Mr. Wright and Mrs. Right by Minerva Sowle

Chapter 173 An Old Friend

Ezra glanced at Justin beside him, feeling a bit worried. He said hesitantly, “Ms. Shalders…”

Gwendolyn waved her hand languidly. “You can leave now.”

No sooner had the two left than she then received a call from Treyton.

“Kiddo, Asher has checked carefully, and there isn’t a man with a similar appearance in the Harris family’s list of members.”

Gwendolyn pursed her lips, deep in thought.

Treyton continued, “It’s possible that your new recruit, Justin, is lying, or maybe this person is hiding something deep. In any case, you can’t fully trust him, and you need to be cautious when dealing with Justin.”

“All right, Treyton. Don’t worry. I know what to do.”

After hanging up the phone, she took out the notebook from her drawer and flipped to the page with the sketch of the person in black. She studied it carefully for a while before immersing herself back into her work.

It wasn’t until close to the end of the workday that she left with Justin to head to Realm Bar.

Justin was driving, while Gwendolyn sat in the back seat.

The atmosphere inside the car was serene, and every now and then, Justin would steal a glance at her through the rearview mirror.

Gwendolyn noticed his gaze.

“What do you want to say?”

Justin hesitated for a moment before saying, “Ms. Shalders, I was the one sent to kill you earlier. The people around you have always been suspicious of me. Why do you trust me? Aren’t you afraid that I might actually do something to you tonight, especially since you only have me to protect you?”

Gwendolyn smiled charmingly, her laughter enchanting and captivating.

“Since you’re already mine, of course, I’ll trust you completely. Besides, my own martial arts foundation isn’t bad either. I could probably take you on by myself.”

Justin also laughed.

She spoke candidly and refreshingly, which he quite liked.

The two of them were chatting quite harmoniously when Justin suddenly felt like teasing her, “What if I conspire with others and it’s not just me trying to kill you?”

Gwendolyn concealed the cold glint in her eyes and casually gazed out the window.

“Would you do that?”

Before Justin had a chance to respond, they arrived at Realm Bar.

Gwendolyn instructed him to hide in the shadows, and only come out when needed.

After giving the instructions, she went into the bar on her own.

black velvet dress with a gauze skirt tonight, she seemed a

care about any of that. She walked straight toward the private room Charles

very tall man wearing sunglasses brushed past

her tracks, her expression turning

seemed to have caught a glimpse of a mole near the

“Excuse me, Sir.”

around, and as she looked

his tracks and slowly turned

sunglasses, he had a prominent nose and seemingly well-proportioned features. He was tall and sturdy, appearing to be around six feet

him with a smile,

talking to me,

steps toward him. “Yes, Sir. Could you please tell

with this place. You can ask the bartender for

from Fairlake. Are you here for a visit?” Gwendolyn asked softly, engaging the man in

cold and aloof. “Miss, if you need directions, please ask the staff. If you’re just making small talk, I have things to do, so I’ll be on my

nodded, watching the man’s figure

only when she turned around

that it was quite peaceful inside. Charles was the only one there, sitting on the couch and savoring

me about meeting an old friend just to

wine with a wry look in his eyes. “Do you really think I’m that kind of person, Gwen? Our old friends are indeed coming. They just haven’t arrived yet. In the meantime, we can enjoy some wine and

onto the coffee table

but she didn’t take

and said, “Come on, just one drink to send me off. Surely you

bitter wine with a melancholic expression on his face. His deep blue eyes had lost their usual brilliance as if he couldn’t accept

picked up the wine glass, elegantly swirling the dark red liquid before bringing it to her nose

Mr. Newton. You probably aren’t the type of man to

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over to her, end picked up her gless of wine, drinking it ell

Her

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too hestily, quite e bit of the liquid spilled from the corners of his lips, flowing down his neck end leeving petches of steins on

finishing the entire bottle of wine, he hurled it

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buttons on his chest, reveeling e glimpse

be bothered to eppreciete his

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be thet ever since

end

“Yes.”

hint of hesitetion,

his heed

sense the