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Seeing the look in Nate’s eyes, Winnie couldn’t help but frown.
“What’s the problem? Is that so hard to answer?”
Nate kept quiet and did not speak for a long time.
The room fell into a deep silence. Beatrice wanted to end things as soon as possible, so she
persuaded gently, “Nate, tell Winnie everything you know, and it will all be over.”
“Go on.” On the other end of the video, Rufus also felt that Nate was delaying the issue. “It doesn’t
matter how you found out. Just tell us. Winnie will not make things difficult for you for my sake.”
“Okay. I’ll tell you.” Nate suddenly turned to Winnie. “The information was given to me by a mysterious
person. They said I would find what I wanted if I investigated toward a certain direction.”
“Oh? What did the person tell you? How did the person tell you? When did they tell you?” Winnie asked
three questions with eloquence.
Nate stared at Winnie and replied slowly, “I don’t remember the exact time, but it was about a week
ago. An item was delivered to me via the Intra-City Express Service, but the courier was wearing a
helmet and a mask, so I don’t know what he looked like, nor do I have his contact information.”
“What did you receive?”
Nate went silent again after Winnie asked another question.
However, Winnie didn’t mind waiting a little longer. She knew that Nate would spill eventually.
Nate was not in a hurry either. However, although the two weren’t anxious, the others were.
“Come on, Nate. I’m at the edge of my seat here,” Beatrice urged.
“You’re about to say that you lost the item, aren’t you?” Winnie smiled. “But even if you lost it, you’ve
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtseen it, and you should be able to describe it.”
“Ha.” Nate smirked. “You’re right. I threw it away. In fact, I ripped it into pieces. However, I did take a
picture of it.”
“Then please show me the picture. Thank you.”
“Okay,” Nate replied and began to look for the photo on his phone.
“Here.” Soon, he found two photos and showed them to Winnie.
They were photographs of two printed images that contained the front and back sides of the family
badge Winnie had lost.
One had a black rose embossed on it, and the other had a black scepter.
Winnie instinctively turned to look at Xavier.
“What’s wrong?” Xavier frowned.
“You told me the badge is with you.” Winnie furrowed her brows and said.
Xavier was stunned. “This is my first time seeing this badge.”
“That’s right. You no longer remember.” Winnie’s frown deepened. Xavier didn’t remember anything
that happened after Yulissa appeared. It only made sense that he didn’t remember a thing about the
badge.
“Have you ever seen this in your office?” Winnie questioned again.
Xavier knitted his brows slightly. “No. This is yours. Did you lose it?”
“Yes.”
“Okay, I’ll help you find it,” Xavier said immediately.
He took the phone from Winnie’s hand and forwarded the two photos to his phone.
Winnie’s thoughts were a mess. She always thought that the badge was with Xavier. Now that things
had taken a sharp turn, she couldn’t grasp what was happening.
She turned around and asked Nate, “Did you only receive these two pictures at the time? Is there
nothing else?”
“Do you think others are fools? This is such an important item. Do you think someone would send the
real thing to someone like me, who has nothing to do with it? I’ve answered your question, and this
matter is over. Can my granddad take his rest now? Can I show you the door?”
“Nate.” Xavier didn’t like the way Nate was talking to Winnie. “Watch your attitude.”
“That’s an entirely different matter. I’ve already apologized sincerely for that incident. Do I have to walk
on eggshells whenever I speak in the future? If you noticed, I treat you just the same way.”
“That’s enough! We’re a family. Why are you treating each other like enemies?” Beatrice hurriedly
spoke up to ease the tension.
Winnie couldn’t afford to worry about these things. At that moment, all she wanted was to go to Xavier’s
office.
“Let’s go.” After bidding Rufus farewell, Winnie held Xavier’s hand and left.
Winnie was worried about Xavier’s unstable condition, so she didn’t let him drive.
She drove straight to Garland Group’s building. The two of them rummaged through Xavier’s office but
still couldn’t find her badge.
Xavier couldn’t remember anything about the badge.
However, when he noticed Winnie’s frustration about not finding it, he couldn’t help but frown.
With a firm voice, he vowed, “Don’t worry. I will find it.”
At that point, Winnie was ready to beat him to death.
“Xavier, I suspect that you were lying to me before!”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“That’s impossible! There’s no reason for me to lie to you. I’ve never even thought of lying to you!”
Xavier replied firmly.
If it weren’t for his illness, I would have beaten him up. Winnie gritted her teeth at that thought.
On the other side, Nate was deleting his chat history with Yulissa on his phone.
The badge wasn’t sent to him by a mysterious person. He had made it up.
In reality, the photos of the badge were given to him by Yulissa, and he later printed the pictures during
his investigation.
If his guess was correct, the badge should be in Yulissa’s hands.
However, Yulissa was dead, and nobody knew where the badge went.
He looked at a photo of Yulissa on his phone, and tears began to gather in his eyes.
He seemed deranged.
“Don’t worry, Yulissa. I will never allow Winnie to get her hands on the badge. I will bury the badge next
to your grave! Also, please don’t be disappointed in me. My apology to her wasn’t sincere. I just didn’t
want to embarrass my mom and granddad. The thing is, Winnie is too difficult to deal with. I only played
along because I had to make her let her guard down. I’m aware that some of the things she showed me
were true, and I also knew that you have been lying to me the whole time. But your persistence to
deceive me for such a long time only shows that you love me, right? I know you no longer love Xavier.
You just didn’t get the chance to express your love to me, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t have injected
that massive amount of drugs into Xavier’s body. Don’t worry, Yulissa. I won’t let your efforts go to
waste. If they bully you or work with the police to plot against you, I will make them pay! I will never love
another woman in this life! I will only love you.”
On their journey back to Lagune Mansion, Xavier suddenly held Winnie’s hand and interlocked his
fingers tightly with hers.
When she had the chance, Winnie turned to look at him. “What’s wrong?”
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