Female Novel
Chapter 251
Jake was sure Thomas would die should he show up. He spent six hundred million just to kill him, andhe waved his underling away. “Alright, get back to work.”
The Yams and Xalmars had no idea about his plan. The families might be allied on the surface, butthey were fighting among themselves, scheming and plotting to gain more ground. They wouldn’t evenhave banded together if it weren’t for Thomas being too much of a threat.
Jake, however, didn’t put his faith in the alliance as he would take revenge into his own hands. Tellingthe other two families might backfire, seeing that they might sabotage him. Not even his brother knewof this plan, let alone the other families.
“Yes, sir.” The man left the office and realized his back was drenched with sweat. This can’t go on, orhe’s going to find out I’ve been disobeying his orders. I need to make sure Thomas knows about this.
He whipped out his phone and called his underling. “Tell Chloe that her mother’s ashes were stolen.”novelbin
The man’s boss was the leader of the famous Hind Family. Anyone who crossed Jake would be wipedoff the face of the earth without a hitch, yet this time, Jake went through so many hoops just to get atChloe and Thomas. That was proof that Chloe and Thomas were not to be trifled with. If his bossneeded to be careful with them, then he had to be even more careful. I’ll just let the underlings deliverthe message. I don’t want to die just yet.
An hour later, his underling came back with news. “There’s no one at her house, boss.”
“It’s deserted?” The man frowned. Where could she be? “Just take that letter along and stake out theplace. Once they come back, give it to them, but make sure you’re not seen. And make sure they seethe letter,” said the man.
“Yes, boss.”
A whole day went by. Night had fallen, yet there was still no news. Now that his patience was lost, theman quickly made a call. “What are you doing? It’s been a whole day.”
“I’ve staked out this place all day, but no one returned.”
“What?” The man panicked. Jake told him clearly that he must leak the name of the culprit to Thomas.But he has no idea about the culprit just yet. How am I supposed to answer him when he asks meabout it tomorrow? “Damn it. Guess I’ll have to get to Thomas.”
He quickly made a call to someone else. “I’m sending you an email, and I need you to print it out. Takeit to Number 66, Northpine Villa. Make it quick, and don’t be seen.”
“Yes, sir.”
“On the double. This is urgent.”
“Right away, sir.”
The man was pacing around his office like a cat on hot bricks. Jake was a cruel, cruel man. If hemessed up this job, his head would be lopped off.
A while later, the man who went to the villa called. “No one came back, boss. It’s dark inside.”
“Damn it all!” the man cursed as he thought, Is this some sort of sick joke? There’s only one thing left todo.
“I’m really sorry about this, madam. I didn’t want to do this, but I had no choice. Please forgive me,” hemuttered. Then, he told his men to smash the grave of Chloe’s mother. Still worried, he darted out ofhis office. I’m going to keep an eye on this myself. If I botch this up, I’m going to get busted.
Darkness engulfed the inside of Keyshire Properties. All the other employees had gone home, but thepresident’s office was still lit up. The documents had piled up into a mountain in Olivia’s absence. Shehad to work a lot of overtime just to catch up on work. Molly stayed back to help as well.
Thomas was not around. He was going around the city searching for pharmacies. Most of the herbs inhis recipe could be found easily, but wild manroots were a problem. He had scoured the whole city, buthe still didn’t find enough.
“I should check out Angelvale Pharmacy,” he muttered. Angelvale Pharmacy was owned by the Elliotts,and it was where he first met Rose. A moment later, he arrived at Angelvale Pharmacy, parked his car,and went inside.
Angelvale Pharmacy was closed for the day. Rose had sorted things out and was getting ready to gohome, but then she bumped into Thomas. “Thomas?” She hadn’t seen him after that poisoningincident. It had been a while.
Rose was happy seeing him, but she had no idea why. “It’s late. What brings you here?”
“I’m searching for a herb and wondered if you guys have it.”
“What herb? I’ll check the inventory.”
“High-quality wild manroot.”
“Wild manroot?” Rose dabbled in medicine, and she wondered why Thomas needed that herb. Qualitywild manroots were precious herbs and they fetched a high price, so they didn’t have many of them.Not everyone could afford them. Besides, supply was always low, and purchasing them was a hassle.
“Yeah. Do you have any?” Thomas looked at her with anticipation. He had been running around thewhole day just for this herb. He knew it was hard to find, but he never thought it would be this hard. He
came here to try his luck out, seeing that Rose told him that she came from a family of healers.
Rose nodded. “Yeah, but wild manroots are precious. We don’t have many, so I’ll have to check withGrandpa.”
Thomas heaved a sigh of relief. As long as they have some. “I don’t need too many of them. Twentyshould be enough.”
“You want how many?” Rose gasped. Twenty of them isn’t ‘too many’?