A Replacement Bride

Chapter 373

The night in Fontan was much colder than that in Hovington. Although Joaquin was clad in thin clothes, he didn't feel cold at all.

His eyes were as calm as a still lake, and his gaze seemed even darker than the night sky. He parted his thin lips and said impassively, "Tell your subordinates to handle this matter. Now, I want you to focus on investigating Jayden Hall's background."

"Jayden Hall?" Jeremy was startled for a moment as he found the name familiar. "Isn't that the young master of the Hall Family in Kyoland? Why do you want to investigate him, Mr. Levisay?"

"Do I need to give you a reason before telling you to do something?" Joaquin questioned dispassionately.

A chill ran down Jeremy's spine. "I'm sorry."

He had been working for Joaquin for a long time, after all. As such, he soon realized the crux of the problem.

"Mr. Levisay, do you suspect that the young master of the Hall Family has something to do with Lab X?"

Joaquin's gaze darkened when he heard Jeremy's on-point question.

"It's just a suspicion. After all, there are too many coincidences. Just look into the matter and inform me the instant you find anything."

"Yes." Certainly, Jeremy wouldn't dare to disobey him. He then hung up the call and started taking action.

Joaquin didn't fall asleep the entire night. Since he was suspicious of Jayden, he had to be more alert. Therefore, he couldn't possibly sleep soundly in Jayden's villa.

He went on to keep Katherine safe for the entire night. At the break of dawn the next day, his phone on the bedside table started vibrating.

was shown on the

reaching the balcony, he closed

was heard speaking over the

flashed across Joaquin's eyes. "Tell

to find any information about him. However, he can't possibly erase all the traces. I looked into what he had been doing during this period and found out that he had visited an underground bank in Kyoland on several

had been babbling on without getting to the important parts. An impatient Joaquin frowned and cut him off. "Cut

just trying to tell you that the investigation took me a lot of effort. Anyway, I got some people to break into the underground bank and tortured the owner. He soon confessed everything and told us that Jayden had given him a lot of money to send some mercenaries to kill

was displeased. "I'm already aware of it. Did you spend

me to finish my words as that's not the most important part. What's important is that I've acquired the transaction records between Jayden and the underground bank's owner. Just like what you have expected, Jayden indeed has a different identity. Certainly, he wouldn't strike such deals using his identity as the young master of the Hall Family. As such, he didn't use his real name to transfer money to the owner.

that, Joaquin narrowed his

his subsidiary in Fontan either. Instead, he used an account that seemingly wasn't related to him. I found the account familiar, so I investigated further and

face fell when he heard

had speculated, Jayden was closely connected to Lab

else?" he asked. "Have you found more useful information? What's the connection

unable to

all, Lab X has been missing for years. We couldn't verify many details of the things that happened five years ago, not to mention an account that hasn't been in

that, so he fell

keep looking into the matter, Mr. Levisay? If

the question, Joaquin didn't reply to him immediately.

a faint smile. "Unless he has never done it, there must be some traces he left behind. Two years ago, those from LW Laboratory said that Lab X contacted them suddenly and wanted to collaborate with them. Start from there and investigate that person. Perhaps

agreed to it at