From Ashes to Queen Now I Call the Shots

Chapter 55 Just A Small Talk About Betrayal

Maybe I should try ifollowing /ithem first, find ithe /ikiller, ithen /iwe can each fend for ourselvesi? /iIt wasn’t exactly ethicali, /ibihat /i/bwho ever said the road to isess /iwas ismooth/ii? /iShe convinced herself, shifted her thoughts, and slowly got to her

feet.

“You two keep chatting. I’m going to take a walk.”

Jasper stopped her. “It’s not safe outside.”

Jack was stunned. You seriously don’t know what level of security thisb building has?

Scarlett gave a polite smile. “Will I be interfering with you two?”

Jasper replied calmly, “If you’re interested,e along.”

The implication was iclear/ii, /iiyou’re /iinot /iiimportant /iienough /iito /iimess /iianything /iup. Scarlett fell silent.

Jack was equally confused.

iWasn’t /ithis isupposed /iito /iibe /iia /iiconfidential /iilead/ii? /iiSomething /iiwe /iiwere /iikeeping /iunder wraps?

And yet Jasper was acting like it didn’t matter. iWasn’t /iihe /iiafraid /iiPixel /iiwould /iexpose his isecret /iidentityi? /i

“Go on,” Jasper said, ncing over. His long fingers tapped lightly on the table, his posture rxed and unbothered.

It really seemed like he didn’t care that Scarlett was joining them.

Jack took a deep breath. iIf /iiJasper /iiwas /iithis /iigenerous/ii, /iiwhy /iishould /iihe /iibe /iiuptight /iiabout /iia /iminor detail?

Besides, he actually trusted Pixel quite a bit.

And if nothing else, Pixel’s specialty mighte in handy if they needed help dissecting something.

“The Robert family. Over on Osbert Road.”

Scarlett blinked.

No wonder she hadn’t found anything during her own search.

The Robert family basically ran Trenwyn behind the scenes.

“Then let’s go check it out.”

She broke the silence, seeing the two men fall quiet.

Sure, the Robert family was powerful, butpared to the Fletcher family or the Damian family, they were still far behind.

Jack pulled her aside and lowered his voice.

“The Robert family is rted to the Fletchers, the current head is Jasper’s uncle. Well, technically his stepmother’s family. Jasper doesn’t acknowledge the guy.”.

“That’s messy,” Scarlett muttered.

Jack couldn’t help but frown.

“Pixel, you don’t seem surprised about the corpse case, and you haven’t asked why we’re investigating it either.”

Scarlett felt her heart sink. iDamn /iiit/ii, /iiJack/i, ihow /iiare /iiyou /iisuddenly /iibeing /iicautious /ifor once?

“What if I said I was too afraid to ask? Would you believe me?”

Jack fell silent.

He’d thought this girl was fearless, she had, after all, dared to sign that tech experiment contract with Jasper.

iThank /iiGod /iiJasper /iiwasn’t /iisome /iiviin/i. Otherwisei, /iishe’d /iihave /iibeen /itrafficked ioverseas /iby now.

But thinking back, Scarlett had just cut ties with her family then, been kicked out of herb, and was full of

resentment.

Maybe she’d mistaken Jasper’s coldness for kindness.

He shook his head. iForget /iiit/ii, /iiasking /iitoo /iimany /iiquestions /iiwould /iionly /iibackfire /iion /iime/ii. /i

“The first one who went missing… was someone Jasper was extremely close to.”

Scarlett frowned.

When she first started investigating, she’d reviewed the case files about the missing bodies.

The first victim had been a young man who drowned. The coroner was preparing to run an autopsy, but the body vanished.

The rest were all over the ce–men, women, old, young.

That’s why she hadn’t considered any social connections between them.

“Let’s go.”

Jasper reced the robot cat’s battery, then motioned for it to hop onto Scarlett.

Scarlett was a little shocked:

“You’re not worried I’ll drag you down?”

Jack actuallyughed at her sincere question.

“Come on, the Robert family’s not that big of a deal.”

Scarlett said nothing,

A family that everyone in Trenwyn thought was untouchable meant nothing to these people—just something to crush without a second thought.

iHow /iicould /iithe /iigap /iibetween /iipeople /iibe /iithis /iiwide/i? iI /iijust /iiwant /iito /iibeat /iithe /iirich /iiat /iitheir /iiown /iigame/ii! /i

Clutching the robot cat, she walked at the back of the group and quietly messaged her contact.

Then she picked up the pace to catch up.

Once outside the school, Scarlett realized there were more than ten armored cars discreetly parked balong /bthe back road.

Jack casually walked up to the first car and took the wheel himself.

She, on the other hand, got into the backseat with Jasper.

The door shut.

All the outside noise vanished.

The car glided forward smoothly.”

Behind them, a whole convoy of luxury vehicles followed at a steady pace.

This didn’t feel like going to investigate a case–it felt more like a nned massacre.

She hugged the robot cat tighter. iSometimes/ii, /iiknowing /itoo imuch /iican /iiget /iiyou /iikilled/i.

But now, she was already in the thick of it–too deep to turn back.

All she could do was hang on and hope for the best.

Truthfully, she felt uneasy. iThis /iicase /iiwas /iiclearly /iiconfidential/ii, /iiyet /iiJasper and /iiJack /iihad /ijust idecided /ito bring me along iIt /iiall /iifelt /iitoo /iiconvenient/ii, /iilike /iithey /iialready /iiknew /iiI’d /iibeen /iidigging /iiinto /iiit/ii, /iiand /iithis /iwas itheir /iway of testing me. If that iwere /iitrue/ii, /iiI /iineeded /iito /iistay /iiser /iisharp/ii. /iiAfter /iiall/ii, /iiNo /iione /iihad /iiever /iigone /iup iagainst /iMr. iFletcher /iiand /ilived to tell the tale.

Meanwhile, at the Robert residence.

Carson Robert sat on a ck leather sofa, one leg crossed over the other, a half–burned cigarette between his fingers.

The smoke curled upward in thin wisps, casting shadows that made him look even more ruthless.