Only then did Cedrick spare a few glances at the steamed buns in Nico’s hands.

She was so angry just a while ago. Did she really allow Nico to sneak me some food?

“What was her reaction when you took the buns?”

Nico pondered for a moment before replying, “Well, she didn’t react in any particular way. I grabbed two steamed buns when they hadn’t started eating yet. Cedrick, please have some. You still need the energy to get your wife back.”

Cedrick finally accepted the buns, realizing that now was not a good time for him to be mad at Gwendolyn.

As Cedrick was having breakfast, Nico walked over to the stream and ran his fingers through the clear water. Breathing in the fresh air of the forest, he asked, “Cedrick, what’s your plan now? When are we bringing Gwendolyn back with us?”

Sitting on the rock like a king on his throne, Cedrick lowered his gaze and contemplated for a while. He thought of the note given to him by Joe, which contained clues provided by Joe, guiding him to investigate Charles’ whereabouts.

Joe clearly knew where Gwendolyn was, and he had deliberately lured Cedrick to where she was.

If Cedrick’s guesses were correct, Joe should make his move within the next two days.

Cedrick issued a firm command, “Prepare ten helicopters, assemble a special forces team, and ensure all firearms are ready. Inform Swain to establish a hiding spot in the nearby mountains and encircle this area. Also, conduct a thorough check for any other individuals hiding in the vicinity. If anyone attempts to sneak up the mountain, do not alert them. Allow them to pass unnoticed. Gwendolyn’s safety is the utmost priority for all personnel when the situation demands.”

Nico nodded. “Understood.”

Having arranged all that, Cedrick was ready to return to the cottage.

Knowing how much Gwendolyn disliked the smell of smoke on him, he asked Nico, “Sniff me. Do I still smell of smoke?”

Nico leaned closer and sniffed the collar of his shirt. “I’m not that sensitive to smoke, so I’m not sure, but I think the smell is gone.”

Cedrick frowned in annoyance when Nico got too close for his liking. Lifting his hand, he slapped the latter’s head away.

“Stay away.”

Wincing in pain, Nico rubbed his forehead. “Should I ask Swain to bring us some spare clothes? Who knows how many days we will be staying here? We should have some change of clothes.”

works.” Cedrick agreed with the plan. He sat back down on the rock, thinking of returning later so that Gwendolyn wouldn’t smell the smoke

and Nico returned to the courtyard just before

a dark gray coat, which accentuated his imposing and dominant presence as he

gallant and heroic in his camouflage jacket, military boots,

path, their

was no sign of Gwendolyn in the house by the time

that Gwendolyn had gone to the field to pluck vegetables with

reaching the field, Cedrick saw two figures plucking vegetables from a

be engaged in a friendly conversation, exchanging

Cedrick’s veins, and Nico could almost immediately feel the cold and chilling aura

“Charles, can you come over for a moment? I have

tracks and turned around slowly,

I finish plucking the vegetables,” he

darker

me immediately. Someone else can handle your work,

in pain as Nico forcefully dragged him away, for the latter’s movements had reignited the pain of his injuries all

on selecting the well-grown vegetables, plucking them, and placing them into the

her for a while before treading over to her, his military boots stepping on the soft soil. Upon reaching her

his piercing gaze on her, she turned to meet

you well,” Gwendolyn said gently with a faint smile on her face, as if she had completely forgotten how she had beaten him up earlier

It’s normal to be beaten up by

observing me, haven’t

too much of yourself. I have to be blind to

really that hard for her to admit she’s

sights on and put it into her

“Yes.”

possess the only key. It’s tucked away in an inconspicuous spot alongside other essential documents I can’t entrust to others. Unfortunately, I cannot retrieve it at

the same lines? Charles said exactly what you said a few days

Cedrick’s expression froze.

is Gwendolyn Harris. However, that doesn’t mean I’m naive. I don’t have any personal belongings

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