Chapter 470 The Sound Of Chains.

The corridor was dimly lit. With the help of the flashlight, they could vaguely see the tightly-shut doors along the way.

Nico led Gwendolyn down the corridor while Karl, the butler, followed closely behind them.

The first door they opened showed a study.

They flipped the switch, and the lights in the room turned on.

Nico waved at the soldiers standing outside the metal door, gesturing for them to enter. Seeing this, they jogged in and acted as if they were rummaging through the room to look for the missing crystal earrings.

As they did that, Nico led Gwendolyn to another room.

Karl took in a deep breath anxiously and continued following after them.

The door was opened, and it showed a vacant bedroom. The room was decorated with rosewood furniture, looking minimalistic but exquisite at the same time.

“This used to be Old Mr. Abraham’s room. Ever since he passed away, Mrs, Newton would always say she’d see him in this room and couldn’t fall asleep. We left this room vacant later on, but Mr. Craig would tell our housekeepers to clean it every day,” Karl explained.

Nico nodded in response. The two soldiers who were checking the previous room walked in and began carefully searching the room.

As they exited the room, Nico locked his gaze on the door opposite them.

He could vaguely hear the sound of chains rattling coming from inside.

Nico turned back and glanced at Gwendolyn, who was also looking at him, The pair exchanged solemn gazes.

An ill premonition suddenly brewed in their hearts.

Nico walked over, about to turn the knob, when Karl suddenly stood before him to stop him from opening the door.

“That’s Mrs. Newton’s bedroom. She is already asleep around this time and will get upset if we wake her up now. We must not enter this room!”

The stronger his reaction, the more it meant there was an unspeakable secret going on in the room.

“I’ve been coming to the Newton residence since I was young. Mrs. Newton likes me very much. Im sure she’ll understand since I lost my precious crystal earrings, Gwendolyn said.

Hearing that, Nico bypassed Karl and forcefully tried to open the door.

“No! You can’t go into this room. Mr. Craig will be furious if he finds out! You really can’t enter!”

The latter leaned against the door to stop Nico, and his breath quickened by the second.

Perhaps it was because of the commotion outside, but the rattling of the chains on the ground sounded again.

The two men entered a silent stalemate that lasted for a few minutes.

Time was running out, and Nico apologized eventually, “Pardon me, Karl”

He pushed Karl away as he spoke, and the latter staggered to the side. The two soldiers had finished searching the other room, and they quickly grabbed each of Karl’s arms to stop him from falling.

Nico stepped forward and had only just managed to grab the doorknob when a man’s angry roar was heard.

“Stop!”

This voice…

Nico and Gwendolyn looked toward the metal door simultaneously and saw Craig rushing upstairs. He was breathing heavily and looked absolutely furious.

The man had a few bodyguards behind him. With torches in their hands, they followed Craig Gwendolyn frowned and clenched her fists. Craig was back, which meant it would be much more if they wanted to find Jennifer and check on how she was doing They had planned for this for days, but everything had gone down the drain just like that. Her expression. turned solemn as she instructed quietly. “Ignore him and open the door”

Nico was about to open the door again when the sound of a gun being cocked rang out Craig was standing around two meters away from them and holding a gun in his hands. His eves were cold as he aimed the gun at Nico’s head. “How dare you bring soldiers and break into the Newton residence. acting so arrogantly, Nico? Don’t think I wouldn’t dare to hurt you just because Cedrick has your back. 11 put a bullet straight through your head if you dare open that door and disrupt my mother’s sleep,” he threatened sinisterly.

Craig was superior to Nico, so the latter had no choice but to let go of the door knob.

Gwendolyn walked forward to block the gun and shielded Nico behind her. Then, glancing at Craig, she explained, “Mr. Craig, my crystal earrings were stolen during the tea party. All the sociahtes who attended have been searched. Nico is just doing his job, so there’s no need for you to use the gun, is there””

Craig did not put down the gun even after listening to her explanation. An ominous aura emanated from his body.

“I’ve already heard from the bodyguards when I came in earlier, Mrs Jemson. Since you suspect that mV sister was the one who stole your earrings, you should go look for her instead of searching the Newtoni residence.”

Without the slightest change in her expression, Gwendolyn replied, “But Jasmine wasn’t at home. I don’t know where she’s gone. What if she didn’t want to take responsibility after stealing my earrings and bad deliberately returned to the Newton residence to hide the earrings before going into hiding herselt)

Craig glowered and lowered his eyes. “I will look into this myself and make sure Jasmine gives you an explanation for what happened. If she did steal your earrings. I’m willing to give you compensation that’s three times the price of the earrings and break her limbs for stealing. I’ll make sure to bring her to you and have her explain herself”

Gwendolyn furrowed her brows when she heard that. “Craig-

Without waiting for her to finish, Craig interrupted, “It’s late already. Please lead your men and leave the Newton residence. Mrs. Jenson”

His frigid demand for them to leave left her no room for refutation.

Nico glanced at Gwendolyn worriedly, but the latter said nothing The atmosphere in the corridor was tense Craig was back, and as a family member of the Newton family and deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he was at a higher rank than Nico. This meant that his words meant everything here Gwendolyn and Nico had no right to continue searching the place.

“All right, then. I’ll leave since you don’t welcome me here. Mr. Craig, Gwendolyn said with a smile.

Crang finally put down his gun and explained calmly, “It’s not that I don’t welcome you. Mrs Jenson Jennifer is sick, and Mother isn’t feeling well too. The Newton family doesn’t typically allow guests to stay Gwendolyn interjected upon hearing him bring up Jennifer himself. “You also said Jennifer was sick the last time. It was just a common cold, so why isn’t she better yet! We’ve been delaying her shoots for quite some time now What happened to her?

The man politely responded. “The season is changing, and she has influenza. It’s quite serious and contagious, which is why I didn’t allow any guests here, afraid that they’d be infected”

When he hushed speaking, he took a few steps backward and leaned against the wall, opening up a path for her. Craig then reached out politely and gestured for her to leave.

Gwendolyn didn’t want to leave. However, she had no choice but to lead Nico out of the corridor They had only taken a few steps when the sound of chains ratthing sounded from behind them. This time. the chains rang with a rhythm Gwendolyn instantly stopped in her tracks and looked toward Craig “Mr. Craig, did you hear something Nico quickly chimed in, saying. “I heard it too, Gwendolyn. It sounded like chains. Why would there be something like that on the top floor of the Newton residence? You can’t possibly be confining someone in here, night “Nico Jenson?” Craig’s eyes had darkened. He gritted his teeth and shouted. “This is the Newton family’s business. You’re not allowed to comment on this. Besides, that wasn’t the wound of chams.

The wundor the room aren’t closed, and the beaded curtains inside moved because of the wind”

Gwendolyn swept a glance at the door.

The sounds from beaded curtains and chains are completely different. Who is he trying to fool? It took us considerable effort to finally get in here. If I can’t check on Jennifer today, Craig will definitely put his guard up in the future. I’m afraid things will be much more difficult if that happens.

Gwendolyn couldn’t accept having their plan fail and return just like that.

She decided to go all out.