The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 2800

Rita's resilience - and all that she had encountered in her years within the family-resulted in pent-up emotions within her. Without Sherman by her side, she might not have revealed such a fragile facet of herself.

In addition, she had matured swiftly in the past few years too. Though her family disapproved of her work and she occasionally traded barbs with her stepmother and stepsister, none of that could match up to the challenges of a reporter roughing it on the streets.

Once Rita had composed herself, her mind churned with questions. For example, she wanted to know how they got information that she was going to be there with Sherman. She had kept her investigation of Esmond close to her chest, discussing it only with Sherman. That raised the question of how Esmond knew about their arrival and if his counter-surveillance operations were that formidable.

I have spoken about it to my subordinates, but I trust that they couldn't have leaked any of the important information. And besides, they don't know about

his name to Karen before to see what kind of reaction she

the same surname. Why would you bring up Esmond's name to test Karen? Did you uncover something?

jogged to that night where he made the association about them

was willing to discuss it. It seems she had an ex-husband. I can't confirm if it's

her ex-husband. If we look at it from that angle, it could explain how he knew we'd be here today. Karen could inform him if she wanted, and he could've had his guard up against us from the beginning after we'd connected the dots to him. There's also a chance that we were targeted the second we entered this place. Why else would they have led us on a roundabout path to someplace that's so far from the entrance? It