Chapter 2885
"Mr. Johnston? Is it possible that Damien's men are so cunning that they were able to get Patricia in a bind?" Charlie
asked, concerned and anxious.
He had initially kept his concerns from Nicole to avoid making her even more stressed out than she already was.
"No," Jared said, his voice deep and calm. "The fact that there isn't any news so far means she's safe."
"Okay." Charlie nodded.
Even though he had tried to convince himself of that theory too, the stirring feeling of uneasiness still lingered in his
heart.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtJared then withdrew his gaze, his eyes darkening in cold fury. "Let's head to my office."
At this point, all they could do was wait. Ultimately, he hoped that Nicole would be fine.
"Sure." Charlie nodded in acknowledgment before starting the car and driving them to the headquarters of
Johnston Group.
Once they had arrived, and once Charlie had made all of the necessary arrangements, he entered Jared's
executive office.
"Mr. Johnston? Everything has been taken care of," Charlie reported.
"Excellent." Jared's eyes slightly darkened, still worried about Nicole.
At this moment, he had no way of contacting her directly, and for him to deploy several squads to search for her
would only draw unwanted attention. All he could do was task a few of his men to conduct an investigation, hoping
that they would bring him some good news as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Nicole had arrived at the residential house, alert and well-disguised.
Although the place was now deserted, it was the last known location where Patricia had been, and that was the
reason as to why Nicole wanted to inspect the area. Here, she hoped to gather some clues on their current
whereabouts.
She began observing the surroundings and upon finding nothing unusual, she entered the house. The interior was
neither ransacked nor in disarray, indicating that Damien's escape was indeed intentional. There were no signs of a
commotion either, suggesting that Patricia, after releasing Damien, had tailed him with members of her team in
tow.
'Didn't we plan to disseminate some information, set a trap, and capture Damien's rescuer? Why didn't they show
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmup? That's probably why Patricia switched the plan so suddenly at the end," she thought, her brow furrowing in
concern.
As things stood, it seemed very likely that Patricia had indeed left to track Damien. However, there was still no news
from her, leading Nicole to wonder if Patricia had made a very important discovery, or if she had been captured.
While she was lost in thought, Nicole suddenly spotted a marking on the wall near the front gate. Upon walking
over, she realized that it was a sign Patricia had left her, allowing her to finally breathe a sigh of relief. As it turned
out, Patricia had indeed decided to abandon the old plan to track Damien instead.
Upon careful examination, she found a long trail of markings leading her to a certain direction, and after following
them for a minute or two, she discovered that all of the signs pointed to a mountain in the distance.
Have they entered the mountains?' she wondered.
Nicole then took her phone out of her pocket, and after a second of hesitation, she sent Jared a message. [I'm safe.