Chapter 1498

Chapter 1498

Sunny shrugged his shoulders. “Okay, then. I’ll go for a walk there and come back at noon to get some

lunch. Your treat, of course!”

Corinne glanced at him in disdain and placed down her coffee cup. “I’m pretty sure that’s the main

reason you came here.”

Sunny got up with a grin and strolled out. He did not want to disturb Corinne at work.

Corinne sat alone for a while with a complicated expression on her face. She seemed to be in deep

thought, but she soon got up and went to work.

Sunny left to spend time with a friend who owned a cyber cafe in the city. As it neared noon, he was

invited to join them for a meal, which he declined. Once he had enough fun, he left the place and made

his way back to Corinne’s company.

One of his friends handed him a low-alcohol drink while he was gaming, so he felt that it was unsafe for

him to drive. He decided it would be best to take a taxi.

Along the way, he passed by his family’s company, and Sunny had a sudden idea. He asked the driver

to stop the car for a while and took out his cell phone to call Lucas.

“Where are you, Lucas? Let’s have lunch together at noon. I’m meeting Corinne for lunch!”

Lucas replied sonorously, “My hands are a little full this afternoon, so I can’t make it. Behave yourself,

and don’t make Corinne angry.”

Sunny smiled heartily and said, “I’m not the naive kid I was ten years ago, okay? I’m a man now. I won’t

make her angry.”

Lucas responded, “I hope so.”

Sunny then asked, “By the way, what are you so busy with that you can’t get lunch?”

Lucas replied, “Grown-Up stuff. Don’t be a busybody.”

Sunny was not too happy that his concern was met with a scolding from Lucas. “I’m a grown-up now

too, Lucas! Forget it then, I won’t ask if you don’t want to share. I’m going to meet Corinne now. See

ya!”

After ending the call, Sunny was about to ask the driver to continue driving when he spotted Lucas

walking out of the company building’s entrance.

Lucas walked toward a black MPV parked at the door and told the driver to get off. He then got in the

vehicle and started driving.

The notion that his brother was driving himself and going to a private meeting intrigued Sunny. He

recollected his brother’s earlier words about’ grown-up stuff and was further piqued by that.

‘Is Lucas in a relationship? Is he meeting a woman secretly during lunch break?’ Sunny found Lucas’

‘romantic escapades’ to be more intriguing than having lunch with Corinne, so he told the taxi driver to

turn around and follow the car.

Lucas drove to the hotel where he stayed the previous night. Rather than check out, he swiped his card

and entered the suite that he checked into the day before. The hotel was not very close to the

company, and traffic congestion that resulted from a traffic accident meant that Lucas took more than

an hour to reach the hotel. Edmund had been staying in that suite, quietly observing movement in the

opposite room through a peephole.

Lucas was concerned about the possibility of a trap, and that Jeremy’s promise to meet the next day at

2 p.m. was merely a delaying tactic. For

those reasons, he stationed Edmund there to keep an eye on things.

However, there had been no movement thus far, and no one had left the room yet.

Once Lucas entered the suite, he took off his coat and sat on the sofa to check the time. It was already

past one, and the agreed meeting time with Jeremy was less than an hour away.

Should Edmund see Sophia leave, he would go to the other suite to hear Jeremy’s explanation for the

three-year disappearance.