-notch—"
Nox was a little excited
He had never lost in picking up girls before. Now, he suddenly felt that he was inferior to Kingsley.
"Get to the point." Edward''s face darkened.
"The point is, no matter who Kingsley brings, there''ll always be another woman by his side."
"Who?" Edward asked.
“Lucy Harmon,” Nox answered.
Edward''s eyes narrowed.
"Yes, it''s Lucy Harmon, the
professional female assassin who
used to be very famous
internationallyNox said
straightforwardly, "I''ve looked in her
thoroughly, She was born in Harken>
At the age of 20, she became a.
professional assassin and enjoyed
an international reputation. She had
cattied out many missions-and
never failed. She suddenty_
disappeared when she was 28 years
old. Many people in the assassin
circle said that something happened
to her, where she failed a mission
and died. If I didn''t investigate
Kingsley this time, I wouldn''t know
that she''s still alive and is now 35
years old."
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"Continue to investigate," Edward instructed
“Okay.” Nox nodded. At this moment, he could not help but say, "Kingsley might really have a strong background. You should be mentally prepared.”
Edward raised his eyebrow.
"What I mean is that Kingsley and Jeanne are obviously very close. I even feel that he has protected her very well. I thought that it''d be very difficult
for you to sessfully snatch Jeanne away from Kingsley..." Nox felt Edward''s gaze and shrugged. "Forget I said anything. You should rest well.
Please take care of your body. Something bad can easily happen to a man who holds it in for too long!"
Edward had closed his eyes. It was as if he did not want to be disturbed anymore.
Nox was speechless. He left after that.
‘Well, who exactly is Kingsley!
‘He can''t be someone from that side, can he?!
‘If he is..."
Nox''s heart trembled.
‘Wouldn''t Fourth Master Swan''s rtionship be ruined halfway?!"
Jeanne returned to the Lawrences’ manor.
George was seriously helping her hack the internalworks of the twopanies
At this moment, he had sessfully hacked into one of them and was looking for their ounting data
Jeanne did not disturb George. She sat on the chair at the side and called Kingsley. "I''ve found the key person in my case.”
"Who?"
“Luna Walker, also known as Lta Walker. She''s the secretary-general of the Lawrence Enterprise''s secretarial office and has an affair with Adrian
Zimmer, the chief engineer of the construction department. She was the one who drew up the contract for the tender of the Lawrence Enterprise''s
lagistics warehouse. From what I saw, it was almost the same style as that of the dual contract. In other words, that dual contract was drawn up by
Luna. Therefore, we can now confirm that Luna is one of the participants in this case."
"Mm," Kingsley responded. He was more or less satisfied with Jeanne’s result today.
"
ow that we''ve confirmed that
Luna is involved, it''ll be easy to
investigate further. First, since she
was the one who made the contract,
she must have a draft of the
contract. Of course, from my
contact withh_una, I can tell that
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he''s quit@éxperienced, so it''s x
nlikelythat she left any evidence
behind) owever, Luna is only. a.
secretary, after all, so she cant
evaluate the legal effect ofthe
contract. Logically speakfng, Luna
would definitely find awyer to help
her check if there''s a problem with
this kind of contract, which would
obviously be used as evidence in
court. Hence, I feel that thewyer
that Luna found is a valid witness
that can prove that she was the one
who drew up the contract! I feel that
she won''t specifically ask the other
party to delete anything from the
draft of the contract. This will cause
other people to overthink, which will
only bring trouble instead."
"4''11 arrange for people to investigate." Kingsley said.
"Secondly, Adrian reported me while Luna drafted the contract. If it can be proven that the two of them have been secretly colluding, it''ll show that
they''re the ones behind this. In other words, Adrian is the one who''s involved, while I may be the victim or the coborator. Harken''sw is reverse
authentication. In other words, if something isn''t established, one can''t be sentenced. In this way, at least in four days, I won''t be sentenced
immediately. In other words, I can buy myself more time to investigate this case in depth.”
At the end of the day, nothing was wless. Justice would ultimately prevail.
Jeanne sneered.
This time, she wanted to catch the culprit behind the scenes’