As soon as we entered the villa, I noticed a middle-aged woman dressed in fine and fashionable clothes as she stood by the entrance, welcoming us. With a smile on her face, she looked at Hendrix and greeted, "Mr. Roberts, long time no see."

Seeing that I was next to Hendrix, the woman smiled faintly before her gaze returned to Hendrix. "This must be Mrs. Roberts, right?"

Hendrix nodded as he shook her hands and greeted her, "Hello, Madam Lawson. Sorry to keep you waiting."

Madam Lawson? Taking another look at this woman, a realization suddenly struck my mind. Wasn't she Sawyer's mother, Valerie Lawson?

Why did Hendrix bring me here for dinner out of the blue?

After a brief introduction, Valerie led Hendrix and me into the villa. We followed her into the dining room on the first floor. There were already a few people seated at the table, and they seemed to be middle- aged men with their wives.

the butlers to serve the dishes. Then, she uttered with a smile, "Thank you very much for coming tonight, everyone. I know all

a statement. You haven't introduced the young man who has just entered." A middle-aged man chuckled

you in such a hurry, Arnold? This is Mr. Roberts, whom I've always mentioned to you. He's young and promising. The one next to him is his wife, Mrs. Roberts." After that

up some interesting events that had happened recently in Ucrebury. Whether it was intentional, she mentioned the case regarding the methamphetamine, saying that it had been decades since it last appeared

yesterday and found that someone had recently smuggled that

Roberts about it two days ago. She was so concerned about this that she went to her friend for help in search of it. Who knew that things would turn out so badly. Her

seconds before I realized that Valerie was referring to

"When have I ever met

at Hendrix and saw that he was looking at Arnold

what Valerie meant behind her words. His experienced eyes landed on me and he replied, "I didn't know that you and Madam Lawson were so closely acquainted. What's your friend's name? I'll go back and check. If there really was a misunderstanding, then it's like a friendly fire. There shouldn't be such

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