Glancing at Curtis, she asked with difficulty, “Do you think Arnaud found her? He knows I’m close to Jessie—”
Curtis bent over, picked up the grape, and threw it into the trash can. “Rayna, you’re overthinking it. Arnaud knows Wyatt is close to me. If he’s really working with Gianna, that means she’s betrayed both Wyatt and me. Arnaud and his brother made a bet-on agreement with their father. Besides, Boniel’s biased toward Jefferson, and Arnaud can’t enter Aploth’s market. Thus, Arnaud can’t take the risk of offending me again.”
Everything he said sounded reasonable, but the worry in Rayna’s heart kept growing. “I can’t think of anyone who’s capable of helping Gianna in secret, apart from Arnaud.”
“Then don’t think about it for now. We’ll ask Gianna once we find her,” said Curtis.
“Where’s she?”
“I’ve already sent someone to look for her. There’s no news from them yet.”
Rayna had lost her appetite to eat the grapes. The thought of Wyatt in the hospital and Jessica’s fate still unknown put her mind in a mess. There was no way she could calm herself.
“How am I supposed to calm down when Jessie’s still missing?” Rayna murmured while massaging her forehead.
Curtis’ heart ached when he saw her beginning to worry again.
He was about to say something to reassure her when his phone vibrated on the coffee table. It was a call from Gabriel.
Curtis answered it and exchanged a few words before his expression turned icy cold. With a grim tone, he instructed, “Find out the source of the news and get someone to deal with it.”
Upon hearing that, Rayna looked up and noticed a frown on Curtis’ face. “What’s wrong?” she asked.
After ending the call, Curtis gazed at her and said truthfully, “Someone posted the news about Wyatt’s attack on Twitter. It has already alerted the police.”
“Only a few people know about this matter. Where did that person get the news from?” asked Rayna while launching the app on her phone.
She did not even have to search for the news, for the main page was bombarded with news about the son of the Lopez family getting stabbed.
Rayna’s hands trembled when she saw the series of posts, especially the pictures of Jessica on the official page of Norwal City’s police force, with its caption informing the public about their collaboration with the other states’ police to capture her.
Curtis hurriedly sat beside her and took her trembling hands.
Meanwhile, Rayna shut her eyes and remained still for some time before calming down. “Those people are really cold-hearted. I can’t believe they’ve been keeping an eye on Zenisan Villa and even followed us to the hospital. The minute they got the news, they quietly published it and created this chaos. I bet they must be delighted to see us panic.”
“Every single police in the country is looking for her, no matter if she’s dead or alive. It’s going to be difficult to suppress the incident. That makes finding Gianna our main priority and waiting for Wyatt to regain consciousness second,” Curtis added to her words.
Suddenly, Rayna’s gaze turned frosty and sharp. “The news on Twitter and other news portals got replaced really quickly. I’ll contact a private investigator and buy some hot celebrity gossip from him. We can use them to cover up this news. As for the police, I’m afraid I’ll have to leave it to you.” As she said that, she glanced at Curtis.
The look of fear and uneasiness on her face from earlier had been replaced with a calm expression.
After all, Rayna knew well that crying and dwelling on guilt would only be a waste of time. Rather than doing that, she could use the time to deal with more pressing matters.
As long as Jessica’s body isn’t found, that means she’s not dead.
Rayna pursed her lips and pleaded earnestly, “I can’t negotiate with the police since I don’t know many people from the police force. I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you to talk to them to make them stop looking into Jessie’s matter.”
Curtis was glad to see how quickly Rayna processed everything in her mind. Smiling, he said, “Rayna, you might not have noticed it, but you’ve become more independent. You can weigh all the pros and cons and identify which matters to resolve first.”
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