Category: The Double Life Of My Billionaire Husband novel (Natalie Quinn and Sebastian Klein novel)

“This woman looks tiny and harmless on the outside, but she’s actually inexplicably tough.What she said is very true.I had better not mess with her!’ Garrett admitted defeat in his mind.

All his life, he had only met sexy and charming women.

They were all weaker than men and this always aroused his pity and love for them.

Laney was the first woman he had met that was charming but tough.She was also stronger than most men, including him.

And this bruised his ego greatly.He thought that it would be unwise to argue with her, so he put on a fake smile and dida welcome hand gesture.

“There’s nothing wrong with that.Please go on.” Then he walked to a treadmill and began to run.He had known from the very beginning that they were two worlds apart.

They were the only ones currently in the gym because it was still working hours.

As a result, they seemed too close to each other even though the gym was spacious.

Laney punched the punching bag a few more times before she began to practice her fighting skills.

Garrett watched her for a while with his mouth agape.

The sight of her fighting skillfully filled him with more fear.

His self-esteem was dwarfed in her presence.

After making several futile attempts to concentrate on his exercise, he decided to pack up and leave.

Laney sneered under her breath when she saw him pick up his fitness bag carefully and make his way for the door.She wasn’t surprised one bit.

Ever since she became a professional fighter, she had come across a lot of men like him.

Not only did they find it weird that a girl like her was a good fighter, but they were also intimidated by her.

They always wanted to stay away from her.

*Humph! Good riddance to bad rubbish!” Laney didn’t give a damn about insecure men like Garrett because she didn’t like them too.

Midway towards the door, Garrett stopped in his tracks and walked back slowly.He looked at Laney sideways and saw that her slightly pale face and long hair were soaked with sweat.

Raising his eyebrows, he said seriously, “Remember to take a shower after you are done here.The bathrooms are behind the gym.The one with hot water is on the left and the cold one is on the right.” Blinking her eyes in confusion, Laney asked, “And why are you telling me that?”.

When Garrett noticed that she was getting angry, he raised his hands and replied innocently, “It’s just a piece of harmless advice. You are supposed to work here as my secretary.If the other employees see you in my office in this sweaty state, they would think we just had sex. already have a terrible reputation, so it won’t get to me.But I doubt if you can take such embarrassment.”

Laney glared at him with a flushed face.She then uttered crossly, “Okay, you can leave now!”.

Now that Laney became Garrett’s secretary, she got to see Natalie often. Today, she invited Natalie out to dinner.

“Thank you for recommending me for this job,” Laney said as she handed the menu over to Natalie.

“This one’s going to be my treat!”

Although Natalie hadn’t really done much, Laney never liked owing favors to arryone.

Natalie waved her hand and smiled.

“It’s nothing, Miss Garcia. You’re the one who saved my life.I don’t even know how to thank you properly for that.”

“You don’t need to be so formal with me.We are friends now.Please just call me Lane.It’s what all my buddies back at the club call me.”

A wistful smile played on Laney’s lips.

Natalie leaned forward, curious as a cat.

“A club? What kind of club is it?”.

Laney stopped short.She had blurted out the words without thinking, “Well… You know, just a hobby club.” She cleared her throat and took a sip of water.

“But they’ve all relocated to the countryside.I plan on saving a lot so that I can invite them back to the city.” “How about you, where are you residing at the moment?”

“Down at Ester Street.”

“That’s quite a distance from work. How about I help you find a place near Larson Group?” Natalie offered.

“The closer you live, the more convenient it is in terms of commute.Actually, I live in a pretty good neighborhood, with lots of affordable apartments.Would you like me to make an inquiry for an available unit?”

The opportunity was too good to pass up, and it would certainly be easier for Laney to protect Natalie if they lived close to each other.

“That’s great! Please do, and thank you.”

Thrilled, Natalie wasted no time and immediately called up the real estate agent.

Soon enough, Sebastian was notified of her request.It was only a matter of course, since half of the properties in the neighborhood was owned by the Larson Group.

Eventually, the women found a single-bedroom apartment. It was cheaper than most units in the area, despite it being fully- furnished

Since Laney’s move, the two often traveled to and from work together.

On some weekends when they were both free, they would go shopping and have dinner.

“You’re such a kind and generous person, Natalie,” Laney remarked one day.

“You must have a lot of friends.” But Natalie shook her head in response.

“Not at all.I never really had friends even when I was a child.” Since primary school up to her university days, no one had dared to befriend her for fear of incurring Cassie’s wrath.

“Well, then,” Laney said emphatically.

“I’ll be your good friend from new on.”

No matter how they had come to know each other, it was clear that Natalie and Laney had the same wavelength and got along really well.

It came to Charis’ attention that another woman had been hanging around Natalie recently. It didn’t take long for her to look into the woman’s identity.

“Laney Garcia?” she read the report, frowning.

Charis sensed that Laney was not the typical office worker.

She might be petite, but she had quick reflexes and was rather nimble on her feet, and anyone with a sharp eye would recognize the faint traces of scars on her arms and shins.

This woman was obviously a fighter.

Charis was instantly suspicious of Laney’s sudden appearance in the company, and ordered her men to investigate her background.

Charis’s private investigator couldn’t find a lot of information about Laney whose identity was kept confidential.

However, there was a piece of information that shocked Charis.

It was that Laney was one of the top bodyguards in the country and she had protected many wealthy personalities in the past.

This indicated that she had several years of experience under her belt.

Another shocking detail was that Laney was also the same woman who had saved Natalie from the car accident.

Charis didn’t need anyone to tell her that Brandon was the one that hired her for Natalie’s utmost protection.

“Aargh! Brandon even got Laney into the Larson Group so that she could watch and protect Natalie closely.Since he is going all out to protect that bitch, it means she’s very dear to his heart.This is so annoying!” Charis became angrier and more jealous as she put two and two together.

Sebastian raised his eyebrows and eyed him as if he was looking at a fool.

“Of course, it’s because she will be your secretary.”

“My secretary? Oh my God! But there are many senior executives in this company. Why did you make this woman my secretary? It’s not fair at all!” Garrett threw Laney’s resume on the table in defiance. The frown on his face also deepened.

Sebastian retorted matter-of-factly, “You of all people should know that she’s not really a secretary. As Natalie’s bodyguard, this job is just to keep her undercover. Besides, you are the only one that knows her true identity in this company. Which other senior executive could she possibly work for while doing her real job? Answer me!”

Garrett was rendered speechless. But he still couldn’t accept the development. Just when he was about to refuse again, someone knocked on the door.

