Chapter 97 My Role Isn’t Appropriate for This
Yvette turned and saw Damian holding her arm.
“What did you just say about Whitney? She’s missing?”
She glanced at him briefly, then shifted her gaze to Noel who stood next to them.
“Whitney w
went back to change her clothes over an hour ago. I tried calling her, but it’s not connecting. I’m worried something happened to her.”
Noel frowned slightly. Damian quickly tried calling Whitney’s phone, but all he heard was a mechanical
voice saying, “The number you’ve dialed is unreachable. Please try again later.”
Since he couldn’t reach her, Damian’s face grew serious. “Is she avoiding me again?”
‘Mr. Howard, I think you know very well why she’d want to avoid you. But right now, whether she’s
avoiding you or if something else happened, we don’t know,” Yvette replied coldly and strode off in the direction of the lodges.
Damian pressed his lips together, then quickly followed her.
“Aren’t you going to check on her?” Thomas looked at Noel, surprised he hadn’t moved.
“My role isn’t appropriate for this, Noel replied evenly.
Plus the Quinn family’s Manor had sufficient security, so Whitney shouldn’t be in danger.
Just then, the Manor manager, Owen Caldwell, hurried past them, instructing his team. “Make sure to increase patrols tonight. Our guests are all VIPs, we can’t afford any accidents!”
the arm. “What’s going on? Did
day, Owen had seen them with Caleb and knew they were VIPs, so he couldn’t hide the news.
escaped into the mountain. If you see anyone suspicious, please call the police immediately.
he could finish, Noel was already running toward
under his breath and realizing Yvette had gone In the
and Damian reached Whitney’s cabin, Noel and Thomas had also arrived.
lit, indicating
hear
the door but Thomas pulled her back
are you
hals at
enough men here. You
“I’ll call security right away.”
smart and quickly understood the gravity of the situation,
wrong.
get her!” She struggled to get
a quick glance at Damian, who was fixated on the
doorknob, and found it locked. From inside came faint, muffled sounds
hard.
door swung open violently, hanging precariously
first to enter, with Yvette pushing Thomas, shouting
everyone was there, they froze at
was in disarray, like a scene from a crime
large bed lay a man, groaning in pain, a pool of blood spreading beneath him, staining the white sheets a glaring
her clothes disheveled and hair tousled, clutching a fruit
to take the knife from her. She clutched
me.
seemed to snap out of it, turning slowly to see Damian. She collapsed
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