Chapter 160:

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Hank muttered to himself, “Yeah, right. Keep pretending. You've never been this excited about money before. “You obviously have a certain woman in mind.”

I started the car and spoke more seriously. “Mr. Ward, I just heard that Mr. Yates has made a new move. He has acquired a painting and sold it to an art dealer in Glarrialand for $200 million. The deposit was made today.”

“Painting? Which one?” Caden asked.

“The details are secret, so no one knows for now. But there is something fishy. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so secret.” Hank added: “I’ve been in touch with the buyer. Would you like to meet them?”

Caden paused to think and looked at his watch. “Okay.”

Hank noticed the slight delay in his response and asked, "Mr. Ward, is something wrong at home?"

“It's a minor matter. Nothing to worry about,” Caden replied. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.

Hank slipped and said, “It's late. Mrs. Bennett is probably asleep already.”

Caden gave him a sharp look.

Hank knew something about Alicia, but he wasn't supposed to know they were living together.

“You seem to know quite a bit,” Caden noted.

Hank shook. “I've never been snooping around in your life, Mr. Ward. I may be curious, but I've always followed your orders. “I never crossed the line.”

“So how did you find out?” Caden asked.

Hank rubbed his nose. “Isn't it obvious? You smell like Miss Bennett.”

Caden didn't know how to respond to that.

wore cologne. Hank had spent enough time around

was the lingering fragrance of fabric softener

was the same one

that fact alone, it was easy to deduce that

“Mr. Ward, you’ve been

and spoke in an indifferent tone. “It's not that

understood the situation better now, so he didn't ask

intimidating presence made the dealer

get the painting?”

buyer shook his head. “Mr. Yates is being very cautious. He only showed me a photo and said I could pick

eyes. “What

"She lived as an expatriate in Glarrialand

Caden thought about this.

familiar, but he couldn't immediately remember who

turned his gaze

went to investigate further with the image of the

chose not to challenge him. "Mr. Ward, I did not know that the painting had been

“You have plenty of business opportunities. Losing this

gained fame as a philanthropist and as

Caden's gaze intensified.

painting end up in

“Ward, please allow me

looked away

have remembered

he noticed her was at school, when Alicia gracefully held Donna's

mother,

with Joshua in a bind, she had set her sights on it. Investigating the details would take time. Delegating the task to Hank,

Hank was driving with

buy the painting

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