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.

After turning off the light in the car, he quickly changed

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

has such fair skin. No wonder his

enough? Do you want me to blindfold you and use

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

quickly sat

later, Cedrick had changed his outfit

car’s dim interior, one could

for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few hours, yet it feels like we’ve been apart for centuries… The kids are already five, but in all these years, I don’t

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

team of police officers

umbrella and opened the door for Cedrick, taking extra care to keep the latter

exited the vehicle and made a beeline for the

area. It must be hard for you to work this late into the night,” Kyro greeted

on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming

the highway. In

another thought popped up. “Is the

The footage is complete. No one has tampered with

traffic footage from a few hours back and check

“Understood.”

the officer behind Kyro pushed the roadblock

closing the

“Get in.”

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

technical cruised down the road and headed toward the standalone surveillance room in the

“Please take a look, Mr. Jenson. This

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

in closer to Swain. “What on earth happened, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson looks terrifying… I feel like he might shoot

Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in my laughter could be

“There’s only so many of us in the car, and I’m also not

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