A Night To Remember novel (Diane and Norman) novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31 Really Have No Idea

Queenie Hayworth’s exquisite features froze for an instant before her red lips curled into a smile. “I’m just caring about you.”

“Thanks, but I don’t need it.” Christopher had a smile on his face, but his deep eyes were like two ice pools with a chilling glint and zero warmth in them.

Queenie fell silent and lowered her eyes for a moment before the faint smile on her face slowly faded. “Chris, even though I’m back this time for the collaboration with Cavernstar Group, I actually—”

Before she could finish her sentence, Christopher’s cell phone rang on the table. Queenie stopped speaking as Christopher picked up his cell phone. It wasn’t until she saw a sudden change in his countenance several seconds later did she ask, “What’s wrong? What happened?”

Instead of answering her question, Christopher merely shot her a glance and got up. “I have something else to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first. Congratulations on becoming Evergreen Incorporated’s public relations director.” His congratulatory remark sounded as frosty and emotionless as his eyes.

“Christopher.” Queenie stood up, but Christopher had already picked up his jacket and left his seat. “If you want to discuss work-related matters with me, it won’t make a difference to do so in the company tomorrow,” he said. Then, he turned around and hurried off.

Queenie stood in place while staring at him from behind. She mumbled, “I came back for you, actually.”

On the other hand, Christopher made a few phone calls as soon as he left the cafe. Then, he sped all the way to his company.

The eyes of Evergreen Incorporated’s security guards bulged out of their sockets when they saw Christopher hurrying into the building at such a late hour. Before they could figure out what was going on, Scott also rushed inside anxiously.

A few minutes later, Scott—who didn’t even have time to catch his breath—panted in the president’s office and said, “Mr. Wayne, I have asked Mr. Waddington to look into it at NG Enterprise, but there isn’t a reply yet. Those in the company have clocked off at such a late hour, so it’ll probably take some time.”

Christopher stood in front of his desk with his hands clenched into fists. Upon hearing Scott’s words, he smashed a fist forcefully against the hard surface of the desk. “Damn it!” He gave off a frightening aura as he stood there, his face livid.

This was Scott’s first time seeing Christopher in such a furious state ever since he began working for the latter. As he didn’t dare to speak thoughtlessly, he fell silent for a while. He then advised, “You don’t have to be too worried. Since the person is demanding a ransom from you, Mrs. Wayne must be fine.”

Upon hearing Scott’s words, Christopher darted a chilling look at him. He merely told Scott that Diane had been kidnapped without showing him the photo on his cell phone. What does Scott even know? he thought to himself. “Is there any news from the bank yet?”

“No, not yet.” A cold sweat broke out on Scott’s forehead.

Christopher’s brow furrowed even more. He then ordered in a cold voice, “Urge them again.”

“Yes, Mr. Wayne.” It was off-duty hours, but now that there was an emergency, Scott could only do so. As soon as he finished making the phone call, he received an incoming call. After he ended the phone call, he said to Christopher, “Mr. Wayne, the telecommunications company just called to say that this phone number is a temporary number that isn’t registered to anyone. However, they’ve found some information about the last person Mrs. Wayne contacted.”

“Who is it?” Christopher’s eyes lit up.

Scott promptly answered, “It’s Emilia Cornell, her younger sister.”

“Find out Emilia’s phone number for me,” Christopher ordered.

Since he didn’t dare to keep Christopher waiting any longer, Scott immediately made the phone call.

As Scott was busy talking over the phone, Christopher’s cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Xavier. After he finished answering the call, he put away his cell phone and asked directly, “Do you know where the Cornell Residence is?”

“It’s listed in the document.” After all, they had investigated the Cornell Family’s recent situation previously.