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.

knob, when Karl suddenly stood before him

is already asleep around this time and will get upset if

reaction, the more it meant there was an unspeakable secret going on in the room.

to the Newton residence since I was young. Mrs. Newton likes me very much. Im sure

forcefully tried

into this room. Mr. Craig will be

the door to stop Nico, and his breath

was because of the commotion outside, but the rattling of the chains on

entered a silent stalemate that

running out, and Nico apologized eventually,

and the latter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished searching the other room, and they quickly

and had only just managed to grab the

“Stop!”

This voice…

looked toward the metal door simultaneously and saw Craig rushing upstairs. He was breathing heavily and looked

behind him. With torches in their hands, they

her fists. Craig was back, which meant it would be much more

had gone down the drain just like that. Her expression. turned solemn as she instructed

the door again when the sound of a gun being cocked rang

Nico’s 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

had no

Craig, she explained, “Mr. Craig, my crystal earrings were stolen during the tea party. All the sociahtes who

even after listening to her explanation. An ominous aura

when I came in earlier, Mrs Jemson. Since you suspect that mV sister was the one who stole your earrings, you should go look for her instead

slightest change in her expression, Gwendolyn replied, “But Jasmine wasn’t at home. I don’t know where she’s gone. What if she didn’t want to take responsibility after stealing my earrings and bad deliberately returned to the Newton

will look into this 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 limbs for stealing. I’ll make sure to bring her to you and have her explain

her brows when

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

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