CHAPTER 452: CHAPTER 452: TAINTED THE ROAD TO HEAVEN

Now that we’re talking about this, Shannon Quinn couldn’t help but ask casually: "By the way, what’s the situation with your little secretary now?"

Landon Sutton asked her blandly, "Which little secretary of mine?"

"The one from last time. The one with the prominent curves and super short skirt."

"She’s an assistant from tier eighteen, and just an intern at that."

"Even interns can come and go from your office freely now, imagine when they get a permanent position."

Listening to Shannon Quinn’s sarcastic tone, Landon Sutton smiled faintly and said, "She won’t get a permanent position."

"Why is that?"

"Because she offended the boss’s wife."

Shannon Quinn pursed her lips: "You’re talking as if it were my fault she can’t get a permanent position."

Landon Sutton: "You’re just the catalyst for her being fired. First of all, she doesn’t appeal to the boss’s wife. Moreover, people like her who can’t settle down to work are detrimental to others."

Shannon Quinn took a deep breath, saying with some concern: "I feel that’s not the most important thing. Seeing her have lunch with June Yardley the other day really makes me worried they’ll play some tricks again."

Landon Sutton looked as if he didn’t take this matter seriously at all: "Didn’t I tell you not to worry about it? Besides, nothing has happened, right? You’re just too anxious. Rest assured, I won’t let the same mistake happen twice."

Shannon Quinn could only hope her concern was unnecessary, and she didn’t want any more accidents involving the child.

The first thing Shannon Quinn did the next morning when she woke up was reach for her phone on the bedside.

She glanced at the time; it was past nine, and with the cold weather, she was even more reluctant to get out of bed.

Snuggled in her blanket, she started browsing Weibo and saw a news push about the police busting a drug manufacturing and trafficking ring, claiming it involved several well-known celebrities.

Shannon Quinn merely clicked in to see if there were any celebrities she knew but unexpectedly spotted a familiar face in the police’s arrest scene photo.

It was June Yardley.

If she hadn’t seen her a while ago, she probably wouldn’t have recognized that this person in the photo was June Yardley.

Shannon Quinn didn’t know what June Yardley had been through these years and couldn’t feel sympathy for her, even feeling that her imprisonment was a good thing, at least it would pose no threat to the child anymore.

Susan Wilde mentioned casually a few days ago that she had seen a woman resembling June Yardley lingering near her home several times, not knowing what she was up to.

June Yardley’s feelings for Simon Rhodes might not have been completely let go, perhaps she wanted to do something, but she no longer had the chance.

Ronan Rhodes returned to work at the company, and judging solely from his work, he showed no signs of depression or gloom, instead becoming even more dedicated.

Only his whole demeanor changed, no longer playful and smiling, even his smile was gone.

Charlotte Sheffield’s departure was a major blow to him, and he was contacting lawyers, wanting Jasper Sutton to pay for everything he’s done.

But all this might be too late for Charlotte Sheffield.

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"Shannon, you’re here so early today?"

Shannon Quinn smiled and nodded, asking her colleague: "Has Boss Lockwood arrived yet?"

"Not yet, by the way, he called just now to say that the morning meeting is postponed to tomorrow."

Shannon Quinn shook the folder in her hand: "Yesterday he was urging me to submit the design draft, what’s with the no-show today."

"I don’t know, the boss didn’t specify any reason, you can call and ask him."

Shannon Quinn walked upstairs while calling Aidan Lockwood, and after hearing Aidan Lockwood explain his absence today, Shannon Quinn immediately turned around and headed back downstairs.

In a hurry, she hailed a cab by the roadside.

"Miss? Where to?"

"To the police station."

Jasper Sutton is dead.

It’s suicide-like.

When Shannon Quinn arrived at the police station, she didn’t see his body, as Aidan Lockwood had just finished giving his statement and come out.

He was the first to discover Jasper Sutton’s body.

He said he received a call from Jasper Sutton’s company employee saying Jasper Sutton hadn’t been to the company for several days. The company was just starting up, and it was chaotic without Jasper Sutton for several days, and they couldn’t reach him, so they called Aidan Lockwood.

Aidan Lockwood went to Jasper Sutton’s home. Jasper Sutton had given Aidan Lockwood a spare key, sometimes letting him feed the fish in the tank while he was on business trips.

Aidan Lockwood found Jasper Sutton in the bathtub, with a strong smell of blood that couldn’t mask the corpse stench.

The police identified it as a suicide, death from excessive blood loss due to wrist-cutting.

The time of death was about four days ago, roughly the day after Charlotte Sheffield’s funeral.

A large amount of medication for depression was found at his home, but Aidan Lockwood, who had a fairly good relationship with him, stated he never knew he suffered from depression.

His feelings for Charlotte Sheffield were almost twisted, and Charlotte was nearly his only hope to live.

He killed her hope with his own hands, snuffing out the only light in his world.

The Sutton family, who hadn’t appeared at Charlotte Sheffield’s funeral, showed up for the first time in Shannon Quinn’s sight at the police station to claim the body.

The woman should be Charlotte Sheffield’s biological mother, as there was some resemblance in her features, but none of Charlotte’s purity and innocence in her eyes.

Whatever kind of family produced such a tragedy, the loss of two lives seemingly didn’t bring back any sense of regret.

Shannon Quinn suddenly felt that meeting Landon Sutton was indeed a fortunate thing.

Because she didn’t know if staying in the Quinn Family, she would end up on the same path.

Ronan Rhodes wasn’t particularly happy upon hearing Jasper Sutton’s death.

Perhaps he wanted to kill Jasper Sutton himself.

Or perhaps he didn’t want Jasper Sutton to die.

Fearing he would dirty Charlotte Sheffield’s path to heaven.

Erin Bishop and Susan Wilde moved to the villa area where Shannon Quinn lived.

The three women would chat about everyday life and gossip when they had nothing to do.

While talking about Jasper Sutton, Erin Bishop said she knew Jasper Sutton, and during Erin’s craze of blind dates, Jasper Sutton’s family had expressed interest, but Jasper Sutton stood her up, or perhaps he never intended to come.

Shannon Quinn still remembers Erin Bishop complaining to her about this matter, only at that time she didn’t know that the person was Jasper Sutton.

Charlotte Sheffield and Jasper Sutton were originally decent people. If they hadn’t met each other, perhaps there would have been a better outcome?

"By the way, Susan, what happened between Iris and Julian Yardley? That kid seems gloomy all the time."

Susan Wilde also felt puzzled and shook her head: "I don’t know either, but my sister hasn’t been acting normal lately. She even mentioned a couple of days ago that her school had exchange student slots, and she wanted to study abroad for a while, maybe it’s because of that."