Chapter 501

Joyce was about to meet Karl in the evening for dinner. She wanted to

let Karl know that she had seen Charlotte at Skymall in the afternoon

and that Charlotte was with her accompanying lieutenant.

Karl happened to be downtown on an errand, and it could be seven or

eight in the evening before he could finish his work.

So Joyce went downtown early to wait for him for a while.

She found a cafe with casual meals, ordered a mocha coffee first, and

sat down to wait for Karl.

In order not to cause any misunderstanding, she also sent a text

message to Juanita, telling her that she had a personal matter to talk to

Karl about the case.

Soon after, Juanita sent a witty reply.

"Well, I, his future girlfriend, approve!"

Joyce laughed out loud. Juanita was really a good girl! She was always

so easy-going and cheerful. She must be such a good match for Karl,

but Karl was so insensitive when it came to such a matter. She was

afraid it would take him a long time before he could recognize his own

feelings.

She swiped her phone for a while and waited until almost eight o'clock

before Karl arrived in a hurry.

Today he was wearing a beige trench coat and looked quite elegant.

Hurrying into the cafe, he pulled out a seat and sat down across from

Joyce.

"Sorry to keep you waiting for me so long, something came up today

unfortunately. I finished it just now."

“It's okay, you must be hungry. I won't treat you to a big meal today,

let's have two set meals." Joyce smiled and summoned the waiter, "You

may bring what I just ordered.”

"Okay. Please wait a moment.” The waiter politely left.

“You are in such a hurry, are there any new leads?" Karl asked bluntly.

“You, too, are a workaholic." Joyce laughed.

“Today, I went to Skymall this afternoon for some car parts. As you

know, I'm in the automotive design business and wanted to go there for

inspiration. I didn't expect that I would meet Charlotte, who had a

lieutenant with her. He was tall and lanky, with chiseled features and

fair looks. He did look well-trained. I saw them both walking out of the

jewelry store together, and Charlotte lied and said they had just come

to Skymall,” Joyce recounted.

"Moreover, I saw the two of them flirting at the corner. I saw it clearly

with my own eyes, their action was ambiguous, and they just didn't

notice me at that time. Later, when Charlotte saw me, she immediately

distanced herself from him. I felt that something was wrong, so I think I

need to tell you now." Joyce took a sip of coffee and finished in one

breath.

"Wait a minute, I'll show you something."

Karl took out his phone, opened his photos, flipped through them for a

while, and found a photo before he handed his phone to Joyce.

"Take a look, is this the guy?"

Joyce took Karl's phone, glanced at it, and immediately said, "Yes,

that's him! You know this guy too?"

"Hmm." Karl nodded gently.

"His name is Ricky, and he was specifically assigned to Charlotte by

General Ralph as a personal guard to keep her safe.”

"Ricky ..." Joyce softly said the name.

“That's right. This person has got quite a background. At first, I couldn't

find any information about him, after all, he is in the military. The police

could not interfere. Later I learned something about him through my

own contacts in the Capital. This person was formerly in the special

forces, and was sent overseas for all kinds of missions. He's quite

familiar with guns, and anti-terrorism means. He only recently returned

to the country. Because of his outstanding performance, he was

promoted from a soldier to an ordinary lieutenant. Now he has been

selected as Charlotte's personal guard, and in a short time, he had

been promoted to captain. Some sources tell me that soon, he will be

promoted to Major. That's quite fast."