Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

Chapter 28

On the executive floor, there used to be only two offices–one for the CEO and one for the secretary. But ever since Briar barged her way in Mathan had become the acting CEO of the Jennings Group.

Edgar, the vice president, had no choice but to give up the CEO’s office and move into the smaller room next door.

Even so, Edgar hadn’t completely fallen out with Briar. That level of restraint actually impressed her a little. But more than that, it convinced her there had to be something inside the company that forced Edgar to swallow his pride and hold back.

Stepping out of the elevator, Briar slipped quickly into Edgar’s office. Once the door was shut behind her, she restored the surveillance signal in the hallway and inside the room.

Edgar had just moved into this office, so aside from his original desk, everything else had been newly furnished by the logistics department

So, if Edgar was hiding anything in here, the only possible hiding place was the desk.

Briar turned on her flashlight, walked over to the desk, and pulled a pair of medical gloves from her pocket. After slipping them on, she started her search.

She went over every inch with care, not leaving out a single suspicious spot–not even the shredder next to the desk. But nothing turned up.

The surface of the desk was spotless, with not a single item unrelated to work.

Then Briar’s eyes drifted to the drawers, each secured with a different kind of high–grade custom lock.

Holding the flashlight in her mouth, Briar took out a thin wire and quickly picked the first lock. The drawer popped open to reveal a stack of technical documents belonging to the company’s upper management–confidential stuff.

The second drawer was more mixed: contracts, reports, and several handwritten ledgers.

Briar picked up one of the ledgers and flipped through a few pages. It recorded various household expenses for the Jennings family, none of them particularly large.

Especially those related to Halle and Beatrice–every expense, big or small, was meticulously listed. Tens of thousands or just a few bucks–every page had matching receipts and invoices attached.

Briar frowned. ‘Seriously? Edgar’s been married to Halle for years, and he still guards her like she’s a thief? If Halle ever finds out about this, she’d probably cry her eyes out.

kids, acting like the perfect wife at home and a submissive shadow in public… And in the end, the

she moved is

Halle would tear each

pulled it open.

dated old phone, the kind of model phased out years

touched, yet locked up in the bottom drawer with the most secure lock of

digging through the phone. Unfortunately, the limited

catch her eye, though, was a single contact saved in the phone-“Mr.

the Jennings family had but couldn’t recall anyone with that last

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this contact had been in

thought, ‘Five years ago? That’s a very interesting point

had been hunted down and forced to flee abroad. Five years ago, I met my connections in the underground and joined

years ago, Grandpa had suddenly changed the Grant family’s will and

ago was when I’d first uncovered some

placed the phone back exactly as she’d found it, her face now covered in a layer of cold frost, a flicker of murderous

I swear I’ll make you suffer

hadn’t missed anything.

sound.

out through the break room window. Her movements were agile and

she’d slipped out of remained slightly open, as

sleep was out of the question.

by a black baseball cap, Briar drew every eye the

guys who tried to catch her attention by walking

sipped her drink slowly with the other. When she