The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Therefore, John couldn’t pretend that nothing had happened. He had to keep on investigating the case, even though there hadn’t been much progress so far. Even if it was a difficult case without much clue, he had to get to the mastermind.

A few days ago, the car that the criminals used to kidnap Robin was found in the wilderness. Although the car had been badly damaged, it was the same vehicle they saw on the security footage.

Following this clue, John found out about the car owner’s information and the shadow bank to which the vehicle was put up as collateral. The shadow bank appeared to be the base for a group of loan sharks. John didn’t pay much attention to it in the past, as the shadow lender didn’t make a big fuss before.

Since the kidnap had something to do with the shadow bank, John told Zack to investigate it. Certainly, the internal relations within a shadow bank were complicated, but it wasn’t difficult to find out some information, since the employees were not really loyal.

Two days later, Zack came to John’s office and told him that the problem was thornier than expected.

The shadow bank appeared to be a small enterprise that lent out money. Since the interest rate wasn’t exorbitant and they never tried to retrieve the money by force, they were not targeted by the authority.

It seemed that they were just an illegal business trying to make some money. However, upon closer inspection, the truth was astounding.

The shadow bank had its own unique management system. The closer it got to the core members, the stricter the rules became. Thus, it wasn’t easy to get some useful information from them.

this particular

proves that the truth is more complicated than we thought.” A moment later, he went on, “Find out whether the shadow bank has other business activities apart from lending money. Take it slow.

to start his

on his chair for a while longer, John rose and left the room with a cup in his hand.

had done something wrong,

to console him. As usual, Dylan was magnanimous toward his subordinates, as though he never had a bad

his employees. Without saying hi, he went straight to the pantry. After making himself a cup of coffee, he stood by the

While he was filling his cup with water, he said, “I

around, John grunted. “She

apologize instead of making a scene. The Flintstones had

Whether she was willing to do so or

the cup was filled, Dylan let out a sigh. “Your mother is a proud woman, so I

a sip of the coffee and found it too hot. He then changed the topic by asking, “What about you? I heard that your recent blind dates

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