A second later, Laney pushed the door open and came in. She was wearing a white skirt and a light pink shirt, which made her look beautiful and harmless. With a stack of documents in her arms, she said solemnly, “Good day, Mr.Harding. I’m your new secretary. Please feel free to advise me and give me any tasks to do. I promise to do my best.”

Garrett was forced to swallow the words of refusal. Despite Laney’s harmless appearance, he couldn’t help but remember how she had smacked him down with one hand the first time they met. Garrett rubbed his back. He could still feel a dull pain in his shoulder.

“Ahem. I’m afraid I can’t do any of that.” He suddenly suffered a banging headache. Garrett was naturally a ladies’ man. He loved beautiful women and behaved like a gentleman in their midst.

Although Laney was beautiful, she was equally dangerous. He suspected she could easily break him into two, so he planned to stay away from her. She was a rose with thorns in his eyes.

Sensing the tension in the air, Sebastian stood up, picked up the documents on the table and left immediately “You guys talk,” he said as he walked out.

There was a helpless look on Garrett’s gentle, strikingly handsome face. it was only when Sebastian left that Garrett took his glasses off the bridge of his nose. He held his aching head and looked at Laney.

“Anyway, this was just part of the disguise. I have spared a room for you here, you can do as you please in there. There is also a gym at the company. Just don’t stir up any trouble for me.”

Laney nodded politely. She didn’t like Garrett in the least bit and thought he was just a superficial man who enjoyed judging people by their appearance. She said in a plain tone, “Don’t worry. I won’t disturb you.”

Garrett didn’t even want to look at her any longer or be bothered by her mere presence. He waved her out and said, “Alright, you can leave now.”

“Okay, Mr. Harding,” Laney replied in the same bland tone. She put down the documents in her hands and was just about to leave.

Before she closed the office door, she made a departing comment, “Mr. Harding, my name is Laney, Laney Garcia. If you find it so difficult to pronounce or remember, just call me Miss Garcia. If you keep calling me ‘woman’, I will mistakenly think that you are being disrespectful to me and I might lose my témper.”

Laney had always been a straightforward person. Perhaps it was because she had spent much of her time around men. She learned that when there was any conflict, the most effective way to deal with it was to put up a fight. With an unhappy scowl in his face, Garrett did his utmost not to snap at her. He said, “I see, Miss Garcia.”

On her first day at work, Laney spent half of the day in the gym. She didn’t have many hobbies but she was positively obsessed with exercising and fighting. There weren’t many people in the gym during work hours, so she ran a full ten miles on the treadmill.

After working in the office for the entire morning and having attended a two-hour meeting with the senior executives at midday, Garrett’s entire body felt sore all over.

He decide to hit the gym to ease the muscle tension. He changed into his gym attire and walked in. The first thing he saw was.

Laney punching a sandbag in the corner, her wrists wrapped in white gauze.

Although Laney had a feminine, petite build and looked like she couldn’t hurt a fly, when she hit the punching bag, it sank in from the brute force. Garrett could tell how strong Laney was from the sound he heard when her fists made contact with the punching bag. He thought that not even a tall, strong man could be sure to win a fight against her. He had practiced boxing techniques before, but he only did it to build up his body rather than with the intention of fighting

As he watched Laney practicing, he wondered who would be able to handle such a tough woman.

Nothing escaped Laney’s sharp eyes. In the reflection of the mirror, she saw Garrett enter the gym in his black sportswear and look her up at down repeatedly.

“Mr. Harding, do you want to fight me?”

The hostility in Laney’s eyes was obvious. She raised her fists slightly in his direction, as if to say she was welcoming his attack.

“I wouldn’t dare,” he said. Garrett raised his hand and took several steps back. His tone was much gentler and more polite than before.He had thought of what she had said to him earlier.

She was right. As a man, he ought not to be so petty.Now that Garrett was treating her in a much more respectful manner, she stopped staring at him. She took the towel that was hanging around her neck and wiped the beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. Her intention was to keep up her practice for another two hours.

“Miss Garcia, may I ask you something?” Garrett was surprised at how fit she was and was curious to discuss the topic with her.

“Why would you become a hit man? I mean, you are a woman, and…”

Laney waved her fists and continued punching.

The punching bag swayed in the air.

After a while, she held the punching bag and finally replied calmly, “I’m in this line of work to earn a living.”She then picked up a water bottle from the floor and uncapped it.

After taking a few sips, she looked at him with displeasure in her eyes.

“So what I am a woman? What does my gender have to do with my fighting capability as against that of a man? After all, you are a man, but I can easily kick your ass.”

These words filled Garrett with fear.He scratched his head uneasily, not knowing what to say.

Garrett frowned and added, “Those two wicked women murdered many people.If the police finds out about this, they will be sentenced to dozens of years in jail.Anyway, serves them right!”

Sebastian smiled without uttering a word.His instincts were right.

This evidence was enough to get rid of those two women forever.

It was as if a great weight had been raised off his shoulders. The day Natalie was to be discharged from the hospital was sunny and cloudless.

During her three-day stay in the hospital, she rested and recuperated well.

Sebastian was busy packing up her belongings when he noticed that she had been looking outside the ward for a long time.

“What are you looking at?” He zipped up the suitcase and grabbed its handle with one hand.

Afterward, he reached out to hold Natalie’s hand with the other.

“Ermm.I have been thinking of Laney.I just want to see her.She saved my life.I need to thank her properly before leaving. Didn’t you say she was admitted here too? Which ward is she in?”

Natalie craned her neck and looked at each side of the corridor.

Sebastian’s face softened a little.

He initially planned to help Laney leave the hospital as soon as she recovered, but he changed his mind on second thought.He reasoned that it was better to keep her close.

Not only was Laney a good bodyguard, but Natalie also seemed to like her.

He felt that both women would become friends, so Laney could keep on protecting Natalie in the future without arousing her suspicions.

That seemed like a better plan.

“Okay.Since you insist, I will take you there now.”

Sebastian held his wife’s waist and steered her towards a ward to the right.

On the way, Natalie suddenly stopped and looked very hesitant.

She pursed her lips and said cautiously, “Laney is a little aloof.I don’t know what to say to express my gratitude. What if she doesn’t want to see me? I’m not sure I want to do this anymore.”

Natalie was somewhat scared of Laney.She had sensed her aloofness from the very first time they spoke to each other at the sand bar.

When Sebastian saw the shy expression on his wife’s face, he couldn’t help feeling a little jealous.He held her hand, interlocking their fingers.

As he continued leading her, he uttered with a smile, “Don’t worry.She will be happy to see you.If she behaves otherwise, I will give her a piece of my mind. Trust me!”

