Chapter 217

Seraphina invited Patrick to sit down in the lounge area, and personally got him a cup of coffee.

“Would it be pretty cheeky if I didn’t accept your invitation but still wanted to know about the case? Seraphina asked Patrick, looking him in the eye.

Patrick stared at her and slowly began to chuckle, “Usually, I can’t say no to a pretty face. Plus, you might change your mind after hearing about this

case

“Well, spit it out then, Seraphina said eagerly

1 need your help to look into this case because I’m somewhat involved, Patrick confessed, “I believe in your abilities.”

Seraphina stared intently at Patrick as he continued.

The case started with his friend Abel Jones.

Abel came from a big family. Although their business wasnt top-notch, they had a wealth of assets, complicated interests, and the family was rife with power struggles.

Six months ago, people started dying mysteriously within his family. To date, three stakeholders had lost their lives, including Abel’s father

The three people died in different accidents within half a year, leaving no traceable clues. The only suspicious part was

The biggest beneficiary of these deaths was the same person – Abel’s cousin, Mack Jones.

“That sounds a bit suspicious,” Seraphina commented.

Patrick nodded, “So, Abel has always suspected these accidents had something to do with Mack, but there’s no evidence. All three accidents left no signs of foul play.”

“So, the police can’t open a case or investigate, Seraphina mused, “You want me to help your friend investigate this case?”

asked. I have

“And then?”

slowly, “He met with an accident too,

listened attentively. “Was it because

know.” Patrick confessed. “He didn’t leave behind any documents. All the information related to the cases was destroyed in the

information, right?” Seraphina

Patrick agreed, “But there’s no information related to the case on any of his digital

Seraphina slowly said. “Someone

still, there’s no evidence” Patrick reiterated, “There was nothing suspicious about the fire.”

The person behind all this

Woody involved in this case. I can say I brought trouble to him. So, I must

a while, then smiled. Tm honored you invited me to investigate

asked, “Are you still planning

answering his question, Seraphina just asked, “Can you show me the information you have about this

with her for a moment,

put aside her work and spent the whole day in the office, reading through the case files

she checked her phone.

nor had he sent her any messages, Clearly,

for hours, and now she was sore all over. Luckily, she had almost finished reading the files.

returned to Reynolds Manor, everyone who should

confirming that nobody was

went back to her room, washed up, and lay

send Leandro a text to check on him, but thought better of it considering he might still be

in a fragile state right now. If she happened to see Seraphina’s message to

phone and closed her eyes in peace.

utterly drained. She fell into a deep sleep and didn’t wake up until the next

there didn’t seem to

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