However, the amount of rest he got by staying home and letting Jack take care of thepany only seems to have deteriorated his health. He couldn’t understand what was happening to him, but he hoped he would get better and get back into business.


    "Jack, how’s the investigation regarding the missing money going? You haven’t updated me for the past three days, is all well?" He asked Jack.


    Meanwhile, Jack was busy enjoying his breakfast, thinking about the things he would get with the money he’d stolen from thepany when he heard Robert’s question that was directed towards him.


    He gulped down his saliva in fear, but it went down through the wrong pipe, along with his food. He fell into a fit of cough, quickly grabbed a ss of water then cleaned his mouth with a napkin. It might seem like a casual move by someone who nearly choked on his food, but he was simply buying time for himself to think of an exnation to give to Robert.


    "The investigation is still ongoing, father, but the money still hasn’t been found. The inspectors said that it would be slightly difficult to track it since it was arge amount of money," he answered, making sure that he didn’t stutter and give himself away.


    "What nonsense is that?!" Robert demanded harshly, but he immediately regretted it when he broke into a fit of coughing. His body, now weak and fragile, could no longer withstand such outbursts.


    Amelia patted his back like the <i>good </i>wife she was. "You need to calm down," she said.


    "I can’t calm down. 10 million dors just disappeared from thepany, just like that and you are telling me to calm down?" He turned to Jack. "I want to speak with those inspectors. If they can’t do their job well, then they should just quit and go work on a farm or something."


    Jack panicked. He’d already bribed the inspectors off to drop the case. So, there was no inspector anymore; neither was there a case to solve.


    "You don’t have to worry, sweetie. Jack already said he would handle the situation," Amelia tried to convince Robert.


    If he persisted in seeing the inspectors who didn’t exist, he would find out about everything. She also panicked.


    "You don’t have to worry about that, father! They did say they would do the best they could and track the money. They did mention there was a high chance the person who stole the money might have already withdrawn it and traveled out of the city—"


    "In that case, investigate every employee at the Harrisonpany and check if any one of them had taken a leave and traveled out of the city," Robert bellowed.


    Immediately, he regretted his actions again when he started coughing aggressively, blood falling out of his mouth and dropping on the ground.


    It wasn’t a new thing for anyone at the dining table to witness. Since he’d gotten sick, he would sometimes cough out blood which was shocking, not only to him but to everyone else. Although, for the past week, they have gotten used to it.


    The blood was cleaned off, and Robert rubbed his mouth clean.


    "If the inspectors don’t find the money in the next two weeks, I will have to take action myself," said Robert.


    Jack silently released a sigh of relief. He and his mother exchanged nces with an evil smirk on his lips.


    Michelle, who was busy daydreaming about Selene’s death, noticed her mother and brother smiling at each other, with a kind of expression she couldn’t exin. She decided to shrug it off and dug into her food.


    **


    Selene had just finished a scene from <i>Shadows Of Deception.</i> Unfortunately, the director hadn’t given them a day off after the award show.


    "You better go home and rest, you look tired," Kaelmented.


    "Tell me about it," she replied.


    She had only a few scenes left to film and wanted to finish them quickly to focus on the Harrisonpany. However, her legs nearly gave out with each step she took.


    Whenever they did, she was reminded of the activity she and Xavier had shared the previous night. It was with great difficulty that she managed to walk normally, struggling to avoid any awkwardness in her steps.


    Thankfully, the scene ended early. It was just noon. There was no magazine shot she needed to take and she couldn’t wait to go home and sleep.


    "Are you through, ma’am?" Jake, her driver, asked her. Xavier forced her to bring Jake along with her since he was worried she wouldn’t be able to hit the brakes. Selene thought he was exaggerating, butter gave in since she was too tired to drive.


    "Yes, Jake. We can go home now," she responded.


    Jake nodded and ignited the engines of the car to head back to the mansion.


    Unbeknownst to them, an overweight man who was seated in arge truck had already sighted them.


    He pulled out a picture from his phone and matched it with thedy who’d just gotten into the car.


    "Bingo."