The Ex and Her Riches novel (Gwendolyn and Maverick)

Chapter 769

As the rain continued to pour, the small fleet of technicals sped down the highway.

Cedrick gripped his phone nervously, still trying to get through to Gwendolyn’s phone.

Out of service… Argh! Why is the phone still out of service?

Swain showed Cedrick a screenshot of the GPS location, and the latter couldn’t stop staring at the red dot on the map, wishing he could see his wife soon.

“Boss…” Swain uttered while driving, only to stop when he caught of glimpse of Cedrick through the rearview mirror.

“Speak.”

“Throughout the first half of the night, Mrs. Jenson’s phone only went online in that one instance. Don’t you think that’s pretty fishy? I doubt we can find any clues when we reach Xanthon Highway…”

Cedrick pursed his lips in thought, and it wasn’t difficult to tell from his clenched jaw that he was suppressing his anxiety.

“Stop spouting nonsense. Contact Xanthon’s border patrol immediately. They can reach Xanthon Highway in a little over ten minutes, so have them seal off the entire road. No one, not even a bird, can leave the area.”

“Understood.”

Swain kept a hand on the steering wheel while skillfully tapping his Bluetooth headset with the other to contact the border patrol and relay Cedrick’s orders.

Frustratingly enough, the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

As the fleet of vehicles neared Xanthon Highway, Cedrick glanced at the darkness outside the window and discreetly smelled himself.

“Swain, is the cigarette smell on me obvious?”

Swain shook his head. “You’ve stumped me, Boss. I’m used to it since I’m also a smoker. But… I suppose there isn’t much difference from how you smelled in the day.”

Cedrick rolled his eyes. Ugh. Why did I even bother asking him?

The technical was large, and apart from the cache of weapons, there was also a stash of emergency supplies.

out a set of military fatigues. After turning off the light in the car, he quickly changed into the

boss in the rearview mirror from time to time, and despite the

fair skin. No wonder

rang out. “Have you seen enough?

look for his wife, so why would he be in the mood

wits, Swain quickly sat

changed his outfit and began buttoning his

dim interior, one

to see me all clean and tidy. No matter how slim the chance is of finding her tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels

fear and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after an

officers had also stationed themselves at the

hurriedly got out of the car with a black umbrella and opened the door for

exited the vehicle and made

must be hard for you to work this late into the

you guys, too. How’s the roadblock

on the highway. In the past hour, only two cars have shown up. We’re currently verifying

right,” Cedrick replied before another thought popped up. “Is the traffic surveillance

is complete. No one has tampered with

traffic footage from a few hours back and check for suspicious

“Understood.”

officer behind Kyro pushed the roadblock away to let

car, but before closing the door, he stared

“Get in.”

his umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into

the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in

than two minutes later, Kyro received the verified information of the drivers and immediately handed the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on the two cars pulled over earlier.

doesn’t seem to be anything fishy

in the car got increasingly tense, Kyro, who was staring blankly at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened,

was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could

only so many of us in the car, and I’m also not deaf. It’s useless to

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