Hardly had Natalie chuckled and attempted to speak when Sebastian pulled her into the ward.

They met Laney packing up her clothes into a bag.She looked up at them and asked quickly, “Hello, what can I do for you?”

Natalie saw that Laney’s face was slightly pale and she looked more fragile and beautiful. She suddenly had the urge to protect her.

After pursing her lips, she said, “Miss Garcia, please pardon me for not coming before now to express my gratitude to you for saving my life. I didn’t have the strength to get out of bed previously. I’m here to thank you and also invite you for lunch.” Laney readily accepted the invitation.

The three of them went to a restaurant near the hospital and had lunch.

The bright sun rays reflected on the glass windows of the restaurant. A few people were inside at that time. The tantalizing aroma of different foods, snacks, and drinks filled the air.

Natalie sat next to her husband, while Laney sat directly opposite her. Sebastian took the teapot and poured some tea for them.

The two women chatted happily.

“Miss Garcia, what do you do for a living? Which company do you work for?” Natalie asked inquisitively.

To buy some time, Laney took a sip of tea and stole a glance at Sebastian. They had both discussed what she would say to Natalie, but she didn’t want it to seem too prompt.

“Well, I used to be a secretary. But the company I worked for laid off a huge chunk of their staff and I got fired. Currently, I am job hunting,” Laney replied straightforwardly and then set down the teacup carefully.

Natalie had begun to feel sorry for her when something occurred to her and her eyes lit up.She remembered that the Larson

Group was currently recruiting secretaries for senior executives.

“Our company is currently recruiting new employees. Would you like to work there? I can recommend you. Give me your resume.”

Hearing these words, Laney glanced at Sebastian again. He didn’t seem uncomfortable with Natalie’s offer. He just sat straight at the table and did nothing. Laney was relieved to see this, so she sent a fake resume to Natalie via WeChat.

They had a good time during the meal. Now that they had gotten along well, Natalie’s impression of Laney changed. She didn’t think she was an aloof woman anymore.

Natalie saw that underneath Laney’s indifferent appearance, was a softhearted woman who had a free personality. She felt safe and comfortable with her.

Laney similarly realized that the woman who Sebastian and Garrett ordered her to protect had a very interesting personality.

However, she still couldn’t fathom why they hid the fact that she had been hired as a bodyguard. She thought, ‘I wonder why they are keeping her in the dark. It would have been more convenient if she knows my job. Anyway,it’s none of my business. I’m ready to do my job and keep my lips sealed as long as I get paid.”

‘lll make sure to put in a good word for you. Perhaps we could become colleagues.” Natalie’s eyes were filled with expectation. It was pretty obvious that she liked Laney very much.

“Well, thank you. I hope so too,” Laney commented bluntly.

It was up to Sebastian whether she could join the Larson Group or not. At this moment, Sebastian’s gaze became gentle as he stared at the expectant look on his wife’s face. He patted her head and declared, “Of course, you can.”

When Sebastian got to the Larson Group the next day, he gave Laney’s fake resume to Garrett.

Since his original plan was to get Laney into the company, Natalie’s suggestion was a welcomed development. He wanted Laney to protect her always.

“Why did you give me this woman’s resume?” A chill ran down Garrett’s spine when he saw Laney’s full name in block letters.

“Employ her immediately. That way, she will be able to protect Natalie at all times.” Sebastian’s tone was authoritative. He wasn’t making a suggestion. He was commanding Garrett to do it without fail.

Displeasure clouded Garrett’s face in a split second. He asked sadly, “Why do I have to be the one to employ her?”

Cassie was taken aback by her father’s outburst.She scrambled out of bed and stuttered, “I’m in—I’m currently in the hospital.Is… Is mom at the police station? Don’t worry, Dad.i’ll go and pick her up right away.”

In reality, Cassie’s concern wasn’t so much for her mother as it was for herself.She was worried Lauren would drag her into her confession.

Cassie had to stop her mother before that happened that won’t be necessary.

The police just called and said that Lauren is being detained and awaiting trial. They said that, given the severity of her crimes, she is likely to be sentenced to death.”

The news hit Cassie like a bolt out of the blue.She had received many blows today.Her head suddenly became woozy and she felt like fainting.

“Dad, please calm down.Even though my mother did something wrong, you shouldn’t abandon her.She’s your wife. You have to find a way to save her.”

Leaning against the headboard of the hospital bed, Cassie begged her father pitifully.IHer mother was her source of support.She would be lost in this world without Lauren by her side.

The happenings of the past few days had made her cry several times.

Since the Quinn family went bankrupt, she had suffered a lot.

She became the mistress of an old married man, and now, she had suffered a miscarriage , Cassie didn’t know who to blame for her suffering.

At this moment, George’s voice came again from the other end of the line. He sounded as if he had aged a lot within seconds.

“By the way, why are you in the hospital?” Sheer embarrassment made Cassie hesitate.

After biting her lower lip for a long time, she held her face with one hand and replied sadly, “I had a miscarriage. It was Luke’s baby but he didn’t want it.He asked his driver to hit me.He intentionally made me miscarry the baby!”

Cassie cried and shouted to vent her anger.

George instantly had a splitting headache.

This was the last thing he wanted to hear.He knew before that his daughter was Luke’s mistress.He began to suspect her when she suddenly brought a large sum of money and moved them into a new villa.

Cassie didn’t have a job, so it was suspicious that she managed to get the money and live an extravagant life.

His suspicion had been confirmed when he overheard her talking to Luke on the phone.

The Tumer family of Seacisco was well-known in the world.

George had also heard of it.It was then he confirmed that his daughter had a sugar daddy.

However, there was nothing he could do to put an end to the relationship.He couldn’t because Cassie refused to listen to him; also, the Quinn Group indeed needed funds.

All his efforts to dissuade her from continuing her relationship with Luke failed.

He was forced to stop pestering her afterward.

“You brought this upon yourself, Cassie. You have no self-respect! I advised you not to date that man. You and your mother were colluding to do something evil after she first got out of jail.Have you seen where disobedience has landed you? You should have listened to me! You aren’t a three-year-old child who needs to be pushed around.I want you to know that you and your mother are to blame for your current situation!”

George said without mincing words.

“Dad, why are you blaming Mom and me? We are not at fault.Everything is Natalie’s fault! If it weren’t for that bitch, my mother and I won’t be in this situation. We wouldn’t have gotten bankrupt if she hadn’t betrayed us.All her atrocities are what pushed me into dating Luke in the first place,”

Cassie retorted in a low voice.

