A Billionaire In Disguise novel Chapter 174

For a moment, Mr. Ford studied the look of excitement on Rome's face.

Then he sighed and asked, "K, how was your investigation at the store Rome's purchase his clothes? You never reported back to me."

"I didn't report back because what I got wasn't useful. Boss was the only one to buy that hoodie, cap, and mask. Other than him, no one else made the same purchase with the exact order. I'm sorry." K explained with his gaze focused on the tiles.

Without replying, Mr. Ford looked at Scar and asked, "Have you found out how news about my son was getting linked out to the media?"

"Sorry to say, but no, big boss. I'm still digging into it." Scar humbly uttered without meeting Mr. Ford's gaze.

Swaying his eyes off Scar, Mr. Ford looked to his left and said, "How about you, Brook? What's new information have you discovered from the hospital CCTV cameras?"

"Nothing. It's like he vanished after walking out of the hospital." Brook mumbled, lowering his head.

"Or maybe, he was smart enough to avoid the cameras outside."

"That may be true."

After gazing at Brook for a second with calmness in his eyes, Mr. Ford looked at Brook and said, "How about you? Did the hospital staff have anything useful to say?"

"Sorry, big boss. No, they didn't." Blaze uttered with a straight face, even though he felt disappointed within himself.

Finally realizing what was going on, Rome looked at his father, slightly frowned, and said, "You don't believe that these new clues would be of any use to us?!"

Even though Mr. Ford knew that what he was about to say was going to be frowned upon, and yet he understood that he had to say it. So he looked directly into Rome's eyes and said, "It likely might not."

"Seriously," Rome firmly uttered.

"Yes. Whoever this person is, they are not stupid, and I believe that they are leaving useless bread crumbs to keep us distracted."

"Distracted from what, Dad!?"

It fell silent when Mr. Ford noticed that Rome was getting frustrated. Then he sighed and said, "I don't know. But too much has happened in such a short period, and something isn't just adding up."

"I get what you mean, dad. But I'm fighting in a dark room here, and if these pieces of new evidence can bring in some light, then it's worth following their leads. Don't you think so?"

"You are right. Yeah, it is." Mr. Ford said, giving a brief smile.

For a moment, Rome remained silent as he gazed at his father, puzzling over the words he had said.

Then his ringtone suddenly snapped him out of his head, and he hastily reached into his pocket, pulling out his phone.

After answering the call, he swayed his gaze to Mr. Ford and said, "Good afternoon, Mr. Jackson."

"I'm in the country and will be at our designated meet-up spot within two hours." Mr. Jackson calmly uttered from the other end of the call.

"Thanks for informing me."

"It's my pleasure. See you in two, Mr. Ford."

After ending the call with Mr. Jackson, Rome looked back at his father and said, "I got to get to the office. Do you want to tag along?"

"Thanks for the offer, but I have other plans." Mr. Ford said, smiling when Rome frowned at him.

Then he laughed when Rome raised a brow with a doubtful look in his eyes and mumbled, "I'm just hanging out with the boys, that's all. Nothing bad."

"So you are not going to get my men to work behind my back and keep me in the dark?!" Rome asked, throwing Blaze and Brook a hard stare.

Immediately, they both gazed in the opposite direction, coughing faintly.

"Of course not." Mr. Ford said with an innocent expression.