Chapter 60 Stolen from the bank
The car was right outside, and Hugo Hodges got straight in.
Henry Fallon yawned, “Where to, boss?”
“Back home to change, then to the office.”
Henry Fallon started the car and drove forward.
“Where’s my phone?” Hugo Hodges asked.
Henry Fallon remembered and quickly grabbed it from the side, handing it to him. “Fully charged.”
Hugo Hodges fiddled with the phone, turning it on.
Henry Fallon drove on. “Is Manager Young’s father alright now?”
“Yeah, he’s fine.”
Henry Fallon thought for a moment. “Boss, there’s something I wanted to say, but I don’t know if I should…”
“What is it?”
As he spoke, Hugo Hodges turned on his phone. Among the many messages, Scarlett Adler’s was the most
prominent.
“It’s about you and Ms. Young, yesterday I…”
*Hold on!* Hugo Hodges interrupted Henry Fallon before he could finish, then picked up his phone and made
a call.
Scarlett Adler had just woken up. Seeing Hugo Hodges’s call, she reluctantly answered it.
“What?”
“Scarlett, where did you get all this money?”
“I robbed a bank.”
Hugo was speechless. “…You didn’t take Grandpa Adler’s money, did you?”
“Hugo, do you really think I’m just leeching off the old man?” Scarlett retorted.
Hugo realized he knew very little about her.
“Then how did you get my ount information?”
“We were married, after all. Even if I didn’t know you well, I’ve seen your card. Is it that hard to remember after just one nce? Besides, you seem to underestimate the abilities of a programmer.”
Hugo was at a loss for words.
Feeling defeated, Hugo angrily hung up the phone.
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Just as Scarlett was secretly celebrating, a message came through on Hugo’s WhatsApp: “Money has been
returned. Please check your ount.”
Scarlett was speechless.
Before she could even finish typing a reply, another message came through: “I’ve already canceled the card. If
you want to return it, go find the old man.”
Scarlett was at a loss for words.
“What a waste of money.”
After sending the message, Hugo Hodges leaned back in his chair, his brow furrowed.
He realized he really knew nothing about Scarlett Adler.
In his mind, Scarlett was just someone from a rural background, unsophisticated,cking taste, and with a boisterous and uninteresting personality. Hugo didn’t even know what she did for a living before.
Thinking about this, Hugo couldn’t help but ask, “Do programmers make a lot of money?”
“Well, I’ve heard they earn quite a bit,” Henry Fallon replied.
“How long would it take a programmer to earn ten million?” Hugo asked.
Henry Fallon thought for a moment. “Well… programmers do earn well, but not at that level. Normally, it
would take at least ten to twenty years to earn that much.”
Hugo frowned upon hearing this.
“Then why does Scarlett have so much money?” Hugo asked.
Henry Fallon chuckled awkwardly. “Well, if you don’t know, boss, I certainly wouldn’t…”
Hugo frowned, seemingly deep in thought.
“Is the former boss’s wife that rich?” Henry Fallon asked.
Hugo Hodges didn’t answer, but looked at him and said, “Henry Fallon.”
“Yes?”
“Help me investigate Scarlett Adler’s information over the past few years, the more detailed the better.
Especially what she’s been up to recently, I want to know everything.”
“Isn’t it a bit inappropriate to investigate the former boss’s wife like this?” Henry Fallon retorted.
Hugo Hodges shot him a look, and Henry Fallon immediately shuddered. “But you could say you’re just showing concern for the former boss’s wife’s past life, so there’s nothing wrong with it. I understand, I’ll
arrange it right away.”
Hugo Hodges then softened his gaze. “I’m going to get some sleep. Wake me when we arrive.”
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“Alright.”
With that, Hugo Hodges closed his eyes to rest.
Henry Fallon quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
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Arriving at Hugo Hodges’s apartment, he took a shower, changed his clothes, and went straight to the office.
During a meeting, Henry Fallon pushed open the office door and whispered something in Hugo Hodges’s ear.
The next second, Hugo Hodges…
Hugo frowned and said, “Let’s stop here for today.” With that, he stood up and walked out.
Henry Fallon followed Hugo to the office.
Scarlett Adler was sitting in a chair, as if she had been waiting for a while.
There was a box ced beside her.
Hugo sized her up as he walked over.
Scarlett, sitting in the chair, turned and said, “I hope my visit hasn’t disturbed you.”
“What do you mean?” Hugo asked.
“The car is downstairs,” Scarlett said.
Hugo looked at her. “I told you, if you want to give it, give it to my father.”
“If I could give it to your father, I wouldn’t be here looking for you,” Scarlett replied.
“Do you think I would ept it?”
“It’s not up to you.” As she spoke, Scarlett directly lifted the box and ced it on the table. “Two choices:
leave the car, or leave the money.”
Needless to say, the box was full of cash.
Henry, watching from behind, had stars in his eyes. “Ms. Adler, is that cash in there? I’ve only ever seen the
numbers on the ount. I’ve never seen so much cash before. Can I take a look?”
“Alright!” Scarlett Adler said.
As Henry Fallon was about to step forward, Scarlett added, “Tell your boss to ept this money, and you watch carefully.”
Henry looked at Hugo Hodges, who gave him a look that immediately doused Henry’s enthusiasm like a
bucket of cold water.
“I’ll leave you two to chat.” With that, Henry turned and left the office.
Hugo and Scarlett were left alone in the office.
“Choose,” Scarlett said, looking at him.
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Hugo walked around and sat opposite her, leaning backzily. “I told you, if you want to give it away, go find
the old man.”
Scarlett propped herself up on the desk with her hands. “Hugo, are you refusing because you’re listening to Grandpa Hodges, or because you have too much money? If Grandpa doesn’t want it, you don’t want it either?”
“What do you think?” Hugo countered.
Scarlett narrowed her eyes. “Or… do you have other ideas?”
Hugo didn’t speak, his gaze fixed intently on her.
Scarlett Adler looked at him and said after a long pause, “You wouldn’t… happen to have feelings for me,
would you?”
Hugo Hodgesughed. “Scarlett Adler, do you think you’ve changed and be prettier, so you’ve be
narcissistic?”
“Pretty?” Scarlett Adler retorted.
Uh…
Hugo Hodges was taken aback, not expecting her to respond like that. But he had his pride and didn’t want to simplypliment her. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Justpared to before.”
Scarlett Adler wasn’t angry at all; instead, she seemed relieved. “Since you don’t, I’m relieved. So, tell me,
leave the car or leave the money?”
“What if I leave neither?”
“Then I’ll choose myself.” With that, Scarlett Adler pushed the car keys in front of him. “This is the easiest way.” After saying that, she nced at him and got up to walk outside.
“What if I said I was interested in you? Would you leave the car then?” Hugo Hodges suddenly asked from
behind.
Scarlett Adler paused in her steps.