The pain all over her body was rapidly draining her strength.

George was completely disappointed with Lauren now.He didn’t want to have anything to do with her.

More so, he wouldn’t be able to help her even if he wanted to. His hands were tied.

“You know that our family no longer has power like before. There’s nothing I can do to get your mother out of prison.”

Despite her father’s logical excuse, Cassie still didn’t want to give up.She suggested, “We used to have many loyal partners, didn’t we? Last time I checked.some of them were still on good terms with you. Please ask them for help.I’m sure they will come to your aid.”

“No, they won’t help me.I have been blacklisted by all of them since our fortune went down the drain.”

George’s annoyance towards Cassie didn’t affect the fatherly love he had for her.

After sighing deeply, he asked, Which hospital Are you in?

“Til pick you up.” He rushed down to the hospital and brought Cassie back home.

George’s heart ached when he saw his daughter in this sorry state.

After helping her to her bedroom, he said, “Let bygones, be bygones.We need to start afresh.Don’t covet whatever doesn’t belong to you from now on.I’ll find a pood husband for you.But if you don’t want to get married, it’s fine.I will continue to support you for as long as you don’t spend extravagantly.”

Cassie’s eyes were void of their usual spark.

As her father spoke, she just lay on the bed without saying a word.George couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

All of a sudden, the doorbell of the front door rang.He rushed downstairs to answer it.

To his surprise, a group of uniformed police officers stood outside.

“Hello, we are here for Cassie Quinn.She’s wanted for a murder case.She has to come with us to the station,” one of them said with a deep frown.

Two days ago, in the Larson Group.

“Sebastian, have you heard the latest news about the Turner family?” Garrett asked with a knowing smile.

Without waiting for a response, he added, “Some woman got pregnant for Luke.”

“Tsk tsk tsk.Women never learn! I wonder why anyone in her right mind would dare to get pregnant for Luke.Several years ago, one of his numerous mistresses took in.It was a big scandal.

In the end, the mistress died with the baby in her womb. Their death was just too sudden and mysterious.

Other ladies should have learned a good lesson from that occurrence.

But now, another reckless mistress is pregnant!’ he thought disappointedly.

Just like before, everyone in the circle knew about Luke’s new pregnant mistress. It was big news because no woman had dared to take in for him since that ugly incident.

Sebastian had heard it too.

“She’s just another bimbo,” Sebastian said calmly.

Scanning through the file on the table, he added seriously, “I need you to investigate something urgently.A car accident occurred a few days ago.According to the police was drunk and several men lost their lives.But I don’t believe that.Something smells fishy.I think someone orchestrated the accident to murder them.I want to know the whole story.”

“Okay, always a pleasure.”

Garrett sighed and got up from the sofa.

Now that Cassie was no longer Luke’s mistress, Sebastian felt that he could deal with her anyhow he wanted.He was ready to break her finally.

It took Garrett only a few hours to find out the ins and outs of the car accident.

It turned out that the men in the car were the perverts who had gang-raped Cassie.

Lauren and Cassie had bribed an automobile technician to tamper with the car’s brakes.

As a result, they had a car accident.

“Gosh! Why does this have to do with Cassie again?”

Catherine had spelt it out for her but this woman still wouldn’t heed her advice.She deserved what she was going through Catherine looked as cool and collected as ever.She glanced at a maid who was mopping the floor nearby and said, “See this guest out.”

Cassie left Catherine’s house with the check in hand.She had made up her mind to keep the child.Her first priority was to return home and provide her growing fetus with nourishment.

When she got home, she felt the place was lacking things for a baby so she happily made a trip to the mall A shop assistant in the baby product store saw that Cassie had been picking items for quite a long time.She smiled and asked, “Miss, do you need my help? Are you looking for products for a boy or a girl?”

The shop assistant looked Cassie up and down, thinking that she didn’t look like a mother.She asked, “Or are you picking something out for your friend’s child?”

With her arms crossed over her chest, Cassie didn’t look as humble and pitiful as she had been before Luke and Catherine earlier that morning.She gestured at the baby products on the shelf and said happily, “I want something for my own child.It’s a boy.Pack up all the baby products here.”

The shop assistant looked at Cassie’s belly which wasn’t showing yet.

How could she possibly know whether it was a boy or a girl this early in the pregnancy? But she had come across many customers who preferred boys to girls.

The shop assistant immediately packed the goods up for Cassie with a polite smile.

Cassie walked out of the shopping mall with her bags of baby products in tow.It wasn’t until that moment that she truly felt her pregnancy was true.

She could feel that everything had taken a turn for the better.

Cassie told herself that she could endure anything from then on.

After the child was born, she would meet out vengeance for all the humiliation she had suffered today.

There were a lot of people and cars in the business hub in Seacisco.

Suddenly, a black car without a license plate drove quickly towards the sidewalk from a distance, ran straight through a red light, and then knocked a woman who was crossing the road with several bags of baby products a few meters away.

Cassie was sent to the hospital by a kind-hearted passerby.

Although she was not seriously injured, she had suffered a miscarriage.

“How can my baby be gone?” she lamented.

She held her aching lower abdomen and screamed loudly into the bed.Her face had an expression of mixed ferocity and desperation.Her eyes were filled with madness after her hopes had been dashed.

Just moments prior to the collision, she was dreaming about the bright future life had in store for her.

The next moment, she had fallen into an endless abyss.

No one replied to Cassie.

They just thought she was venting her sadness and frustration, A nurse offered her some advice though.

“Miss, you just had a miscarriage. You’d better stay in bed to rest.”

Regardless of the nurse’s dissuasion, Cassie got out of bed in a hyped craze and looked for her phone in her bag to call the police.

After several inquiries, she found out that the road was in a blind spot of the surveillance cameras, and the car that hit her had no license.It would be very difficult to find the driver.

Cassie held her head and bawled her eyes out in the bed.

“It was probably just an accident, Miss.I’m so sorry. Take it easy. You will fall pregnant in future,” the nurse said in a sympathetic, comforting voice.

Being a nurse herself, she had seen a lot of women miscarry after a tragic accident.

“No.I won’t. It’s impossible now!” Cassie laughed bitterly and her anguish could be heard in her voice.Her eyes were bloodshot and she had lost her mind.

No matter how stupid she was, she could figure out that it was Luke who was behind it.He didn’t want her to give birth to his child.

Probably for fear that she wouldn’t go and have the abortion, he felt the need to take care of this himself.He acted like a gentleman all the time, but he was just pretending.He was actually cruel and vicious.

Cassie cried out bitterly, “Liar! He’s a monster! How could he do such a terrible thing?”

