Chapter 1123

"Right," Henry said.

"Well, the old man seems to be recovering well, so do you have any more bright ideas so as to leave
him in a vegetative state? If you don't, I'm afraid that the both of us will be in hot water."

Henry Johnston had not been at ease since he discovered that his father, Maximillian Johnston, had
been making a speedy recovery.

This would only mean that he would be forced vacate his position as the chairman of the Johnston
Group.

At this juncture, the only option he had would be to deal with the old man as soon as possible "They
have beefed up the security in the hospital," the man said.

" It's impossible to act against the old man."

"Still, we must make the impossible possible as soon as we can! This is our only chance to act.I'll be
having nightmares if we don't act any sooner!"

Henry glanced at the tattooed guy.

"Yes, sir," the tattooed man affirmed.

After the both of them were done with the conversation, Henry placed his hat on and left the private
room at the hotel.

After waiting for several minutes, the tattooed guy carefully examined his surroundings and strode out.

With his head bowed, he walked on and left after he was certain that nobody was on his tail.



As careful as he was, he did not know that he had been photographed by the security detail who was
guarding Jared Johnston in the distance.

Jared was working when his phone burred.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмUpon picking it up to check his messages,
he saw photos of a tattooed man and an unidentified person.

"Max, get someone to tail these two individuals, and see where they're going," Jared ordered.

"Yes, sir," Max replied.

Once evening had arrived, Jared returned to the villa.

Having not seen Nicole for a while now, he took his phone out and proceeded to make a call.

"Tia, has Nicole returned to the mansion?"

"Miss Riddle?" Tia answered.

"No, she didn't tell me that she was coming back today.Why? What's the matter? Did Miss Riddle head
over to your place?"

Tia said, confused upon hearing the questions coming from Jared.

"During the day, she mentioned that she wanted to visit Mrs.Wallace Sr., so I thought she'd returned
home after that.Well, she's not back yet, but she could be on her way.It's alright, I'll contact her."

Jared hung up, confused.

‘If she's not at her grandmother's place, could she have returned to the Riddle family home?' Jared
thought.



He was in a tizzy as he laid on the sofa.He could not directly call the Riddles, nor did he wish to contact
Nicole.

"Martin, do you know where Nicole went after you've treated her wound?" he asked on the phone.

Martin hesitated for a long time.

Nicole had ordered him not to tell Jared, but at this juncture, he was in a dilemma, as he was worried
about Nicole as well.

"I..."

Upon registering Martin's hesitation over the phone, Jared pointed out, "Nicole told you not to tell me,
didn't she?"

"Yeah."

"No worries," Jared said.

“Let's do it this way.I'll ask the questions and you answer yes or no."

"Okay."

Martin did not like the feeling of being in the crossfire between the two of them at all, as he felt as
though he was betraying both of their trusts.

"Has Nicole returned to the Riddle residence?" Jared asked Martin.

"No."



‘If she didn't go back to the Riddle residence and she didn't go back to her grandma's residence either,
then where is she?" he thought.

' Does she have other places to go to?"

"Mr.Johnston, Nicole should be safe now.You don't have to worry.As she doesn't want you to know
where she is, I think we should respect her decision.Let her calm down for a few days, and perhaps
she'll take the initiative to contact you then," Martin said, looking at the situation from the perspective of
a bystander and objectively reminding Jared.

"Yeah, okay."

Jared concurred, hoping that Nicole was indeed safe and sound.

Jared had not received any calls from Nicole for several days.He was getting anxious.

‘where is she hiding? Did she go over to Harvey Ellison's place?' Jared could not stop overthinking
about all the possibilities, so he stood up, put on his coat, and walked outside.

"Nicole, the goods that you've ordered are all here.Please take a look at them."

Martin pointed to The Beacons that were neatly placed behind him.


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