Chapter 44 Mrs Lock Is Downstairs
Pretty soon, Tess was standing right outside the Lock Group building.
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The receptionist at the front desk clearly did not recognize her but still stayed polite. “Hello, who are you here to see?”
“Finn Lock.”
This time, Tess did not beat around the bush. She just said it straight up.
The second the words came out, the receptionist’s whole vibe changed.
<i>Did </i><i>this </i>woman <i>just </i><i>say </i><i>Mr. </i><i>Lock’s name </i><i>like </i><i>that</i><i>? </i>
<i>Who </i>did <i>she </i><i>think </i><i>she </i><i>was</i>?
That question shed across her mind in a split second, but Tess noticed the hesitation right away.
“Sorry, do
you have an appointment with Mr. Lock?”
“Call his assistant. Tell him Tess is here to see him about a divorce.”
The moment she said “divorce,” the whole front desk seemed to freeze over. All the staff turned to look, eyes wide.
<i>Divorce</i>?
<i>With </i>whom<i>? </i>
<i>Mr. </i><i>Lock</i>?
<i>And </i><i>that </i><i>name</i>…
“You …”
The receptionist’s mouth fell open so wide you could probably toss in an egg.
<i>Tess </i><i>Ember</i><i>? </i>
<i>Mr. </i><i>Lock’s </i>wife<i>–</i><i>the </i><i>one </i><i>who </i><i>betrayed </i><i>the </i><i>Lock </i><i>Group </i><i>and </i><i>stole </i><ipany </i><i>secrets</i>? <i>That </i><i>Tess</i>?
Everyone at the front desk had different reactions. Some looked at her with disgust, others
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with surprise.
“I’ll… I’ll call Zane.”
She pressed the extension with shaky hands.
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“Zane, there’s a woman here who says she’s Tess Ember. She says she wants to see Mr. Lock about signing divorce papers.”
Knock! Knock!
“Come in,”
Inside the office, Zane covered the receiver with his hand, his face pale. “Mr. Lock, Mrs. Lock is downstairs!”
Finn’s pen slipped in his hand, leaving a big ck blot on the paper in front of him.
“What?”
He put his pen down and raised an icy eyebrow. “What does she want?”
“She says she’s here to sign divorce papers with you…
Zane’s voice got quieter and quieter as he peeked at Finn’s face.
As expected, Finn’s expression turned as dark as a storm cloud.
“Should I let her up?” Zane asked nervously.
Finn let out a cold, humorlessugh, his eyes growing even darker. “What do
you
think?”
Zane froze,pletely clueless about how to answer.
Mrs. <i>Lock </i><i>is </i><i>here</i><i>, </i>so <i>isn’t </i><i>it </i><i>normal </i><i>for </i><i>her </i><i>husband </i><i>to </i><i>see </i><i>her</i><i>? </i>
“Tell the front desk I’m not here.”
Finn tossed his expensive pen in the trash, grabbed a fresh one, and forced his face back to its usual calm.
Zane did not really get it, but he nodded and did what he was told.
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When the receptionist got off the phone, she looked at Tess, now way more careful. “I’m sorry, Mr. Lock isn’t in the office today.”
Tess frowned.
If she knew anything about Finn, it was that he was a total workaholic. Even when everyone else left, he would still be at his desk, and when he went home, he would lock himself in his study till midnight.
The
Not <i>here</i><i>? </i>
<i>Yeah</i><i>, </i><i>right</i>.
She let out a coldugh.
“He’d better really not be here. Anyway, please pass this to him.”
Tess handed over the divorce papers she had already signed.
“When he’s done signing these, let me know so I can pick them up.”
She asked for a sticky note and scribbled down a contact number, only, it was not hers.
It was Charles’s.
She had given his number to the hospital before when she took La in. If Finn started snooping around, it would be better for him to find Charles’s number than anything that led straight to La.
She would just exin it to Charlester.
Tess put the pen
down and turned to leave.
With her head buzzing and everyone’s eyes glued to her, she kept her head low as she made her
way toward the revolving door.
She did not even notice she had just brushed past someone she actually knew.
It was Charles himself.
“Tess, La’s asleep. So, I found ady from my firm to watch her for a bit. Lock Group just called about an urgent meeting, so I have to head over.”
Charles messaged her, sounding a little sorry.
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Tess replied right away, “Got it. Don’t worry, go ahead.”
Charles did not say anything more.
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Tess was in a rush to get back to La anyway. She did not feel good about leaving her with someone she did not know well for too long.
However…
Right before she got in the car, it hit her–Charles had said he was going to Lock Group.
Her heart skipped a beat. Something did not sit right in her gut.
She shook her head to clear it. What was there to worry about?
Charles worked there, so it was normal.
She took a deep breath, let the wind brush her face, and told the driver, “Let’s go.”
Meanwhile, up in the top–floor meeting room at Lock Group …
Charles rushed in but stopped short as soon as he saw the room.
Lock Group was huge, full of big bosses and top shareholders.
Yet, when he got to the room Zane said to go to, it was just Finn, Zane, and him.
Every instinct in him screamed that something was wrong.
“Sit.”
Finn did not waste a second and pointed at the seat right next to him.
Charles nced at it. That was usually Nadine’s seat.
The word “trap” shed across his mind.
“Mr. Lock, is something wrong with thepany?”