Finally, the extent of Luke’s cruelty dawned upon her.She became even more panicked.She didn’t have a single soul to rely on anymore, and she had lost her child.

With her last glimmer of hope, Cassie called Charis.She thought that Charis was a simple and unsophisticated woman, so she could still deceive her and pretend to be pitiful in front of her.She genuinely believed that Charis would help her.She would ask Charis to plead with Luke for mercy.

For the sake of his daughter, she believed that Luke would forgive her.

Charis was in a senior executives’ meeting when her phone rang.She glanced at the caller ID and hesitated.She was aware that Natalie had been saved; the news had been all over TV just a couple of days ago.She had also heard from her father that Lauren had practically disappeared from the face of the earth.

Charis presumed that this was Brandon’s doing.

After all, she was clear about the dual identities of Sebastian.

Moreover, she knew Brandon very well.

Since Brandon had intervened, she knew that Lauren would be count her blessing if she could come back alive.

Lauren and Cassie had tried several times to hurt Natalie, and they had failed each attempt.

The way that Charis saw it, Cassie was pretty much useless without her mother.

Charis was already risking a lot, not knowing if Lauren would end up betraying her.She couldn’t afford to associate herself with Cassie any further.

“Why don’t you take that call, Miss Turner?” the man sitting beside her suggested.

“Your phone has been ringing incessantly for a while now.”

Charis instantly ended the call and put Cassie’s contact information on her blacklist. She mustered a smile and replied, “It’s no one important.Let’s carry on, shall we?”

Charis didn’t want to have anything to do with the Quinn family anymore, especially since Lauren had already been exposed for her crimes.She couldn’t risk getting implicated in the other woman’s scandal.

Meanwhile, Cassie continued to call Charis, but the line was always busy.

Bewildered and scared, she curled up into herself.

Sweat was beading on her forehead, and the pain in her belly was worsening by the second.

Cassie and Charis used to be as close as best friends.She had really thought Charis was a simple, kindhearted woman, but now it seemed that the bitch had only been putting on an act.

Now that she was in trouble, Charis blackmailed her without hesitation.

“That bitch!”

Cassie almost threw her phone in a fit of anger, but she managed to rein in her emotions.She couldn’t help but feel like an utter fool to have been manipulated by the Turner family.

Like father, like daughter indeed.

Cassie was still stewing and struggling with her frustration when her phone began to buzz.It was George calling.

“What’s up, Dad?” Cassie snapped.

To her dismay, George returned her impatient tone with a furious one.

“Where the hell are you? Do you have any idea what your mother has done? Why is she suddenly confessing to the police that she paid to have someone killed? You two are so troublesome! You give me nothing but problems!”

It was the first time that Cassie had seen Luke in such a state.

Although he was fat and old, he was a gentleman and seldom yelled at her.She had always thought that he would maintain his impeccable gentlemanly behavior.She was momentarily stunned but she managed to return to her senses almost immediately.

Lauren had taught her to play meek and docile in front of men, so she changed her look to one of pity and grievance.She held the hem of her dress and said in a demure tone, “I didn’t mean for this to happen.It’s not one hundred percent safe, after all.”

How could Luke believe her words? He knew full well that she must have fallen pregnant on purpose because she wanted to have his child to tie them together.He couldn’t even stand the sight of her.

Another reason he had picked her to be his mistress was because he thought that she was stupid and wouldn’t cause any trouble for him.

However, that could not have been further from the truth. Catherine, Luke’s wife, sat there, sipping her tea as if nothing had happened.

As if she thought the tea was a little bitter, she popped a sweet little treat into her mouth.

Cassie became even more flustered when Luke still didn’t say a single word.She fell on her knees before him, grabbed his wrist and begged him, “Mr.Turner, please, for the sake of this unborn baby, have some mercy!”

Catherine found this whole thing so bland and boring.

After all, she had been through this on several occasions before.She put down the mini cake in her hand, wiped her fingers with a napkin, crossed her arms and asked with a smile, “Luke, the lady is pregnant with your child. What are you going to do?”

“I’ve warned you again and again that you can’t get pregnant, but you didn’t listen and you came here to make a scene in front of my wife?!” Luke said spitefully, throwing her a frigid look.

“I’ll give you some money as compensation.Go and have an abortion.Don’t come to me ever again.”

Cassie couldn’t believe her ears. How could he be so cruel to her? She moved closer, held his thigh and bawled her eyes out.

“Mr.Turner, how can you be so heartless? This is your flesh and blood.How can you kill your own chila?”

Tears filled her eyes to the brim and overflowed continuously.

What had now transpired was completely contrary to her expectations.

However, Luke turned a deaf ear to her words.He shook off her hands, looked at Catherine and said respectfully, “I’m sorry.I will handle this as soon as possible.”

Catherine replied calmly, “I have just bought this house and she still managed to find me here so easily. Where do you think she got the news from?”

Luke understood immediately.

They had been married for years now and they knew each other very well.

“I’ll deal with it after I get back,” he promised.

Catherine waved her hand and said with a smile.

“It’s okay. You can go and do your work.I’ll take care”

“Thank you.” Luke’s voice was utterly devoid of all emotion.

With his hands clasped behind his back, he glanced at Cassie who was still kneeling at his feet, with an unhappy expression.

He took out his checkbook from the inner pocket of his suit, signed one quickly and unceremoniously threw it in her face.

“Take this and get out of my life.Don’t let me see you again.”

“Mr.Turner! Mr.Turner! You can’t abandon me and our unborn baby!”

Cassie exclaimed, her eyes wide with panic and filled with tears.

She wanted to rush over to him again and beg him, but the bodyguards stationed in the house stopped her dead in her tracks.

Luke left without glancing back even once.

After he left, Catherine slowly got to her feet.She walked to the absent-minded Cassie, squatted down and patted her tear- stained cheek.

In a half mocking and half sympathetic tone, she said, “I’ve met many of Luke’s mistresses.A few of them were as stupid as you.” Cassie felt that her self-esteem had been trampled on mercilessly.

Although she had decided to give up her dignity when she chose to become Luke’s mistress, she had been spoiled by Lauren since she was a child.

In the Quinn family, no one dared to treat her in this fashion.

“What are you trying to say?” Cassie said through gritted teeth.

“Little girl, didn’t you investigate and do proper research before you plotted this pregnancy? The family behind me is as powerful as the Turner family, and I’m in charge of almost half of the Turner family’s business.Luke doesn’t even dare to raise his voice at me.Who do you think you are? You have no influential background or any remarkable ability. How dare you even think that you could try to replace me?”

