The Ex and Her Riches
Chapter 503

Chapter 503

Cedrick’s gaze darkened, staying silent as he patiently waited for Team Seven to finish their search andreport back to him.

“Mr. Jenson, we didn’t replace anything worth mentioning in Mr. Craig’s room.”

“Nothing in the attic too, Mr. Jenson.”

“Mr. Jenson…”

Cedrick quietly listened to all the team members report their replaceings. His gaze discreetly darted towardthe housekeepers, bodyguards, and the butler gathered in the garden.

Karl’s expression was the calmest when he listened to the reports by Team Seven, as though it waswithin his expectation.

Cedrick narrowed his cold gaze and ordered tentatively, “Search the backyard and garden again. Don’tmiss out even on the smallest detail.”

Karl inconspicuously lowered his head and clenched his fists. Thinking about the backyard, heinstinctively tightened his balls of fists.

Cedrick keenly caught Karl’s out-of-the-ordinary reaction. Saying nothing, the former merely led Nicoand Neville to conduct another search of the garden and backyard.

Karl was composed when the team searched the garden.

Cedrick immediately headed toward the backyard and ordered, “Everyone thoroughly search thebackyard!”

Karl’s fists tightened at Cedrick’s order, and he silently followed the latter to the backyard.

Nico discovered some pieces of shattered glass underneath a flower pot in the backyard.

Putting on rubber gloves, he picked up the glass bits and brought them to Cedrick.

“Check this out, Cedrick.”

Before long, others started replaceing glass pieces at a few more inconspicuous thickets.

Karl, who stood quietly by the wall, swallowed the knot in his throat nervously as he recalled orderingthe bodyguards to smash the glass tubes swiftly. He didn’t notice where the glass pieces fell and forgotto bury them from sight, for he was in a hurry.

Cedrick gathered all the glass bits and felt the similarity in their texture.

Plus, none of the glass had dust or soil stain, proving they were broken recently.

Lifting his cold gaze to Karl, he interrogated, “Why are there so many glass bits in the backyard? Didsomething happen at the Newton residence two days ago?”

Karl’s lips curved into a smile as he replied respectfully, “Two days ago, a housekeeper broke a glass. Iwas shocked to see the remnants here instead of the trash bin. She was probably lazy and dumpedthem in the thickets here. I apologize, Mr. Jenson. It was my mismanagement.”

Cedrick picked up the glass pieces with his black leather-gloved hand.

The glass was too thin to be a glass.

Despite knowing that, he didn’t refute and had Nico bag the glass pieces, then took them back to theFederal Bureau of Investigation.

Before leaving, he looked over his shoulder and fixed his sharp gaze on Karl. “Neville, bring Karl withus. Take him to the interrogation room and bring him a cup of coffee. I’ll interrogate him myself.”

“Yes, Mr. Jenson.”

Karl was stunned. “Mr. Jenson, I didn’t do anything wrong! Why are you taking me to the interrogation

room?”

Neville walked over to Karl and cuffed his wrists. “We treat a cover-up and failure to report a crime assimilar offenses. You’ll be charged for it, Karl. Mr. Jenson has been settling lawsuits for years, and noone can play tricks under his nose. You’re invited for a day trip to the interrogation room of the FederalBureau of Investigation.”

All colors drained from Karl’s face.

Gwendolyn didn’t go to the Harris Group in the afternoon because Treyton wanted to take Jennifer tothe laboratory for her physiotherapy session, and she wanted to be there for the latter.

After being on IV drop the whole day the day before and receiving a few shots of the special drug,Jennifer’s condition improved slightly. She didn’t suffer from any manic episodes, but her mental statewasn’t well. She didn’t recognize anybody and ignored everyone.

Craig was the only name she reacted to.

Kissing the back of her hand was the only way to calm the uneasiness within Treyton.

Gwendolyn watched silently from the side, sighing internally.

As a spectator watching them, she could only provide limited support, especially when it involvedTreyton’s and Jennifer’s feelings.

Joshua came over and injected two more shots of premeasured treatment serum into Jennifer.

The medication had a sedative effect.

Shortly after, Jennifer quietly rested while Gwendolyn stood by Treyton’s side and watched over her.

Jennifer was the only one in Treyton’s sight for the past few days. He didn’t ask any questions, as if hewas shutting everything out of his bubble.

Until that day, he questioned, “How’s it going with Craig?”

Gwendolyn answered truthfully, “Something terrible had happened within the Newton family. Cayliedied. in an accident. Cedrick and Nico are investigating the matter. Craig insisted Charles was the onebehind it. His claim about Charles being the mastermind had overthrown all the concrete evidence wehad against him. Cedrick is holding him in an interrogation room while searching for solid evidence toprosecute him.”

Gloom marred Treyton’s countenance. His fingers gently stroked the back of Jennifer’s hand as heasked.

“Is there a possibility that he’ll get all his charges dropped and walk out freely while Charles getsconvicted. with all of it?”

Gwendolyn didn’t even consider that possibility

“Impossible. Charles had suffered a lot to help us search for evidence this time, so Cedrick and I won’tlet him be wrongly accused.”

Treyton agreed, “Yeah, Charles must have had it rough for Jennifer’s and my sake. Craig is a cruelb*stard.”

He gritted his teeth in anger.

Jennifer, who was asleep, suddenly frowned and withdrew her hand from Treyton’s hands.

With dry, chapped lips, she murmured, “Craig, it’s m-my.

He voice was soft nearly a whisper.

Treyton leaned closer, nearly touching her lips, and asked gently. “What did you say, Jennifer? Whatabout Craig?”

Gwendolyn inched closer too. “Jennifer, what did Craig do to you?”

Jennifer struggled uneasily and continued to mutter, “Engagement with Remus… Must listen to Craig.

She only said a few words, but the information in those words was crucial.

They might prove Craig had hypnotized Jennifer before.

Gwendolyn and Treyton exchanged a glance. They thought of the same thing.

Gwendolyn hurriedly left the room and called Cedrick, asking him to send a professional neurologistfrom the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

When she hung up the phone, her fingers grasped the phone tightly as hope rose within her.

This is good news. Everything is heading in a good direction. Now, all we can do is try.

Lucas sat in a small office at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Since he didn’t need to run anymission with Jasper and Cedrick had put all his current mission on hold, he planned to rest in his officefor the whole day.

Suddenly, he recalled Craig’s urgency to have the staff destroy everything in the attic.

Pulling the bottommost drawer open, he reached deep into it and took out a tiny glass tube. It wassomething he secretly snuck out from the attic.

He stored the item with extreme care. There was even a drop of transparent liquid inside.

I think many of these glass tubes were destroyed in the backyard of the Newton residence that day. DidCraig really do something illegal? The way he exploited and oppressed me a while ago, will hecontinue ordering me like a lackey when he’s released from the interrogation room scot-free?

His conscience warred as he stared at the glass tube in his hand.

Knock! Knock!

A knock rapped against the door, startling him into nearly dropping the glass tube.

He hid the glass tube back in his drawer once he calmed his nerves and asked casually, “Who is it?”

The person at the door knocked again.

“It’s Nico, the leader of Team Four of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”