Reclaiming the CEO's Heart novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187 Secrets in the Shadows

Trapped in the dimly lit closet, Avery shivered with fear, regretting her decision to come here. As her trembling intensified, a familiar low chuckle echoed suddenly through the pitch-black space.

Could this laughter belong to someone she knew?

At that moment, a prop light flickered on, casting a ghastly green glow over a pale face. Before Avery could scream, the familiar voice came. "It's me."

Stunned, Avery swallowed hard and cautiously called out his name, "Frank?"

"Yeah," came the reply, his usually stern voice laced with mirth.

"Sorry to greet you like this. I didn't know you were so easily frightened."

In truth, he had no intention of scaring Avery; his disguised appearance was merely to evade bodyguards.

Little did he know that upon their encounter, before he could even speak, Avery would grab him and run.

Avery patted her chest. "You know, scaring someone like that could frighten them to death."

Frank had never seen her this scared, not even when they first met, and he held a knife to her throat. This side of her seemed much more alive.

"Let's get to the point. I've got some leads on the person you asked me to investigate," Frank shifted the conversation, quickly sharing his findings with Avery.

"What did you find?"

"The Brian you mentioned hasn't just returned from abroad recently. He travels occasionally for business trips."

As expected, there was something off about Brian. The mastermind had planted pawns around both Jacob and herself.

When she was desperate and out of options, Brian was a chess piece placed by her side by that person, and the findings of the so-called detective, Lee, were nothing but what the mastermind wanted her to know.

The report Jacob held was dubious, with its mixture of truth and lies. Martin, lying unconscious in a hospital bed, veiled the entire truth.