Chapter 1998


    Max had already acted very promptly, and yet, the people he had sent ended uping back empty-


    handed anyway. The doctor was nowhere to be found, and he had probably fled during midnight. In


    addition, he had not left any clues at his home, and no one knew how he had left or where he had


    gone.


    After knowing what had happened, Nicole''s pupils contracted slightly. "If that''s the case, could he


    already be murdered?"


    "It''s possible," he replied, as they were all thinking that too.


    Nicole bit her lip lightly, as though she was lost in thought. Upon noticing Nicole''s silence, Jared left her


    be, as he knew that she needed time to calm down.


    After some time, the car slowly came to a halt as they had already arrived at the headquarters of the


    Riddle Corporation.


    Nicole got out of the car, and was about to say something when Jared beat her to it. "I''lle to pick


    you up after work."


    She paused for a moment before agreeing, "Sure."


    A satisfied look shed across Jared''s face. He watched as Nicole entered the building and left.


    Nicole went to the top level of the building where the highest-ranking officers worked and that was


    when she spotted Sean and Steve.


    They could not help but feel sorry for Nicole upon noticing the amount of documents she was holding.


    "You just started working. There''s no need to push yourself so hard. Take it easy."


    "I..." Nicole looked at the documents in her hands. "Not all of them are rted to work."


    To be specific, only one of them was about work, and it was the letter of intent on cooperation that


    Lawrence had given her. The other two were given to her by Jared; one was the information about the


    partners of the Riddle Corporation and the other featured the details about Nn and Lana''s future


    kindergarten.


    "Hey guys, I have something to tell you," Nicole said with a stern expression without divulging more


    about the documents in her hands.


    The look on Sean and Steve''s faces became solemn too after hearing that.


    "Let''s go to your office then," Sean said.


    "Sure."


    Soon after, the three of them stepped foot into Nicole''s office.


    "About what happened to Grandpa, something went wrong with the investigation. The doctor has gone


    missing," Nicole briefly informed.


    "What? What happened?" Sean and Steve asked, feeling a little shocked.


    Nobody else was supposed to know that they were investigating their grandfather''s medication, so they


    were not expecting anyone to be alerted by their actions.


    "I don''t know." Nicole shook her head.


    Although she had thought of several possibilities, she did not have any evidence to back them up.


    "Now that the doctor is gone, there''s no way we can find out who''s behind everything that has


    transpired," Steve said in frustration.


    The doctor had no reason to harm their grandfather unless he had been bribed. After all, he was just a


    pawn, and discovering who the mastermind behind it all was the biggest priority.


    N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    "You''re right," Sean said, agreeing that it would be very difficult for them to trace the person behind


    everything, as the doctor had disappeared into the night.


    "Since there''s nothing we can do now, let''s just report the doctor to the police. As for the mastermind..."


    A hint of profound coldness shed in Nicole''s eyes before she continued. "The person who can benefit


    most from this is the most suspicious. We just have to be prepared."


    Sean and Steve exchanged nces upon hearing that, knowing what to do at once.


    Indeed, if something horrible had really happened to their grandfather, the person who could benefit the


    most would have the highest degree of suspicion. Of course, it did not mean that they were going to


    exclude any other individuals who could gain something from it too.