"I'll be sure to watch him closely...."
Jared was having lunch in a restaurant with Claus, to whom he said, "Before leaving the country, I
asked you to investigate the accident that my grandpa was involved in.Have you managed to gather
anything?"
"I found a video."
Claus handed his phone to Jared.
"Wait, why is there only one video? Shouldn't there be a few other surveillance cameras on that stretch
of road?" Jared said with his brows raised.
"All of the cameras along that street were damaged," Claus reported.
"I have every reason to suspect that someone had sabotaged them in advance.The only one that was
left untouched was the one which got us this footage, and it was located right outside a mall about a
few hundred yards away.The truth of the matter is, we aren't able to identify the car by its brand or its
license plate because of the distance and the angle."
Jared watched as he listened to Claus.
The instant he saw his grandfather's car being slammed into, his heart sank.He clenched the fork in his
hand, his fist turning a shade of white.
"Do everything you can to find out who owns that car and who was driving it that day," Jared said in a
bitter tone of voice.
"Aye."
"Mr.Johnston, it is really you?" a female voice asked.
Looking up, he saw Chloe, who was also here for lunch.She thought the two figures at this table looked
familiar, and so, she came over to see if it was Jared.
Jared handed the phone back to Claus and greeted her with a blank stare.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here for lunch."
Chloe smiled at him while looking him in the eye.
"I guess I'm lucky to have bumped into you here.Mind if I join you?"
"Aren't there plenty of unoccupied tables around here?" Jared said, craning his neck and looking
around the restaurant.
"Perhaps I'm not here at the right time," she said.
"I'm afraid the other tables are reserved."
"Reserved?"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм Jared queried, knowing that it is another one of her pretenses.
"Why haven't you made a reservation for yourself?"
"I was in a hurry and my assistant forgot to do it for me."
"Well, sit down, then," he relented.
Chloe breathed a sigh of relief, elated that she had finally tricked Jared into giving her a seat beside
him.
It was the first time she had ever been in such close proximity to him.
To her, he was nothing short of attractive; his eyes that gleamed like onyxes under the light, his
prominent nose, his kissable lips, and his chiseled face would make any man envious.
Just the mere sight of him had stunned her.
Jared sensed the fiery gaze coming from across the table.He ate the last piece of his steak and was
about to get up and leave when Chloe stopped him.
"Mr.Johnston, I think I know something that'll interest you." Jared stopped and stared at her.
As expected, Chloe did not avoid his gaze, so he figured that there is something that she must be privy
to.
Chloe knew that what she said had worked when Jared stopped in his tracks.
"Mr.Johnston, please sit down."
Jared looked her in the eye and planted himself back on the chair."Say what you wish to say.You have
five minutes."
Chloe took a deep breath and smiled.
"You must've been at the hospital as of late, right? Surely, you've had run-ins with Nicole and Harvey,
too, haven't you?"
Jared leaned back in his chair and eyed her in silence.
He wanted to see what she could tell him he did not already know.
Noticing that she wasn't getting a response forthcoming to her question, Chloe took a sip of wine and
continued, "Aren't you curious about the relationship between the two of them now? Don't you want to
know what happened within the few days when you were out of the country?"
"I'm not curious about their relationship," he said, knowing that he has neither the time nor patience for
her gossip.
"Save your breath, if that is what you are getting at."
"Nicole and Harvey have been in and out of Mr.Johnston Sr"s ward together these days."
Chloe blurted out, somewhat anxiously.
"Don't you care about that?"
Jared narrowed his eyes.
"Just so you know, there is a price to pay for slander."
"I'm telling you the truth," she said.
"If you still don't buy that, you can send someone over to check on them."
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