Chapter 536: Chastity in Jeopardy
Meredith’s doubts deepened. On the other end of the phone, Harvey said, “Meredith, should I add more money?”
“How did Celestial Alliance reject you?” Meredith asked curiously. “What was their reason for not taking the job?”
Harvey replied, “They didn’t give a reason, just said they wouldn’t take it. I initially offered ten million, then increased it to twenty million. I even tried to provoke them, but they still refused. Meredith, I’m puzzled too. Not taking money is foolish unless the person behind this is so influential that even they don’t dare investigate.”This content is © NôvelDrama.Org.
Meredith pondered for a moment and said, “Give me their contact information. Do you know the name of Celestial Alliance’s founder or have any photos?”
After speaking, Meredith realized it was probably a futile question. Information about a shadowy leader wouldn’t be easily exposed.
Sure enough, Harvey said, “I don’t know, Meredith. You’re putting me in a tough spot. But Selene is in that circle; maybe she can help.”
“Send me the contact info to my phone,” Meredith said without mentioning that Selene had left Auroraville or that Selene was part of Celestial Alliance.
She planned to contact Celestial Alliance herself. Harvey’s reasoning didn’t seem right; Celestial Alliance was a top organization, and twenty million for information shouldn’t be a problem. There had to be another reason.
Meredith thought of Selene’s hesitation at the time; Selene must know the reason.
After hanging up with Harvey, she tried to contact Selene again, but the number was no longer in service. Selene, being part of Celestial Alliance, was elusive.
Though unable to reach Selene, Harvey had already sent her Celestial Alliance’s contact information-an email address.
To place an order with Celestial Alliance, one would send the amount and task details to this email, and Celestial Alliance would reply.
Meredith hesitated for a moment after getting the email but didn’t post a task to find Terrence. Instead, she sent one sentence:
“Find Mr. Hawthorne; reward one billion dollars.”
Meredith didn’t intend to pay this amount; it was just bait to see who this “Mr. Hawthorne” really was.
Of course, Meredith could afford the billion dollars if necessary. Although finding Terrence was worth that much, it wasn’t her primary goal. She vaguely felt that Mr. Hawthorne was the key figure behind everything.
Apart from his title, Meredith knew nothing about Mr. Hawthorne. She sent out this message to test Celestial Alliance’s reaction.
She used an old email account from her school days instead of her current one, also testing Celestial Alliance’s capabilities.
Justin had given her that email account long ago. Since Justin was dead, even if Celestial Alliance traced it back, it wouldn’t matter.
The short message she sent caused quite a stir within Celestial Alliance.
While outsiders didn’t know the founder of Celestial Alliance, insiders certainly did.
When the information department saw the request to find Mr. Hawthorne, they were stunned and immediately forwarded it to Celestial Alliance’s leader.
Hya happened to be in charge of this area.
Seeing the message, Hya was also shocked-someone dared to investigate Mr. Hawthorne?
Hya quickly found Reginald Hawthorne: “Master, someone offered a billion dollars to find you.”
“To find me?” Reginald Hawthorne was bewildered.
It was the first time someone had offered such an amount to find him.
Hya handed him the task sheet and said, “We’ve already traced the sender’s information. This person died a few months ago, and this number is over ten years old.”
Reginald found it intriguing. If it were aimed at him directly, they wouldn’t place an order through Celestial Alliance. But if not aimed at him specifically, they wouldn’t use a dead person’s number either.
Could this Mr. Hawthorne be someone else?
Reginald reviewed the information and said, “Take this order and investigate the sender thoroughly.”
“Yes, Master,” Hya replied and left.
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Meredith received a reply; Celestial Alliance accepted the order. She wasn’t surprised and paid part of the deposit as required while setting a deadline for them.
After completing these tasks, Meredith fell silent alone. She looked into the distance and missed Terrence deeply. As time passed, she grew less worried.
She believed Terrence would be fine. If he were indeed in Joy Chaucer’s hands-given Joy Chaucer’s affection for Terrence-he wouldn’t harm him but might… jeopardize his chastity.