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.

fatigues. After

despite

such fair skin. No wonder his

you seen enough? Do you want me

was to look for his wife, so why would he be in

out of his wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and concentrated

than five minutes later, Cedrick had changed his

one

still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been apart for centuries…

journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front

officers had also stationed themselves

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

the vehicle and made a beeline for the

the police chief of this area. It must be hard for you to work this late into the

“It’s been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming

usually pretty quiet, so we don’t get many cars on the highway. In the past hour, only two cars have

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

complete. No one has tampered with that

from a few hours back and check for suspicious

“Understood.”

behind Kyro pushed the roadblock away to let Cedrick’s

latter turned around to get into his car, but before closing the door, he stared at the police

“Get in.”

flattered beyond words as he kept his umbrella and shook off the excess

and headed toward

take a look,

There doesn’t

got increasingly tense, Kyro, who was staring blankly at Cedrick and sweating bullets, leaned in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson looks

gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could

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

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