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Upon hearing this, an icy glint emanated from Max’s eyes. Wearing the hotel’s uniform? A dead puppy?
“Ask the hotel for the food she ate, and send it for testing.” Max seemed to have caught onto some important news.
Jake immediately left to handle the matter. Max slumped into his chair, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
She was his woman, so he could do anything he wanted to her, but no one else could!
The intercom suddenly rang. Max turned on the loudspeaker on the phone. “President, Miss Yard is here. She said that you have a lunch appointment with her.” The voice of the receptionist at the lobby sounded through the speaker.
“Decline it.” Max coldly spat out two words and hung up.
He didn’t want to see anyone now. Or rather, he would not see Janice until he was sure of the cause of the death of the puppy in the hotel, where Shannon had stayed.
When Janice heard Max say that he was busy, her signature smile stiffened. No matter how busy he was, he still had to eat. Moreover, he was in the office right now.
There was only one reason. He didn’t want to see her at all.
Janice left the Wenley Corporation building and headed straight for the mall. She needed to do something to ease the uneasiness in her heart.
No matter what, Shannon had already left. She could relax for the time being.
New York.
It was midnight, and Shannon was extremely nervous as she landed empty-handed in this foreign land.
She wasn’t familiar with the place at all. The last time she came, she was with Max. When he was busy, she would wait for him in the hotel. However, it was late at night now, and there was barely anyone on the streets.
Shannon, who had never traveled alone, felt increasingly terrified as she continued walking.
She couldn’t help but feel a little regretful. In hindsight, she should have stayed at the airport till daylight before leaving.
“Hi, can I ask if you know if there are any hotels around?” Shannon walked for a long time before she saw a kindly-looking old man, so she ran up to him to ask.
The old man simply pointed at the road in front of her before leaving hastily, hence Shannon could only walk forward.
Yet, she had barely taken two steps when it started raining. She increased her speed and ran ahead, but the sudden shower was heavy, and very quickly, her clothes were drenched.
Hence, she decided to just walk slowly in the rain. The raindrops hit her hard, and tears of aggrievement rolled down her face, making her feel extremely miserable.
“Mom, I’m sorry. I didn’t live the life you wanted me to. I feel so useless.” After walking for some time, Shannon squatted on the ground and sobbed.
When she was tired from crying, she got up and started to look for a hotel again. Finally, at dawn, she finally found one, but she didn’t have a single cent on her.
Someone pitied her disheveled state, and offered to pay for her lodging for one night.
Shannon quickly went to take a hot shower. However, because she had spent a prolonged period in the rain and hadn’t recovered from her shock prior to her arrival here, she had a high fever.
She went out in a daze and found a pharmacy, and after much difficulty, she managed to get some fever medicine.
However, after taking the medicine, she still couldn’t sleep despite lying on the bed. She suddenly felt that she was the most pitiful person in the world.
She got up and leaned against the window. The traffic outside was heavy, and she suddenly thought about jumping down from there.
However, she was reminded of Matthew. He had treated her so well, so if she were to die, she would be letting him down, and couldn’t justify all the care he had given her during that period.
Shannon lay on the bed again and touched the pendant left by her mother. She couldn’t die like this.
Not only could she not die, she had to live well! She had to live a more exciting life than before, and live a different life that belonged solely to her.
Having made up her mind, Shannon went out to withdraw some money, then after a meal, she went school-hunting.
She had studied law previously. So long as she put her heart into it, she could still get into law school. She had to make herself stronger.
By the time Shannon returned to the hotel at night, she felt that this day had been as long as a few years. The life that Max had given her in the past had made it impossible for her to adapt to her new environment.
Max! The name appeared in Shannon’s mind, and she quickly got up to look for the snow globe, the only thing she brought out of the house. However, she realized that she didn’t bring anything with her when she came here!
She fell back onto the bed, tears streaming down her face. She still had nothing left, not even a single momento.
She had once appeared in his life. Would he ever remember her?
The moment Shannon thought of Max, her heart ached terribly, and her tears flowed uncontrollably.
At the same time, ever since Max found out that she had left, there was suddenly an emptiness in a certain part of his heart.
“I’ve investigated the matter thoroughly. It was a hooligan who drugged Miss Zanders. I interrogated him for a long time, but he only said that he wanted to rob Miss Zanders, but Miss Zanders refused to give him any money, so he came up with this idea.” Jake had investigated Shannon’s poisoning and updated Max.
Max looked up at him coldly. How did a hooligan know that Shannon was rich?
It had only been a day since she had sold her house. Even a fool could tell that the man’s testimony wasn’t true!
“Could this be related to Janice?” Max didn’t want this matter to be related to Janice.
He didn’t want to think that the woman he once loved would actually order a murder.
“That can’t be true, President. How could someone as gentle and innocent as Miss Yard do such a thing?” Jake didn’t suspect Janice as well.
Max twirled the pen in his hand. Would she really not do it?
“Then check on her friend Hannah!” He remembered that when he found Shannon, Hannah was the one who did what Janice didn’t do.
Jake nodded and left his office to follow up on Max’s instructions.
Janice panicked when she found out that Max was investigating her.
She had originally thought that Max wouldn’t care at all, but now it seemed like it was all her wishful thinking.
He had arranged to meet her for lunch, but he stood her up. Could it be because of this?
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Fear flashed across Janice’s eyes. The consequences would be disastrous if she was implicated in the matter!
“Janice, don’t be anxious. That gangster didn’t sell you out. For the safety of his family, he won’t say anything.” Hannah didn’t take Max’s investigation to heart at all, and was consoling Janice.
Janice suddenly turned to look at Hannah. Max was not a fool, and he would not let it pass. Moreover, he had already suspected her.
“Hannah, help me. Can you take the rap for the poisoning?” Janice suddenly grabbed Hannah’s shoulder. Her gaze made Hannah feel as though she was a stranger.
She was in disbelief.. She didn’t even know that Janice had done this!