Tyler nced over the file Yale had just handed him, then put it back down and rubbed his temples, His eyes were clouded with


    “Keep digging. Also, about that institution Mnie went to for that research project, look into it.”


    Yale was a little surprised. “You mean the drone development project? But didn’t it get rejected for failing some review, or something?”


    “The drone project itself isn’t the point. I heard that the institution required strict confidentiality agreements. Anyone who joins has to stay inside for years and remainpletely cut off from the outside world.


    “We’ve looked everywhere for her all this time and found absolutely nothing. If we rule out everything else, that’s the only possibility left.”


    4


    The idea had just urred to him, but what really surprised him was the possibility that Rachel had that kind of technical background.


    Just how capable was she?


    He had spent so much time around her and yet had


    no clue


    at all. Who was the real master of disguise now<i>? </i>


    Yale instantly caught on. “Understood, Mr. Hunt. I’ll get on it right away.”


    The two of them stood by the floor–to–ceiling window as noise rose from below. A crowd of reporters and angryizens had


    gathered outside Lewis Enterprise.


    Tyler felt a strange sense of déjà vu.


    Yale handed him a cup of freshly brewed coffee.


    “Mr. Hunt, I really didn’t expect Ms. Lloyd’s return to stir up such a storm. Thest time we saw something like this was when Mr. Lewis used her as a scapegoat. Now look, the tables have turned. Their roles havepletely flipped.”


    A rare look of approval appeared in Tyler’s eyes. “I didn’t think shed hit him this hard either. But it’s a clean shot, right to the heart.”


    Across the street, Lewis Enterprise had descended into chaos.


    Security guards were struggling to hold back the crowd, while the protestors outside shouted louder and louder.


    “Come out! Give us an exnation!”


    “Yeah, you tricked the public. You owe us the truth!”


    产


    “And that mistress, where is she now? She’s probably hiding like a coward because she knows she’s guilty. If she’s not, then why won’t she show her face?”


    “Exactly! Guilty conscience<b>, </b>that’s what it is. Come out and exin yourselves!”


    “Disgusting. Using your ex–wife’s divorce letter to y the victim, dragging her name through the mud when she wasn’t even around to defend herself. Is that what a real man does?”


    “They probably conspired together from the beginning! Remember when they imed Rachel ran off with some other guy? What a load of crap. Mr. Hunt has spent the past few years focused solely on work.”


    “My friend’s got Howard on WhatsApp. He posted stories from abroad. That whole time, Gerald had shipped him overseas to study. He wasn’t even in the country!”


    “Exactly! Damn! That means the whole thing was a total smear campaign. The timestamps on the photos and videos are real. There’s no way to fake those.”


    “Absolutely despicable! This is beyond a love triangle. This is the fall of basic morality!”


    Inside Lewis Enterprise, William sat frozen at his desk. He was surrounded by the constant ring of phones. Hisndline and personal phone were tinging non–stop. His expression was dark.


    The employees outside his office didn’t dare go in. They just kept trying to push the responsibility onto each other.


    “You go in first!”


    “Like hell I will! Didn’t you see Mr. Lewis’s face? He looks like he’s ready to bite someone’s head off!”


    “So what now? We can’t just stand here. This is a crisis!”


    “Don’t you think maybe this is Rachel’s ghost getting revenge? Wasn’t there a tumor she might be dead?”