Catherine said with a calm and content looking smile, as if she was still standing at the top of the world as victor after witnessing all kinds of ups and downs.

This kind of peace was underwritten by the most intense contempt.

Cassie became flustered when she heard Catherine’s tone, which was like she was talking to an ant.She immediately said, “Don’t forget that l’m pregnant with a child of Turner blood. The baby might be a boy.”

Catherine smiled and shook her head.

She looked at Cassie’s flat belly and said, “The baby in your belly is nothing. There are so many women can give birth to a child for Luke.Why would he choose a bimbo like you?”

After she finished laughing, she stood up and took a seat at the table in a graceful, elegant manner.

“Rule number one of being a mistress is to be obedient. If you continue to be so insensible, no man will want you. Take the money to abort the child as soon as possible, or you will make Luke even unhappier.Besides, you are still young and beautiful. When Luke is no longer interested in you, which I presume would be soon, you can still marry an honest man, settle down and have your own child. Then you can live a happy life for the rest of your days.Don’t waste your life for the temporary vanity at present.”

It was not until this moment that Cassie realized the expansive gap between her and Catherine.

Her heart sank to rock bottom.

Catherine was drinking tea elegantly.

Although there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her beauty hadn’t faded that much over the years.

Time had also gifted her with a charm that younger women just couldn’t pull off.

Not only was she rich, but also intelligent and sensible.

Now that she thought about it, judging from the tone Luke took with her, she believed he might actually be scared of Catherine.

Cassie lowered her head in humiliation.

Maybe it was better for her to retreat.

But Cassie’s eyes then lit up with fighting spirit again.She was still unwilling to let Luke abandon her.

Even if Luke gave her a sum of money, it didn’t offer as much security as having a rich husband.

— Subconsciously, Cassie covered her belly with her hand.

She still wanted to give birth to the baby.

The baby was her life-saving straw now.

When Luke saw the child, he might change his mind about abandoning her.

When Catherine saw Cassie’s reaction, she knew exactly what was going through her mind.She shook her head and sighed in her heart that Luke’s taste in women was getting increasingly worse with each mistress.

This woman was as dumb as a doorknob.

Brandon was one of the few people that Luke feared.

He didn’t want to get into his bad books.

At this moment, he reasoned that it wasn’t worthwhile to offend such an important person for the sake of Cassie.

He said lightly, “Anyway, I’ll continue to help you look for her. That’s the best I can do.”

Cassie wasn’t born yesterday, so she knew he didn’t want to go all out in helping her.She became more worried after hanging up the phone.

lf Brandon had really abducted her mother, he would soon learn that she was also involved in Natalie’s near-death experience.

All of a sudden, Cassie felt sick.

The feeling of nausea went up to her throat.She rushed to the bathroom and vomited.

What’s wrong with me? Why did I throw up all of a sudden? Was it something I ate?’ She was still trying to fathom why she was nauseous when something dawned on her.

Her monthly period had been delayed for more than two weeks.

Cassie rushed to the hospital and did a pregnancy test.

The test result showed that she had been pregnant for a month. It was undoubtedly Luke’s child.

Although Luke had ordered her to take contraceptives whenever they had sex, she didn’t obey him because Lauren told her not to.

Her mother had said that having a child for Luke would help her become the new Mrs.Turner.

Cassie’s joy knew no bounds at this moment.

Her hope to survive this precarious situation was instantly revived.

‘Wow! This is great news.

This baby came at the right time.

ll use my pregnancy to secure a more stable position in Luke’s life very soon! It’s a known fact that rich and powerful families always attach great importance to the eldest son.Luke only has a daughter now, so he would be glad to have a son.

Something tells me he will shower me with goodies and make me his wife after I tell him that I’m carrying his child.There is no way he will abandon me with this pregnancy, nor will he want me to get hurt.l won’t be in grave danger even if my mother tells Brandon that I had a hand in Natalie’s accident”

At the thought of this, Cassie smiled happily.

Getting married to Luke had been her greatest ambition ever since she started dating him.Now that she was pregnant with his child, she was confident that she was about to clinch the Mrs. Turner title.

Ever since the day Cassie found out that she was pregnant, she had begun to inquire about Mrs. Turner’s current address.

Luke and his wife, Catherine, didn’t live under the same roof.They had been separated for many years.

After a few unlucky tries, Cassie was finally able to get the address from Luke’s secretary.

On D-Day, she carefully applied some makeup and dressed up.She wore the most expensive cloth and jewelry that Luke had bought for her.She then stood in front of the mirror and stared at her reflection for a long time.

“Wow! I look like a queen.It’s time to begin the quest to take my rightful place.Catherine is an old hag.She will feet inferior when she sees me.In fact, I believe that she wouldn’t dare to stand up to me!”

With this thought in mind, Cassie became extremely excited.She took the pregnancy test result and walked out of the house with her head held high.

Catherine lived in a luxurious house located on the hillside of the sea.

The beautiful scenery was so unreal that it could be likened to a painting. It always took people’s breaths away.

And Cassie was no different.She was in awe for a while.

Like the contemptuous woman that she was, she continued to concoct more plans.

“Jeez! This is the dream house I have always longed for! But that old hag is currently living in it.I must coerce Luke to drive her away once we get married. This house is only befitting for a queen like me! Still holding her head up high, Cassie majestically walked into the house. The first person she saw inside was a middle-aged charming woman who was dressed in expensive

clothes.She was arranging flowers into a vase. The woman’s eyebrows were slightly lowered and her nose and bright eyes looked like Charis”.

‘This must be Catherine”

Cassie sized up the woman carefully.She could tell that Catherine used to be a beautiful woman during her youthful days, but she lost her beauty as she got older.

In her pair of high heels, Cassie walked over majestically and threw the pregnancy test result on the table.

She put one hand on her flat belly and said, “I’m pregnant with Luke’s child.He dotes on me very much. You both have been estranged from each other for years. How about you divorce him now? I don’t want my child to be born out of wedlock.Give Luke a divorce, so I can take my rightful place as the new Mrs.Turner.”

Catherine glanced at her without uttering a word.She just cut the last tulip and put it into the vase.

Despite the small wrinkles on her face, she still looked peaceful and comfortable.She had an aura of calmness that she had cultivated for many years.

It was as if the news didn’t get to her at all.

Catherine leaned back on the chair and turned to the servant.She then asked calmly, “Why did you let a stranger in?”

Cassie was surprised by the way Catherine remained unnerved.

She thought the middle-aged woman would be mad at her.

At this moment, Catherine had a mocking smile on her face as if she was staring at a joke.

