After ending the call, Clark called Jordyn. "Where are you now?"

Upon hearing the suppressed anger in Clark's voice, Jordyn's anxiety spiked. She bit her lip and instinctively lied, "I'm out shopping... What's wrong?" "Get home right now. I need to talk to you!" Clark snapped.

"Okay..." Jordyn replied.

Quickly, she contacted the investigator she had hired to look into Clark, her voice filled with tension. "What did you find out?"

"I was just about to call you. Other than going to the hospital for a check-up, Clark hasn't done anything unusual," the investigator reported.

"What?!" Jordyn's face went pale. Given Clark's recent strange behavior, she immediately concluded that he must be onto her.

"I understand," she said before hanging up.

Jordyn rushed to her bedroom, hastily gathering her jewelry, cards, and some clothes. She stuffed them into a suitcase and hurried out of the house.

...

place, Clark

Sumner, the report from your and Ms. Jayston's previous tests was indeed tampered with. The doctor said Jordyn paid him a large sum to change the diagnosis,

demeanor remained calm as he instructed, "Got it. Find out where Jordyn is now. If she's out, bring her back

"Understood," Michael replied.

still puzzled. Usually, news like this would evoke shock and anger, but Clark

recalled Clark's recent request for a check-up and

at Jordyn's home to find the bedroom in disarray, as if it had been ransacked. He sneered and sat on the couch in the living room, waiting for Michael to bring

...

just reached the bus station when she

"Ms.

her pregnancy, she

me go! I don't want to go back! Let go of me!" she

pushed

who restrained her,

in the front seat. "Michael, are you Clark's lapdog? You do whatever he says! I won't let you get away with this!" She had almost made it out-it was

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