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.

set of military fatigues. After turning off the light in the car, he quickly

his boss in the rearview mirror from time to time, and despite the dim lighting, he could still catch

fair skin. No wonder

of a sudden, Cedrick’s deep, husky voice rang out. “Have you seen enough? Do you want me to

look for his wife, so why would he

Swain quickly sat upright, retracted

Cedrick had changed his outfit

car’s dim interior, one

only lost

suppress his fear and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after

addition, a team of police officers had also stationed

got out of the car with a black umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking extra

the vehicle and made a

It must be hard for you to

you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming along?

so we don’t get many cars on the highway. In the past hour, only two cars have shown up.

up. “Is the traffic surveillance

The footage is complete. No one has tampered

few hours back and check for

“Understood.”

Kyro pushed the roadblock away to let

to get into his car, but before closing the door, he stared

“Get in.”

shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into the technical

down the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in the middle

drivers and immediately handed the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This is the information on

the tablet and skimmed through the details. Hmm… Kyro’s right. There doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with

bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth

gosh. Who knew holding in

reply, Cedrick’s voice broke the silence. “There’s only so many

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