Chapter 470 The Sound Of Chains.

The corridor was dimly lit. With the help of the flashlight, they could vaguely see the tightly-shut doors along the way.

Nico led Gwendolyn down the corridor while Karl, the butler, followed closely behind them.

The first door they opened showed a study.

They flipped the switch, and the lights in the room turned on.

Nico waved at the soldiers standing outside the metal door, gesturing for them to enter. Seeing this, they jogged in and acted as if they were rummaging through the room to look for the missing crystal earrings.

As they did that, Nico led Gwendolyn to another room.

Karl took in a deep breath anxiously and continued following after them.

The door was opened, and it showed a vacant bedroom. The room was decorated with rosewood furniture, looking minimalistic but exquisite at the same time.

“This used to be Old Mr. Abraham’s room. Ever since he passed away, Mrs, Newton would always say she’d see him in this room and couldn’t fall asleep. We left this room vacant later on, but Mr. Craig would tell our housekeepers to clean it every day,” Karl explained.

Nico nodded in response. The two soldiers who were checking the previous room walked in and began carefully searching the room.

As they exited the room, Nico locked his gaze on the door opposite them.

He could vaguely hear the sound of chains rattling coming from inside.

Nico turned back and glanced at Gwendolyn, who was also looking at him,

The pair exchanged solemn gazes.

An ill premonition suddenly brewed in their hearts.

about to turn the knob, when Karl suddenly stood before him

around this time and will get upset if we wake

it meant there was an unspeakable secret going

been coming to the Newton residence since I was young. Mrs. Newton likes me very much. Im sure she’ll understand

and forcefully tried

You can’t go into this room. Mr. Craig will be furious if he finds out! You really can’t enter!”

Nico, and

was because of the commotion outside, but the

stalemate that

was running out, and Nico apologized eventually, “Pardon me, Karl”

the latter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished searching the other

grab

“Stop!”

This voice…

Craig rushing upstairs. He was breathing heavily and looked

bodyguards behind him. With torches in their hands, they

back, which meant it would be much more if they wanted to

but everything had gone down the drain just like that. Her expression. turned solemn as she instructed quietly. “Ignore him and open the

the sound of a

head. “How dare you bring soldiers and break into the Newton residence. acting so arrogantly, Nico? Don’t think I wouldn’t dare to hurt you just because Cedrick has your back. 11

no choice but

Craig, she explained, “Mr. Craig, my crystal earrings were stolen during the tea party. All the sociahtes who attended have been searched. Nico is just doing his job, so there’s no need for

listening to her

mV sister was the one who stole your earrings, you should go look for her instead of searching the Newtoni

don’t know where she’s gone. What if she didn’t want to take

myself and make sure Jasmine gives you an explanation for what happened. If she did steal your earrings. I’m willing to give you compensation that’s three times the price of the earrings and break her

furrowed her brows when

for her to finish, Craig interrupted, “It’s late already. Please lead your men and leave the

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