Chapter 55
From Ashes to Queen Now I Call the Shots
55 Just A Small Talk About Betrayal
Maybe I should try following them first, find the killer, then we can each fend for ourselves ? It wasn’t exactly ethical , hat who ever said the road to success was smooth ? She convinced herself, shifted her thoughts, and slowly got to her
feet.
“You two keep chatting. I’m going to take a walk.”
Jasper stopped her. “It’s not safe outside.”
Jack was stunned. You seriously don’t know what level of security this lab building has?
Scarlett gave a polite smile. “Will I be interfering with you two?”
Jasper replied calmly, “If you’re interested, come along.”
The implication was clear , you’re not important enough to mess anything up. Scarlett fell silent.
Jack was equally confused.
Wasn’t this supposed to be a confidential lead ? Something we were keeping under wraps?
And yet Jasper was acting like it didn’t matter. Wasn’t he afraid Pixel would expose his secret identity ?
“Go on,” Jasper said, glancing over. His long fingers tapped lightly on the table, his posture relaxed and unbothered.
It really seemed like he didn’t care that Scarlett was joining them.
Jack took a deep breath. If Jasper was this generous , why should he be uptight about a minor detail?
Besides, he actually trusted Pixel quite a bit.
And if nothing else, Pixel’s specialty might come in handy if they needed help dissecting something.
“The Robert family. Over on Osbert Road.”
Scarlett blinked.
No wonder she hadn’t found anything during her own search.
The Robert family basically ran Trenwyn behind the scenes.
“Then let’s go check it out.”
She broke the silence, seeing the two men fall quiet.
Sure, the Robert family was powerful, but compared to the Fletcher family or the Damian family, they were still far behind.
Jack pulled her aside and lowered his voice.
“The Robert family is related to the Fletchers, the current head is Jasper’s uncle. Well, technically his stepmother’s family. Jasper doesn’t acknowledge the guy.”.
“That’s messy,” Scarlett muttered.
Jack couldn’t help but frown.
“Pixel, you don’t seem surprised about the corpse case, and you haven’t asked why we’re investigating it either.”
Scarlett felt her heart sink. Damn it , Jack , how are you suddenly being cautious for once?
“What if I said I was too afraid to ask? Would you believe me?”
Jack fell silent.
He’d thought this girl was fearless, she had, after all, dared to sign that tech experiment contract with Jasper.
Thank God Jasper wasn’t some villain . Otherwise , she’d have been trafficked overseas by now.
But thinking back, Scarlett had just cut ties with her family then, been kicked out of her lab, and was full of
resentment.
Maybe she’d mistaken Jasper’s coldness for kindness.
He shook his head. Forget it , asking too many questions would only backfire on me .
“The first one who went missing… was someone Jasper was extremely close to.”
Scarlett frowned.
When she first started investigating, she’d reviewed the case files about the missing bodies.
The first victim had been a young man who drowned. The coroner was preparing to run an autopsy, but the body vanished.
The rest were all over the place–men, women, old, young.
That’s why she hadn’t considered any social connections between them.
“Let’s go.”
Jasper replaced the robot cat’s battery, then motioned for it to hop onto Scarlett.
Scarlett was a little shocked:
“You’re not worried I’ll drag you down?”
Jack actually laughed at her sincere question.
“Come on, the Robert family’s not that big of a deal.”
Scarlett said nothing,
A family that everyone in Trenwyn thought was untouchable meant nothing to these people—just something to crush without a second thought.
How could the gap between people be this wide ? I just want to beat the rich at their own game !
Clutching the robot cat, she walked at the back of the group and quietly messaged her contact.
Then she picked up the pace to catch up.
Once outside the school, Scarlett realized there were more than ten armored cars discreetly parked along the back road.
Jack casually walked up to the first car and took the wheel himself.
She, on the other hand, got into the backseat with Jasper.
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All the outside noise vanished.
The car glided forward smoothly.”
Behind them, a whole convoy of luxury vehicles followed at a steady pace.
This didn’t feel like going to investigate a case–it felt more like a planned massacre.
She hugged the robot cat tighter. Sometimes , knowing too much can get you killed .
But now, she was already in the thick of it–too deep to turn back.
All she could do was hang on and hope for the best.
Truthfully, she felt uneasy. This case was clearly confidential , yet Jasper and Jack had just decided to bring me along It all felt too convenient , like they already knew I’d been digging into it , and this was their way of testing me. If that were true , I needed to stay laser sharp . After all , No one had ever gone up against Mr. Fletcher and lived to tell the tale.
Meanwhile, at the Robert residence.
Carson Robert sat on a black leather sofa, one leg crossed over the other, a half–burned cigarette between his fingers.
The smoke curled upward in thin wisps, casting shadows that made him look even more ruthless.