Gwen bit her lip and glanced first at the people standing before her, then at the dark sky that looked like it was about to hail soon.
Finally, she nodded and said, “That’s right.This is the one I lost.”
She sniffed, carefully tucked the dirty metal plate into her pocket, and then forced a smile for everyone watching.
“Thank you all for helping me find my lost item.”
Finally, she glanced at Lucas, biting her lip nervously.
“Are these all Brettley’s men?”
Lucas nodded.
“I have a little over ten thousand dollars in here,”
Gwen said, smiling, as she took out a card from her bag and handed it to Lucas.
“Please use it to pay for a nice dinner for everyone who helped out.If there’s any money left over, feel free to divide it among yourselves as a reward for all your hard work.”
Lucas took the card from her and shot Bethan a somewhat helpless glance.
Bethan knew that Gwen was feeling guilty over having troubled everyone, so she smiled and said, “Don’t worry about it.You should take it.”
Having received Bethan’s assurance, Lucas finally tucked away the card and left with the rest of the workers, leaving only Bethan, Gwen, Yannie, and Thomas in the dump station.
Thomas let out a small sigh of relief at this.
Thank God.
For once, Brettley was wrong; that metal plate of Gwen’s did not have any scratches or marks that could help her differentiate the real one from a false one at all.
Otherwise, Lucas and the rest of the men would have to flip the entire place inside out, searching for the real one.
“My ladies.”
Thomas strode towards them, smiling.
“Are you still going to The Spring Resort? Why don’t I send you there?”
“There’s no need for that.”
Gwen curled her lips into a smile.
“I’ll go myself.You should take Bethan and Yannie home.The two of them have been helping me the whole day; they must be exhausted.
“I feel like going to the hot springs by myself for some alone time.”
Bethan could not help frowning when she heard this.
“I’ll go with you, Gwen.”
She was worried about Gwen.Even though Gwen was acting fine, she could not help feeling that something was not right.
“I’ll be fine.”
Gwen turned to smile at Bethan.
“After all, I have to learn to be by myself, and you can’t possibly be with me forever, can you? 1 “How is it possible that you’re perfectly fine with leaving your three children alone in Merchant City but not me?”
Bethan froze for a moment, not knowing how to argue with this.
Finally, she had no choice but to relent.She gently patted Gwen’s shoulder in reassurance and said, “Please take care of yourself.If anything happens, you can call Brettley or me.”
“Don’t worry.”
Gwen waved at Bethan before finally turning around and walking towards the main road.
“You’re an even bigger nagger than Luke was.”
With that, she hailed a taxi and got into it.
Bethan remained motionless, watching as the taxi disappeared from view.
After a long time, she suddenly recalled something and turned to glance at Thomas.
“By the way, why are you the only one here? Where’s Brettley?”
Thomas paused for a moment, then finally told Bethan the truth about Brettley having gone to seek out Kate.
“Does Brettley think that Kate lied to us?”
After all, Kate had claimed that the metal plate was already missing when she found Gwen’s pendant.
“That’s right.”
Thomas nodded.
“Kate…is an exceptional crook.”
The Miller family mansion.
Kate’s father, Mr.Miller, stared at Brettley with a look of displeasure.
“Mr.Morrison, I’ve already told you many times that Kate isn’t home at the moment, so why is it that you’re so insistent on meeting her?”
Brettley took a sip from his cup elegantly, lowered his head to glance at the Miller family’s stocks, and chuckled.
“Mr.Miller, have you not heard a single word that I just said? “I’ve already told you that for every ten minutes that Kate doesn’t show up, I’ll make Miller Group’s stock price go one point lower.Now, it’s already dropped by three points.”
As he said this, Brettley gracefully put down his cup and added, “Let me calculate just how much longer it’ll take before Miller Group goes bankrupt.
“Well, according to my calculations, exactly an hour.”
Mr.Miller furrowed his brow as he stared at the dwindling stock prices.
“What are you trying to do, Brettley Morrison?”
“I want to see Kate.”
Brettley lifted his head to stare haughtily at Mr.Miller.
“Also, I need you to explain who Steven Hughes is and how he is related to Luke Jones.”
The color drained from Mr.Miller’s face upon hearing this.
He turned to glare at the nearest servant.
“Get Ms.Miller home as soon as possible!”
With that, he shot Brettley a cold glance.
“Mr.Morrison, I’ve already sent someone to search for Kate, but if you want me to clarify the relationship between Steven Hughes and Luke Jones…
“The only information I can offer you is that they have nothing in common at all, apart from their resemblance in looks.”
“Is that so?”
Brettley curled his lips into a sneer and swept his steely gaze over Mr.Miller’s face.
“That’s not what I found, though.
“According to the birth records of Saigon City Central Hospital, Mrs.Hughes had given birth to a pair of twin boys more than twenty years ago.”
Mr.Miller’s face turned a paler shade of white when he heard this.He furrowed his brow and said, “Since you’ve already investigated this, Mr.Morrison, you should know that one of Mrs.Hughes’ twins died soon after birth!”
“Is that so?”
Brettley sneered as he took out some photos of Steven from five years back.He pointed at Steven’s brow bone, which in this photo was spotless.
“This is the last photo of Steven before he got into his accident, and as you can see, there is no scar present at all.
“However, now, Steven possesses the same scar as Luke did, in the same place.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.