The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 577 Are You Pleading With Me?

At the Lawrence Group’s Cludan branch.

Inside the president’s office.

At this moment, Symeon was engrossed in his work when his phone abruptly rang. He assumed it was an update regarding the surveillance repair.

However, upon answering the call, he discovered a text message from an unidentified number.

The message read. I am Casey. I am trapped in the Carter Family’s basement. Please rescue me!”

Symeon’s face paled instantly upon reading the message. He attempted to call back the unknown number, but it was switched off, and there was no response.

Could this message truly be from Casey?

If he went to search for her and failed to find her, the Carter Family might report him to the police.

After some contemplation, Symeon decided to call Amanda. The call was promptly answered, and Amanda’s voice echoed from the other end. “What’s the status? Has the surveillance footage been recovered?”

“Not yet, but I received a peculiar text message from someone claiming to be Casey. She claims she’s trapped in the Carter Family’s basement and needs my help. How credible do you think this message is?”

“Where are you currently? I’ll come over immediately. Don’t delete the message. Keep it.”

Tm at the office.”

“I’ll be there shortly.”

With that, she ended the call. Symeon reopened the text message and scrutinized it repeatedly.

His intuition suggested that this message could indeed be from Casey.

However, he couldn’t comprehend the circumstances under which Casey had sent this message and why the phone was now unreachable.

Symeon dialed another number and commanded, “Trace the location of this number for me promptly:

“Understood, Mr. Lawrence.”

in his chair

the landline rang. The secretary’s voice echoed from the phone. “Mr. Lawrence, Miss Bailey is

“Let her in.”

“Very well.”

from his seat and walked toward

“Let me see

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phone number and intended to ask Elias for assistance in tracing

There’s no need. I’ve already initiated a trace. We should have the results soon.”

“Understood.”

on the couch before expressing her thoughts. “I suspect Casey sent us the message using a stranger’s phone. As for why she didn’t call directly,

Carter Residence, we will

nodded in agreement.

don’t find Casey in the basement of the Carter Residence?

property, and, yes, you could be detained,”

to tread carefully. If we get

retrieved his suit jacket. from behind his desk, and announced. “Let’s

and exited the office alongside Symeon.

the underground parking lot and

and glanced at Amanda. “Does Elias trust you enough to let you

barely

pleading with me? If you were a

me to be? I’m here to rescue the mother of your child. Isn’t that sincere enough?” She

with me in

my husband’s dignity.” Amanda stated firmly before gazing out the car window.

from further comment and continued driying toward the Carter

Residence.

approximately forty minutes, the car came to a halt outside