Lowering his eyes, Anthony did not deny it. “It seems like that’s the case.”
Benson’s face was solemn as he narrowed his eyebrows. “How much do you know about the both of them?”
He remained a somewhat polite attitude, for he did not group us with Anthony and Quince without hearing us out.
As the officer was sincere, Anthony did not avoid the question and answered honestly, “I know them quite well, so you can be more straightforward with your question.”
“Okay.” With a nod, Benson went straight to the point. “If that’s the case, I’m sure you know what I want to ask. Please give me a definite answer, then. Yes or no?”
It was apparent what Benson wanted to ask him — if Anthony was involved with the evil.
Although the question was not difficult to answer, Anthony stayed silent.
Everyone knew what it meant for one to stay silent after being asked a moral question.
The both of them stared at each other, and sparks seemed to be flying among them.
Fearing Benson would misunderstand, I quickly answered the question, “No.”
At that moment, Benson turned toward me. The sincere look on his face was gone and replaced by a stern and righteous expression. He seemed ready to prove us guilty anytime soon.
I elaborated, “I’m pretty sure you’ve been observing the foreigners for quite some time. Thus, you must know that we only started interacting in the past few days. Before this, the Featherstones were not associated with Quince, Lucas, or even Skull whatsoever.”
Since Quince and Lucas only arrived a short while ago, there was no way they had enough time to do something illegal. Therefore, it was not hard to understand that Benson was here to warn us, not because he had evidence.
Although we were innocent and not scared of being investigated, we would not sit back and get slandered either.
No fool would be able to become an officer in the military. Therefore, Benson’s expression was not as stern after hearing my explanation.
He stayed silent for a moment, seemingly pondering the best way to explain the direness of the situation to us.
However, he had underestimated the cautiousness of a businessman. When faced with uncertainties, the latter would consider more aspects as they were afraid to make a loss.
Since Anthony was too hostile, I could only step up and disassociate ourselves. “Although we have a big business, we’re ordinary people. No one would put their family in danger just to commit crimes like that, right? Both my husband and I had been in Featherstone Corporation since its establishment. If I were the leader in the military, I wouldn’t have questioned us right away upon noticing something wrong. Instead, I would think of ways to protect a corporation that pays billions of taxes to the government from those foreigners.”
Benson immediately understood my meaning and apologized. “It’s our oversight. We’re sorry about this.” Pausing for a moment, he asked again, “Do you mean that you want us to protect you?”
Finally, we’re at the main point. After all, having the military back us up is better than nothing. “Yes. You should understand how dangerous they are. If you consider our contributions to the country, I don’t think it’s an unacceptable request.”
However, Benson seemed not to have the authority to do so. “It’s not an outrageous request. However, I still need to appeal for it according to the rules. If the both of you are innocent, I promise that you will be safe in this country.”
My impression of soldiers was that they were big on male chauvinism, so Benson’s attitude caused me to have a good image of him. “Thank you, Officer Zimmerman.”
“Don’t mention it.” The officer waved his hands and got up. “I still have something to do, so I’ll take my leave.”
While nobody was looking, I slapped Anthony’s thigh and stood up together. “Goodbye.”
“There’s no need to send me out.” After saying that, Benson walked to the front door.
At that moment, Emery happened to rush through the door.
Benson seemed to recognize her and stopped in his tracks. After scanning her, he asked calmly, “Are you Emery?”
Instantly, Emery’s face turned expressionless as she answered, “That’s me.”
Benson’s voice was harsher this time. “Please tell Alexander to watch out.”
Then he left without looking back, leaving her confused.
Emery only came back to her senses and walked over to us after his footsteps were no longer audible.
Before she sat down, she placed her bag down and said, “What happened to Summer? Why did she suddenly go overseas? She’s not answering her phone or WhatsApp either.”
Upon hearing that, I was stunned and asked, “When did this happen? She didn’t inform us about it.”
“You don’t know about this?” Emery was taken aback but quickly explained after realizing that there had to be something going on. “I only got to know from the club’s employees. It’s been three days since she left. She didn’t say anything else other than she was going overseas.”
Upon hearing that, I could not help but let out a sigh. Perhaps the memories are too hard for her to bear. Thus, she wants to take a break from reality.
However, it was unsafe for a woman to be alone overseas. Therefore, I quickly asked Anthony, “Can you ask Holden to send his men to find Summer?”
Without answering, he stood up and walked to the balcony to make the phone call.
Emery noticed the strange atmosphere and asked, “What happened to him? Is it about Summer?”
It looks like Anthony’s ability to conceal his emotions had deteriorated for even Emery to find out.
I shook my head and hoped Emery to give some advice. “Nathaniel brought an old friend from J City two days ago. Since then, Anthony started to behave weirdly. It’s as if the old friend has dirt on him. Do you think that’s possible?”
“Who’s dirt? Anthony’s?” Emery immediately shook her head. “No way. No one in this world can be an opponent to him.” She stopped for a moment before tip-toeing to me and whispering, “Perhaps the sex is not going so well for you two?”
I rolled my eyes in exasperation. “Let’s get back to the topic.”
However, Emery simply shrugged and replied placidly, “I don’t have a clue, then. Nobody can guess what Anthony is thinking about.”
I know that. However, I don’t want to give up and admit that I’m useless. Despite my strong will, there’s nothing I could do other than pray that Anthony could overcome it himself.
After a pause in the conversation, Emery asked about Benson. “Why was Benson here today?”
“I wanted to ask about this too.” I stared deep into her eyes. “How did you know each other?”
Benson and Alexander both had the same surname. Plus, Emery had brought up the fact that the Zimmerman family was a military family. Therefore, both of them might be related.
Emery’s reaction confirmed my suspicions.
She pursed her lips and glared at me. “Don’t look at me like that. This isn’t any secret. Alexander’s family background is all over the internet after being investigated by those crazy fans. There’s not even a need to ask me about it. Can we change the topic to something more refreshing?”
“So you admit that Benson is Alexander’s brother?”
With a sigh, Emery answered impatiently, “That’s right. Why are you asking me when you already knew the answer?”
“I’m just curious.” I smiled bitterly and drooped my eyelids. It seems like Emery isn’t lying. Based on Benson’s attitude, it looks like the Zimmerman family disapproves of their relationship.
To satisfy her curiosity, I decided to explain the incident just now. “He’s here to ask about the two men that we encountered recently. Besides that, he also agreed to provide us protection.”
If Alexander and Emery got married, the Zimmerman family and the Moore family would be related. Therefore, it could be said that Benson had handled the incident without bias.
“Oh.” Emery nodded her head, trying to pretend as if she did not care. When in reality, her orbs had given her away.
Soon, Anthony came back inside. “It’s confirmed that Summer is currently in M Country. Holden is sending his men over there.”
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