Once he spotted that person, he spotted the rest. There were over dozens of people, excluding him and Aubree in the factory. As Aubree walked further into the factory, the people slowly inched closer too.
Cory sneered. “Ms. Pearson, how dare you pull dirty tricks like these? Have you forgotten what I work as?” Right as he said that, he ran to the window on the second floor and leaped out of it without hesitation.
In the next moment, various voices reverberated in the factory. “Over there! Get him!”
Cory started his car with steady hands and. sped toward the path he had planned out. By the time Aubree’s men ran out of the factory and went back to start their cars, Cory was long. gone.
Once Cory shook off his tail, he messaged Aubree while driving. Cory: Our cooperation is over. I’m going to get money from Mr. Farwell now. Good luck, Ms.. Pearson.
With that sent, he switched off his phone. Given how fearful Aubree was of Lucian, Cory had no doubt she was going to call him fervently. All Cory wanted was money; he would not waste his time playing games with Aubree.
When Aubree received Cory’s message, she cursed at her subordinates as she tried to dial Cory’s number again and again.
Lucian had already told her that he was going to call off the engagement. If he were to find out what she had done previously, she would be dead meat.
Aubree was gripped with regret. She realized she should have given Cory that fifty million. Alas, Cory seemed to have figured out that Aubree would regret her decision, as his phone remained switched off the entire time.
Her failed attempts stoked the anger in her, and she threw her phone onto the ground. Then, at wave of terror crashed into her.
That mad man Cory’s capable of doing anything for money! He must be on his way to Lucian’s place. What do I do now? Aubree was at a loss. After a while of being rooted to her spot, she stumbled into her car and asked the driver to send her to the Pearson residence.
She had to discuss the matter with her parents. The Pearson family would be doomed if Lucian were to find out what she had done. Sure enough, Cory could do anything for the sake of money.
He drove straight to the Farwell Group office building, but when he arrived and looked up at the skyscraper, he gulped guiltily. As Aubree had said, the three of them were in the same boat.
Choosing to betray Aubree was akin to betraying himself. However, he had no other choice. He needed. the money. Without money, those lunatics will kill me! No matter what I do, I’m screwed. I can only take the risk.
Cory steeled himself and dialed Lucian’s number, something he had taken much effort to find out.
Meanwhile, when Lucian heard his private phone ringing and saw the unfamiliar number on the screen, he frowned before picking up the call.
“Mr. Farwell, I’m Cory Zaythrone. Do you still remember me?” came the voice from the other end of the line. Lucian recognized the voice almost. instantaneously.
The private detective had not been someone important back then, so Lucian had only sent one of his ordinary subordinates to tail the private detective.
However, his subordinate ended up losing the detective in days, and Lucian regretted his decision to assign someone normal to him. He was surprised that the private detective had come to him.
Cory chuckled dryly and said, “You have a good. memory, Mr. Farwell. I’m sure time is precious for you, so I won’t beat around the bush. I want some money, but I won’t be asking for a free lunch. I have some leads on the things you’ve been looking into, and I think you might like to hear me out.”
The look in Lucian’s eyes darkened. So this private detective knew something about the kids’ bacterial infection. “Okay. How much do you want?” Lucian asked.
The guilt in Cory’s chest grew. “It’s up to you after you hear what I have to say, but it’ll be best if you can give me more than twenty million.”
Cory was certain that he had to have grown nerves of steel overnight. Not only did he help Aubree hurt Lucian’s children, but he was even asking for money from Lucian now.
Lucian was silent for a moment. When Lucian finally spoke again, Cory found himself shuddering. “Where are you? Let’s talk in person,” Lucian replied, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with it.
Im right outside of Farwell Group,” Cory quickly said. Lucian inclined his head and gestured for Cayden to pick Cory up. At the same time, he said to Cayden, “My assistant will be coming for you.”
Cory made a sound of agreement and waited for Lucian to hang up before nervously getting out of his car. In no time, Cayden appeared at the entrance.
Cory walked over to him and followed him into the elevator. Soon, the elevator came to a halt on the highest floor. Cayden led him to Lucian’s office, knocked on the door, and gestured for Cory to enter by himself.
Cory’s legs seemed to have turned into jelly the moment the door opened, and he shakily asked Cayden, “Are you not going to come in with me?”
Cayden gave him a polite smile. “Mr. Farwell wishes to speak to you privately.” With that, a cold look returned to Cayden’s face.
Cory hesitated for a long while, and yet, he had no choice but to muster the courage to continue with his plan. He was already there, after all. He steeled himself and went in.
Lucian was sitting at the office desk, working. When he saw Cory entering, he put down the documents and crossed his arms in front of him. After a curt inclination of his head, he said, “Please take a seat, Mr. Zaythrone.”
The smile Cory had in response was an ugly one as he stiffly sat down in front of Lucian. “You said you have information to sell to me. Do start,” Lucian said, completely expressionless.
Even though there was no hint of anger on Lucian’s face, Cory still felt a weight on his chest. “Before that, I’d like to ask for a guarantee from you, Mr. Farwell.”
Lucian furrowed his brows and motioned for him to keep going.
“You know how things go for the people in our line of work. We take the money, and we do the deed. We’re working for people, and we do what our client asks us to do, so it’s not as if we have many choices sometimes.”
Cory was trying to remove his responsibility from the equation. Lucian gave him a smile. “Do tell me what it is, and I’ll pass judgment on my own.”
Cory was stumped by his answer, but since he was already there in Lucian’s office, there was nothing else he could do about it. “Why don’t you tell me who your client is first?”
Lucian stared at him. “Aubree Pearson?”
Cory broke out in a cold sweat immediately as he looked at Lucian in terror. If he already knows it’s Aubree, what else does he not know about? In that case, what use would my information be?
“I-It’s her!” Cory hastily confessed. “She forced me to do this! I really don’t know what she’s trying to do! She only asked me where Ms. Jarvis and the kids were. I didn’t think much about it when I told her where they were. Who knew she would bring a bottle over and pour its contents into the kids’ bottles?”
Lucian’s eyes darkened. “Are you talking about when Roxanne brought the kids to camp?” He recalled what Roxanne had told him previously.
Back then, Roxanne had told him that Aubree was the one who put the bacteria into the children’s cup. However, Lucian did nothing about that because he could not find any evidence of Aubree’s involvement.
If Aubree really was behind the bacteria incident, then she had to be behind the incident where Archie and Benny were chased by older children when they came to visit Estella as well.
Lucian chided himself when he realized how he had even planned to give Aubree another chance a while ago. If he had let the wicked woman join the Farwell family, the woman would mess everything up.
“Do you have evidence of it?” Lucian asked. Cory promptly took out the photos he had taken.
Lucian took it with a neutral look. Cory did not intend to hide anything from Lucian. What he had given to Lucian was the camera he had used when he was working on Aubree’s case.
Not only was there the evidence in it, but there were also the photos Aubree had asked him to take of Roxanne. After handing the camera to Lucian, Cory began waiting fearfully.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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