Chapter 2184
Meanwhile, at the Johnston Group headquarters, Jared was working at his desk when an email from an
unknown sender popped into his inbox. He raised an eyebrow as he stared at the anonymous
message, hesitating for a while before clicking it.
Jared’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the contents of the email.
“Max,” Jared called out with obvious hints of displeasure in his voice.
Max quickly entered the room. “Mr. Johnston.”
“Get someone to keep an eye on Nicole. There’s someone tailing her,” he ordered as the atmosphere
in the room became as cold as ice.
Max quicklyplied. “I had assigned a bunch of guards to keep a lookout for her prior to this. They
should be in close proximity to her. I’ll be in contact with them.”
Max quickly conveyed the message to the team of guards who were watching over Nicole, and
naturally, it did not take long for them to receive the message.
“Mr. Johnston, they’re heading there now. They’ll be responsible for the safety of Ms. Riddle,” Max
reported.
“Okay.” Jared issued a sigh of relief.
“Mr. Johnston, do you think Ms. Riddle is being targeted?”
Max asked with a hint of doubt in his voice.
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“Someone sent a photo of Nicole and Martin having lunch together. I’m assuming that this individual
must be in the restaurant too. Try and find out who they are,” Jared posited.
Not only did they take pictures of Nicole, but they had the guts to send it to me. Who the hell does
that?’ he fumed.
“Okay,’ Max agreed. “I think it’s best if I go there myself.”
The group of guards had already arrived and was watching over Nicole in secrecy. Their main objective
was to go undercover and prevent themselves from being exposed unless they happened to be dealing
with specific situations where extra security measures were required.
Although the guards Max had sent out were already guarding Nicole to ensure her safety, Max was still
restless, and was determined to go out there and check the scene out himself.
Soon after Max had left, Jared’s eyes narrowed. ‘There have been an increasing number of incidents
recently. I feel like someone is monitoring our every move, as if they’re waiting for an opportunity and
the right time to attack both Nicole and I.’
Meanwhile, at the restaurant, Nicole and Martin had parted ways after lunch with Nicole returning to her
office. The guards that had been called over ensured Nicole was not in danger. However, no one had
noticed a dark figure hiding in their car.
Iris pushed the edge of her hat down, and watched as
Nicole left the ce. She scanned the area before feeling relieved. As soon as she had seen Max
walking into the restaurant earlier, she scrambled and skedaddled out of there.
Iris was unsure of what happened after Max had entered the restaurant. The atmosphere there had
be so strange that it triggered within her a reluctance to leave. Instead, she stayed to monitor
everything that had happened.
Then, Iris followed Nicole all the way to the headquarters of the Riddle Corporation, in which, much to
her chagrin, she found nothing.
Iris gritted her teeth. ‘I’ve already sent the photo to him, but then Max appeared. This means he has
already seen the email. Why does he seem so unbothered? Is it because he doesn’t care at all?’
The more Iris thought about this, the more agitated she became in the parking lot of the Riddle
Corporation where she was. She stayed right outside thepany, killing hour after hour until office
hours were over, after which she watched as the employees left in waves. Nicole, however, did not
leave the office until hourster.
Iris was surprised to see Jared’s car rolling up to the driveway as soon as Nicole had exited the
building. She watched as Nicole got into the car and left.
Iris was left in shock as she tried to process all of this.