Chapter 67Chapter 67
Rickard’s expression became serious immediately. “If that’s the case, what actually happened between
you? Why would she say this to you?”
“I…” Juniper felt guilty for a few seconds but then chose to conceal her guilt with tears. “I don’t know
why she’d doing it either. She used to target me in every possible way when she was still living here,
and she always felt that I wanted to harm her. So perhaps she thinks that I’m the one who caused her
to leave your side.”
This reason seemed reasonable. If this was her explanation back then, Rickard would have surely
believed it.
However, he just learned the truth about some things earlier, so he could not help but hesitate and think
more about what Juniper just said.
‘If Hesper didn’t lie about that man, then her accusations toward Juniper from three years ago might be
true too.’
He squinted his eyes, his deep black eyes looking calm and slightly murderous. “Are you sure?”
“Of course.” Juniper was still trying to put up a show, but Rickard had already noticed something.
He hung up the call without saying another word, and his face was reflected on the dim screen, looking
extremely indifferent.
‘Just… Just how much blame have I placed on her shoulders back then?’
Rickard felt extremely regretful. At this moment, Juniper’s phone calls came through persistently, but Rickard did not even bother to
take another glance at it.
He realized that he seemed to have made a wrong decision back then.
‘If Hesper has always been innocent from the very beginning, haven’t I been wronging her all along?’
‘And those punishments that she had to take on even though she was in poor health…’
“Damn it!” Rickard had never felt this stupid for a moment.
Regretful and guilty were nowhere near enough to describe how Rickard felt at this moment, but the
only thing that he could do now was put more effort into the process of locating Hesper.
However, the men who got sent out made it seem like they had disappeared as they had not reported
novelbinback after such a long time.
Rickard did not sleep all night.
When Benji came to pick him up the next day, he was taken aback by the black circles below his eyes.
“Mr. Duval, did you…”
“Is there any news?” Rickard’s voice sounded hoarse, and he looked a little tired.
Benji knew what he was asking about and shook his head. “No, but we’ve obtained the surveillance
footage around the man’s house. A group of people went to his house yesterday. I’ve made a copy of
the video. Would you like to take a look at it?”
“Good.” Rickard nodded, and the footage was placed in front of him.
He stared at the footage without blinking and soon saw a red Maserati parked on the side of the road.
A woman in a windbreaker was seen walking down with a group of bodyguards surrounding her.“Pause.”
Rickard then zoomed in on the paused image. The woman looked very fashionable; every single piece
of clothing or fashion accessory
Rickard’s expression became serious immediately. “If that’s the case, what actually happened between
you? Why would she say this to you?”
“I…” Juniper felt guilty for a few seconds but then chose to conceal her guilt with tears. “I don’t know
why she’d doing it either. She used to target me in every possible way when she was still living here,
and she always felt that I wanted to harm her. So perhaps she thinks that I’m the one who caused her
to leave your side.”
This reason seemed reasonable. If this was her explanation back then, Rickard would have surely
believed it.
However, he just learned the truth about some things earlier, so he could not help but hesitate and think
more about what Juniper just
said.
‘If Hesper didn’t lie about that man, then her accusations toward Juniper from three years ago might be
true too.’
He squinted his eyes, his deep black eyes looking calm and slightly murderous. “Are you sure?”
“Of course.” Juniper was still trying to put up a show, but Rickard had already noticed something.
He hung up the call without saying another word, and his face was reflected on the dim screen, looking
extremely indifferent. ‘Just… Just how much blame have I placed on her shoulders back then?’
Rickard felt extremely regretful.
At this moment, Juniper’s phone calls came through persistently, but Rickard did not even bother to
take another glance at it.
He realized that he seemed to have made a wrong decision back then.
‘If Hesper has always been innocent from the very beginning, haven’t I been wronging her all along?’
‘And those punishments that she had to take on even though she was in poor health…’
“Damn it!” Rickard had never felt this stupid for a moment.
Regretful and guilty were nowhere near enough to describe how Rickard felt at this moment, but the
only thing that he could do now was put more effort into the process of locating Hesper.
However, the men who got sent out made it seem like they had disappeared as they had not reported
back after such a long time.
Rickard did not sleep all night.
When Benji came to pick him up the next day, he was taken aback by the black circles below his eyes.
“Mr. Duval, did you…”
“Is there any news?” Rickard’s voice sounded hoarse, and he looked a little tired.
Benji knew what he was asking about and shook his head. “No, but we’ve obtained the surveillance
footage around the man’s house. A group of people went to his house yesterday. I’ve made a copy of
the video. Would you like to take a look at it?” “Good.” Rickard nodded, and the footage was placed in front of him.
He stared at the footage without blinking and soon saw a red Maserati parked on the side of the road.
A woman in a windbreaker was seen walking down with a group of bodyguards surrounding her.
“Pause.”
Rickard then zoomed in on the paused image. The woman looked very fashionable; every single piece
of clothing or fashion accessory
that she had on looked exceptionally exquisite and glamorous.
Sophistication was something that Hesper did not possess in the past. Apart from that, the woman was
also wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses, covering most of her palm-sized face.
Seeing that he could not be sure, Benji had no choice but to say, “Mr. Duval, I’ll increase the intensity of
our efforts in finding the young lady, but it’s time for us to depart to meet with the person in charge of
Lane Holdings. Shall we…”
“Got it, let’s go.” Rickard pinched the center of his brows, and the moment he put on his coat, he turned
back into the decisive and indisputable president of the Duval Group.
Benji was more careful this time around. When they came to the venue, he asked the receptionist
standing outside the private room. ” Has anyone arrived?”
“Yes, sir. Someone has arrived before you.”
