Novel Square
Chapter 1503
While Nash spent time with his daughter, Gemma, every day, Nina and Pharaoh had missed out on so much together. Now that the doctors had given Pharaoh only five years to live, it was clear they needed to make the most of the time they had left and create as many good memories as possible.
Lydia completely understood.
She waved goodbye to Nash, then linked her arm through Quincy's as the two walked toward their parked car.
"I was thinking that, since work has been slow, we could take a short trip to a nearby city," Quincy said, glancing at her with a warm expression. "But it looks like we'll have to postpone it." With her by his side, life felt perfect.
Lydia smiled. "If not this week, then next week or the one after. We've got all the time in the world."
They were still young, with plenty of time to do everything they wanted.
With nothing else to do, she decided to tidy up. The villa was large, and cleaning it was a tiring job. She worked in short bursts, taking breaks in between.
Meanwhile, Winnie was left alone at home since Jamie went out to work.
Winnie glanced at the clock and decided to call Ben. She just wanted to hear his voice. Even if he couldn't come home, a simple conversation would be enough for her.
By the time she was finished, it was already evening.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.
The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. She sent him a text, trying to be patient, but after waiting a while longer, there was still no response. Now she was truly anxious.
No matter how busy Ben was with work, he always made time to call her back or send a quick reply. But today, there was nothing, not a.
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single word. It was as if her calls and
messages had disappeared into a
void.
After hesitating for a while, she decided to call his law firm. Ben had given her the number long ago, but she had never needed to use it until now. When she finally dialed it, the number was disconnected.
Her mind raced.
She remembered reading about a scam in the news, where fraudsters would set up a fake company, hire employees, and operate normally for a few months before suddenly claiming to take everyone on a team-building trip abroad, sell them to scam syndicates.
Could something like that have happened to Ben? Panicked, she decided to call the police.
only to
Initially, the police were reluctant to help since Ben hadn't been missing for 48 hours, but Winnie tearfully provided his ID number. "Please, I'm begging you to check. I think he's
been scammed and taken abroad."
"Wait, this ID number..." The operator immediately flagged it and went to find the captain, who personally took over the call.
"What's your relationship to him?" the captain asked.
"We're engaged. The engagement party has already been held, and our wedding is in three months," Winnie said, answering honestly. "Come down to the station."
The captain hung up. He hadn't yet begun investigating the people connected to Ben, but now Ben's fiancée was walking straight into his office.
Winnie, still unaware of what was happening, rushed to the station in her slippers and pajamas. Once there, she learned things she could hardly believe.
"You're saying Jack broke the law? That he's accused of treason? That's impossible! Absolutely impossible! I don't know where you got this information, but it must be a mistake."