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.

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

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

Boss has such fair skin. No wonder his

enough? Do you want me to blindfold you and use you as

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

Swain quickly sat upright, retracted his gaze, and concentrated

had changed

interior, one could tell his eyes were

tonight, I must still look my best for her. Gosh. I’ve only lost contact with her for a few

and trepidation for the rest of the journey, and after an hour, the five technicals finally stopped in front of the roadblock sealing

police officers had also stationed

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

made a beeline

must be hard for you to work this late into the night,” Kyro

“It’s been hard on you guys, too. How’s the roadblock coming along? How many vehicles have

don’t get many cars on the highway. In

replied before another thought popped up. “Is

Jenson. The footage is complete. No one has tampered

up the traffic footage from a few hours back and check for suspicious

“Understood.”

Kyro pushed the roadblock

before closing the door, he stared at the police chief

“Get in.”

Kyro exclaimed, flattered beyond words as he kept his umbrella and shook off the excess water. Then, he hopped into the technical and sat

road and headed toward the standalone

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

doesn’t seem to be anything fishy with these drivers. Their identities have been

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, Chief Swain? Mr. Jenson looks terrifying… I feel like

a moment, Swain was rendered speechless. Oh, gosh. Who knew holding in

Cedrick’s voice broke the silence. “There’s only so many of us in the car, and I’m also

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