The Captain I Married by Chance novel Chapter 370

Valerie glanced toward the driver's seat. "You can have Nathan's people look into this. I guarantee you'll find something massive."

Nora hadn't expected they would need Nathan's resources for this. "What did you find?" she asked, her curiosity peaking.

Did the Hayes Group have a criminal history?

"The Hayes Group originally built its fortune on a massive real estate project, right?"

Valerie pulled up an encrypted document on her phone.

"That real estate project initially belonged to a wealthy businessman from the Monroe family."

"And this businessman had a very deep, long-standing relationship with Leonard's current wife."

Nora inhaled sharply.

"Back then..."

She racked her brain, trying to remember the past.

She had been incredibly young when her parents separated.

Because her life had been a nightmare ever since, her memories of how the Hayes family originally built their empire were blurry.

"It's okay if you don't remember."

Noticing her struggle, Valerie spoke up to reassure her.

"The point is, Leonard absolutely knew his current wife way before he ever married your mother."

"And even after he married your mom, he never cut contact with her."

"The affair was just the natural next step for them."

Nora's gaze turned dark and icy.

Working in her field, her intuition was sharper than most.

For years, she had assumed Leonard had at least loved her mother at the beginning.

She had thought his betrayal was simply the classic story of a man gaining wealth and letting greed destroy his morals.

She never suspected that Leonard's marriage to her mother had been built on a foundation of lies from the very first day.

"How do we investigate this?"

Now, she felt a pang of guilt, worried she had treated his help like an entitlement.

They rolled to a stop at a red light.

Nathan took his foot off the gas and turned his head to look at her.

"We're partners. We're about to be a family. You don't need to be so formal with me."

Nathan didn't spell it out, but Nora heard the underlying message loud and clear.

Since they were family, she was allowed to rely on him.

Nora savored that strange, warm sense of security. A soft smile touched her lips. "Okay."

Even if just for her mother's sake, she couldn't keep pushing people away.

She had to learn to adapt to this change.

"Aside from the Monroe family, there's one specific person you need to target."

Valerie's sudden voice pulled Nora back from her thoughts. "Who?"