Female Novel
Chapter 372
Chapter 372
Sunshine was surprised to see Felix frowning. She gently smoothed the furrow between his eyebrowsand asked, “But you’re not happy!”
Felix shook his head. He wasn’t unhappy but didn’t know that his parents had divorced. Divorce meantthat his parents were no longer together.
Even though Felix was now living abroad with Esther, he still greatly missed his father. He had evennaively hoped that his parents would get back together one day.
But now that they were divorced…
After placing Felix and Sunshine in their booster seats, Esther turned to Benz, who had been. silentlyplaying with his phone. “Benz, let’s go.”
Benz opened the passenger door and got in, fastening his seatbelt.
Esther drove Benz to his detective agency. “Benz, thank you for coming with me.”novelbin
Before Benz got out of the car, she handed him a check. She had assumed it would take a long time tofind Pixie’s whereabouts, but the matter had been resolved faster than she had expected. Even so, shestill gave Benz the compensation he deserved.
“Ms. Quill, I haven’t done anything, so I shouldn’t accept this check,” Benz said. He was a hobbyistdetective, not a professional.
Esther insisted on giving the check to Benz. “If you don’t want to accept it, you can donate it to charity.”
Benz took the check from Esther and said warmly, “It was a pleasure working with you. Shall weexchange contact information?”
“Sure.”
Benz went upstairs. He watched Esther’s car drive away but couldn’t shake the feeling that somethingwas wrong. He had been happy for Esther to find Pixie so easily, but it all seemed too convenient. Hesensed a conspiracy.
Just as Benz was about to turn away, he noticed a blue Citroen following Esther’s car. He retrieved hismotorcycle’s keys and ran downstairs to follow the car from a distance.
When he saw an opportunity, he sped up and blocked the car’s path. The car screeched to a halt a fewmeters in front of him.
Benz took off his helmet and walked up to the car.
The woman inside asked in an unfriendly tone, “Do you know how to ride a bike?”
Benz opened the car door and forcefully pulled the woman out. He pressed her against the car withone hand and asked, “Who asked you to follow them?”
The woman looked at Esther’s car, which was now out of sight, and exploded in anger. your ownbusiness!”
“Mind
Benz released the woman and got back on his motorcycle. He watched as the car sped away, and heknew that he had to find out who was behind this.