Afterward, she put the vase on the tea table.

The exquisite design of the tea table was complemented by the fragrant tulips.

Nodding her head in satisfaction, Catherine said to the maid next to her leisurely, “Go and call Luke now.The three of us have to talk face to face.”

This statement took Cassie off guard.

“She wants to call Luke here? Why is she so confident that he will come? I thought they had separated for years.Is this woman just fibbing?” Several confusing thoughts filled Cassie’s head.

She felt that her plan was falling through at the very beginning.She hadn’t told Luke about the pregnancy because she had wanted it to be a surprise.

A cold sweat broke out on her forehead as she stared at the indifferent elderly woman in a daze.

“And you, bring a chair for this young lady.She’s pregnant, so she shouldn’t be standing for too long.”

Catherine had just picked up the teacup and taken a few sips of the tea when she asked another member of staff to bring a chair with soft cushion.

When the chair came, Cassie sat down while trembling in fear.Her heart thumped against her chest while waiting for Luke’s arrival.

“Bloody hell!” A voice boomed from outside about thirty minutes later.

Luke had arrived.His face and eyes were red with fury.

As he walked into the house, his big belly trembled.He was behaving as if he was going to war.

“Cassie! Didn’t I tell you to take contraceptives?” he bellowed.

The Pole Shadow organization was a group of people Sebastian had specially trained to protect him and his people from the Klein family.

The Larson Group did decent business, So shady dealings had to be done forcefully by another group of people under the cover of the darkness of the night.

After Natalie had gone over the bridge and into the river as a result of the collision, Lauren didn’t hear anything in the news reporting any survivors.She assumed that Natalie must have died.

When she returned to the mansion, she felt refreshed.She suddenly felt like she was back to the days of prosperity and good fortune for the Quinn family.She dressed herself up nicely and was in high spirits.She grabbed her bag and headed to the shopping mall.

Since the Quinn family had collapsed, she had never squandered money.

To her unwelcome surprise, the first thing she saw on the news on the big screen at the shopping mall was about the car accident on the bridge.

The news gave an update that the two drivers had died but the two women had survived and had been rescued and admitted to hospital for emergency treatment and medical observation.

Frown lines appeared on her face, even though she wore skilfully applied, delicate makeup.She was so disappointed and unhappy that she almost stamped her foot and cursed.

‘How could that bitch be so lucky?’ she lamented.

They had made such an effort to ensure the plan went off without a hitch, yet she somehow still managed to survive.

In any case, there was no point in becoming angry now.

After considering the entire situation for some time, the best she could do was comfort herself that there was no evidence left behind in the accident.

Even if the plan had failed, there would be no consequences for her.

She no longer had any desire to do some shopping and just wanted to take a taxi back home.

Just as she had walked up to the curb side to hail a taxi, a black minibus with tinted windows pulled up before her.

Before she could scream, her mouth and nose were covered and she was dragged into the minibus.

When Lauren opened her eyes again, she was scared out of her wits.She was tied up in a small dark room.

Above her on the ceiling, a fan constantly spun around slowly.

A few rays of dim light emanated from the dusty, old globe on the fan, highlighting the specs of dust hanging in the air.

In front of her was a mirror, which was a one-way mirror that was commonly found in an interrogation room.

She could only see herself in the mirror, but she knew that there must be someone behind the mirror watching her.

Lauren asked in a trembling voice, “Who… who are you? You want money, right? Give me a phone and ill ask my daughter to give you money right away.”

“Why did you bribe the truck driver to hit Natalie?” A loud and strange voice could be heard in the room.

Lauren was shocked and immediately denied it.

“What are you talking about? I don’t understand. had nothing to do with it.”

“It doesn’t matter even if you don’t admit it. We have plenty of time to interrogate you,” the voice said.

The moment the voice stopped speaking, a bucket of ice-cold water was poured directly over her entire body.Sebastian’s men had expansive of means for this sort of interrogation.

Lauren had been living a comfortable life of luxury for many years, so she couldn’t bear the slightest torture at all.

This kind of endless interrogation was the most torturous.She was alive, but all she could do was struggle in despair.

After a few days, Lauren finally admitted what she had done.

“I’ll tell you everything.Please let me go!”

She was covered in bruises.Her mouth was parched and her voice was meek.She knew that her confession would definitely be recorded in a video, but she really couldn’t tolerate the torture a moment longer.

“I did hire the driver to hit Natalie’s taxi…” Lauren told the truth, but she omitted the involvement of Cassie or Charis.

Lauren still wanted to keep Charis on her side to help Cassie.She didn’t know what these people would do to her later on.She had to leave something out to make sure Natalie suffered even when she died.

“Did you plan the car accident all by yourself?” Sebastian said from where he stood behind the one-way mirror.

It would have been impossible for Lauren to have executed this plan all on her own.

“Yes, it was me.I hate Natalie so much.She hurt my entire family,” Lauren said with a ferocious look on her face.

Sebastian didn’t question her any further.He just said simply, “Turn yourself in.”

Lauren suddenly raised her head and asked, “Turn myself in?”

A charge of a double murder was enough for her to be sentenced to death.

Sebastian sneered, “It’s up to you.The death penalty can give you a quick death. If you don’t go and turn yourself in, you will only die more miserably.lt’s easy for us to kidnap you again after all.”

Cassie didn’t notice that her mother was missing until the next day.She had been with Luke in a hotel the previous day.

When she got home and saw that Lauren was still not back, she instantly smelled something fishy.She then asked George uneasily, “Dad, where is my mom? It’s so late. Why isn’t she back home yet?”

George harbored inveterate hatred for Lauren now that he knew what she had done.Her whereabouts was no longer his business.

With his legs crossed, he glued his eyes to the TV and responded, “Am I your mother’s keeper? I don’t know where she is, and nor do I care!”

Cassie didn’t have the strength to argue with her father.She just slammed the door and left angrily.

Since she couldn’t get through to her mother or find her, she decided to file a missing person report at the police station But the efforts of the police were also futile.

When they checked the surveillance cameras along the way, they found that Lauren was last seen at the shopping mall.

But then she had suddenly vanished out of sight.

The cops blamed this on blind spots and the busy crowd in the shopping mall.

They indirectly told Cassie that there was nothing more they could do.

Since Cassie had exhausted all her options, she was forced to ask Luke for help.

“Mr.Turner, please help me this time.” She burst into tears and was out of breath.

Luke still fancied her for the time being, so he was prepared to do whatever she wanted.

