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.

dug out a 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

fair skin. No wonder his

rang out. “Have you seen enough? Do you

for

wits, Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and

changed his outfit

interior, one could tell

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 like we’ve been apart for centuries… The kids are already five, but in all these years,

tried to suppress his fear and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front of the

a team of police officers

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

made a beeline for the

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

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

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

up.

complete. No one has tampered with that or

a few hours back and check for

“Understood.”

the officer behind Kyro pushed the roadblock away to

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

“Get in.”

Kyro exclaimed, flattered beyond words as he kept his umbrella and shook off the excess water.

toward

of the drivers and immediately handed the tablet to Cedrick. “Please take a look, Mr.

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

in closer to

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

Cedrick’s voice broke the silence. “There’s only so many of us in

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