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.

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

Newton’s bedroom. She is already asleep around this time and will get upset if we wake her up

there was an unspeakable secret

me very much. Im sure she’ll understand since I lost my precious crystal earrings,

bypassed Karl and forcefully tried to open the

will be furious if he finds out! You really

door to stop Nico,

outside, but the rattling of the

silent stalemate

Nico

spoke, and the latter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished

just managed to grab the doorknob when a man’s angry roar was

“Stop!”

This voice…

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

man had a few bodyguards behind him. With torches in their hands, they followed

it would be much more

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

when the sound of a gun

standing around two meters away from them and holding a gun in his hands. His eves were cold as he aimed the gun at Nico’s head. “How dare you bring soldiers and break into the Newton residence. acting so arrogantly, Nico? Don’t

was superior to Nico, so the latter had no

glancing at 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 you to

put down the gun even after listening to her explanation. An ominous

was the one who stole your

didn’t want to

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

furrowed her brows when she heard

late already. Please

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