“Hey, don’t cry.Don’t worry, your mother will be found.l’ll ask my men to look for her immediately.” Luke had the best private investigators on his payroll, so he thought this matter was a piece of cake.

Much to his surprise, his men found no trace of Lauren after combing the nooks and crannies of the city.

“Do you know if your mother offended someone? My men weren’t able to find any clue.Perhaps one of her enemies is behind her disappearance,” said Luke.

The Turner family was one of the most powerful families in Seacisca.

Only a few people could compete with them.

Hot tears welled up in Cassie’s eyes when she heard this report.

After a long silence, she remembered that Charis previously said that Natalie had the support of Brandon.

She snapped her fingers and said, “Yes, I suspect… I suspect Brandon Larson!”

‘I’m sure that man has a hand in this.

After all, Natalie had escaped death by the whiskers.

It seems he’s taking revenge for Natalie because of what happened!’ she pondered.

Sebastian buried his face in his palms and breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterward, he stood up from the chair he had sat on for a while.

As he was about to walk past Frank, he uttered.

“Thank you so much.I’ve asked someone to buy breakfast for you and your colleagues.An extra bowl of abalone soup was added to yours.”

Without saying anything, Frank hummed a song and rubbed his aching shoulders as he walked away.

Sebastian went straight to the ICU and opened the door.

Natalie was lying still on the bed.She had a blue breathing tube on her nose and an IV drip needle in her left hand.

A filled drip bag was hanging on a stand beside her bed.She looked very weak.Her eyes peeled open as soon as Sebastian walked into the ward.

When she saw him, she raised a finger and forced a smile.

“You are here.” Sebastian walked over and grabbed her right hand.

A thousand words were at the tip of his tongue, but he couldn’t get them out.

After kissing the back of her hand very hard, he choked and asked worriedly, “Do you feel pain?” Natalie shook her head slightly.

Although her face was pale and her smile was faint, her eyes were as bright and beautiful as always.

“How did we get rescued?”

Sebastian pulled up the quilt to cover her properly.

After. keeping silent for a few seconds, he finally replied, “You were saved by the government rescuers.” Natalie stared at him blankly for a while.

All of a sudden, she asked worriedly, “Where is the girl who was with me? How is she doing?”

“Well, she was also admitted to this hospital.She’s in a much better state than you.Don’t worry, okay?” Sebastian was utterly appalled by Natalie’s behavior.

Despite her weak state, she still cared about someone else.His heart ached slightly.

Oblivious to the change in her husband’s mood and the thoughts in his head, Natalie continued, “Okay, that’s good to. know.I must thank her later.I won’t be alive now if it weren’t for her.

She actually jumped into the river to save me.”

“You never cease to amaze me, Natalie. You always put others first.Don’t you know that your condition is serious?” Sebastian scolded seriously.

When he saw that Natalie had fallen silent and was staring at him expressionlessly, he added, “I’m sorry for speaking in that tone.But I don’t want you to think about anything now. You have to take a good rest first and get well.”

Natalie was fast asleep, Sebastian exited the ward and quietly closed the door behind him.

Garrett was leaning against the wall across the hallway, waiting.

The moment he saw Sebastian come out of the ICU.he straightened, smoothed his suit, and walked over.

“How is the investigation going?” Sebastian asked after casting his friend a short glance.

“Find whoever is behind this.Get me the names of everyone involved.” His gaze darkened with every word he spoke.

Sunlight filtered through the windows, casting long shadows as the two men strode down the corridor.

Garret pushed his glasses against the bridge of his nose and answered carefully.

“The drivers of both vehicles died in the accident. The police didn’t discover anything suspicious, either. They ruled it as just another unfortunate incident.”

Sebastian stopped walking and narrowed his eyes.

“They’re both dead?” He sneered at the scenery outside.

“How convenient.”

“Well, several rear-end accidents have happened on the same bridge in the last few months.Some drivers said that the lights on the bridge were not bright enough, so sometimes they just misjudged the road conditions.”

Sebastian tapped on the iron raiting of the corridor as his mind raced.

“It can’t possibly be this simple,” he muttered under his breath After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and assumed his usual aloof expression.

“I’ll look into this myself. There are many sides to the story you’re still unaware of.Take care of company matters while I handle this.”

Garrett frowned in bewilderment, but Sebastian was already walking into the elevator before he could ask anything.

In truth, Sebastian already had a suspect in mind.

After all, Lauren and Cassie didn’t care to hide their desire to have Natalie killed. He wouldn’t put it past them to hire someone to murder his wife.

Sebastian took the information Garrett had put together and used it to further investigate the driver of the truck.He paid a visit to the man’s neighborhood and asked around.

“Are you talking about the handicapped guy who drives a truck?”.

“Isn’t he supposed to be terminally ill? I heard that his doctor gave him just a few days more to live.Oh! And he has a son who’s currently on the run.A wanted criminal, you see.”

The neighbors weren’t reserved at all, and divulged a lot more than he had originally expected.

“Rumors say that the son went abroad to escape the authorities.”

“What? Where would he get the money for a plane ticket? No, how did he manage to slip past the local police in the first place?” “None of this makes sense.”

Clearly, something fishy was going on beneath the surface.

Following this, Sebastian shifted his focus to the son of the truck driver.

Sure enough, the man was wanted for various crimes.

More importantly, he had fled the country not too long ago with someone’s help.

After some more digging, Sebastian traced the criminal’s connections to Luke Turner.

The whole picture was finally taking shape. The mastermind must be Cassie.

Sebastian speculated that she had talked the truck driver into this murder-suicide mission.

In return, she had coaxed Luke into making arrangements for the driver’s son to escape overseas.

The man didn’t have long to live, anyway, so the accident was intentionally fatal so as to leave no witnesses.

And since there was no monetary bribe, the authorities were quick to rule out the possibility of homicide.

They dismissed the case as an ordinary traffic accident.

Sebastian had to give Cassie some credit—it was indeed a good plan.

Sebastian thought that he had hit the nail on the head when it came to the veracity of his suspicions.

However, the driver who had caused the accident was now dead, so he couldn’t testify against Lauren and Cassie difficulty finding any solid evidence of a deal between the two sides.

In any event, Luke was sharp witted and cunning.He would also be very careful with anything he tampered with to ensure no one would easily discover his involvement.

More importantly, Natalie had almost lost her life in this accident.

Sebastian really wasn’t in any mood to carefully and thoroughly search for evidence.

He just wanted to be with Natalie, and he already knew had been behind this anyway.

He didn’t want to waste any more time, so he decided to resort to the simplest, most crude but efficient method available to him.

He sent people from the Pole Shadow organization to deal with it.