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Melody gave a slight smile and glanced at Sammy again. Seeing that their conversation wasn’t finished, she quietly stepped away.
“You’ve got a pretty good secretary, Waylon said, clearly impressed with Melody.
Sitting across from him, Caesar laughed and teased, “Of course. That’s Melody we’re talking about.”
Waylon didn’t handle the family business and might not know Melody’s name. Lemon explained, “She’s number one in the secretary world. She joined two years earlier than Sammy. Both Wendy and I tried to recruit her, but she turned us down. Her last boss dragged her back into the game and locked her down. It was Wendy who got her out.”
The dirty business in the corporate world wasn’t anything Waylon hadn’t seen before. He suddenly felt a bit bad for Lemon and quickly gave her an extra piece of meat.
Lemon glanced at it. “Waylon, I’m on a diet. I don’t want to eat meat.”
Waylon replied, “Starve then, see if I care.”
As the boss of a top–tier entertainment company, her looks were also part of the brand. She couldn’t afford to look messy when her artists were all so good–looking.
Because of what happened with Aimee, everyone left early. Next door, people were still drinking. Zynn found a moment to step out and double–check some details with Chase.
Back at home, Wendy was removing her makeup in front of the mirror. Chase stood behind her, leaning against the wall, arms crossed, staring at the floor in thought.
Wendy looked at Chase through the mirror.
“Thinking about Aimee?” she asked.
“Yeah.”
He had originally thought the person behind Madeline was at Room 316, but after investigating, that seemed impossible. Now that Aimee had been kidnapped.
“I think it’s Larry,” Wendy said.
Chase lifted his head and looked at her.
In the mirror, Wendy’s makeup–free face looked a little pale. But honestly, she looked beautiful either way, and Chase liked both versions of her.
With makeup, she was a sharp and stunning businesswoman, the kind that turned heads.
Without makeup, she had a softness and warmth that was just as charming.
“I’ve had that feeling too.” Chase walked over and wrapped his arms around her. “So many people went into that lounge to negotiate with Mr. Maurice that day. The only ones I suspected were Larry and Henry.”
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foreign journalist. Lemuria and Coronia–those two places have one thing in common, Mose
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Those were Moses Group’s headquarters and biggest branch.
Wendy suddenly turned around, looking up at Chase. “The kidnappers didn’t want money, only the hard drive. Could it be that Aimee found something abroad, and the evidence is on the drive?”
“Could be. Why do you suspect Larry?”
Thinking back to her recent chats with Henry, Wendy remembered his tone had been smug. He hadn’t taken Larry’s conflict with the Harrison family seriously at all.
That was when she started to suspect Henry.
Maybe Henry had disrupted Larry’s negotiation that day to push Larry into a corner.
“The Harrison family is too deep. I still can’t see clearly. And Mario’s an outsider, which is why I pushed to put him in charge. If Mario takes control of the family, we’ll get all the answers we need.”
The contract signing went smoothly. Only two media outlets were allowed inside to film. The moment Chase shook hands with Maurice, the photo went viral. It was still trending that night.
Melody handled everything efficiently. As soon as Chase returned to the hospital, he saw Madeline waiting in his office.
He sent Waylon a message, telling him to come upstairs.
While he was still at the signing, Waylon had already brought a team to wait in the hospital’s underground garage.
But Chase only told Waylon to come up.
Madeline looked nervous as she faced Chase.
The new honorary chief was handsome and calm, but there was a natural pressure about him. When he looked at Madeline without smiling, it felt like he was reading her mind. No matter what Madeline did or how well she hid it, it felt like he could see through everything.
Chase was still in his white coat. He glanced at the time.
He had another surgery that afternoon and needed to manage his schedule carefully.
Once they sat down, Madeline asked anxiously, “Chief, you wanted to see me?”
Chase gave her a small smile and pointed at the chair across from him. “Just call me Dr. Goodman. ‘Chief‘ sounds too distant.”
Madeline sat down, her eyes fixed on Chase, not daring to look away.
Five minutes hadn’t even passed when Waylon knocked and entered.
He acted like he owned the place, dragging out a chair and sitting next to Chase with one leg crossed over
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There was a flashy watch on his wrist that looked expensive. It might’ve even had diamonds.
Madeline instinctively swallowed hard.
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Waylon spoke. “Don’t be scared. We just want to ask you a few things. Your chief is here too, so I’m not going to do anything to you.”
As he spoke, Waylon pulled out his badge.
The second he showed it, both men saw the shift in Madeline’s expression. Her nervousness turned into fear, and she subconsciously scooted her chair backward.
Chase called out.
Melody stepped in from outside.
“Please wait at the door,” Chase said calmly. “Don’t let anyone else come in.”
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