It was reasonable for Xante to suspect that.
"Sophia must've had something to do with it!" insisted Francine. "Losing Jeremy must've twisted her personality. We should go to her house to save Jeremy now!"
Both Xante and Aaron, of course, suspected Sophia. They had arranged for their men to keep an eye on Adam Group and Sophia's house, but nothing out of the ordinary happened for the past few days.
Sophia would go shopping or meet up with her friends every day; no signs pointed to her hiding Jeremy.
Pamela was a cautious person. She threw Francine a stern glance to shut her up before saying, "Adam spoils that daughter of his. If they do have Jeremy locked up, they must've prepared for all eventualities. It'll be stupid of us to barge in without a plan. Now, the important thing for us is to stay calm.
"I'll have a talk with my husband to see what our next steps are going to be. Please take care of Corinne for us. Make sure she doesn't catch wind of this. I promise us Holdens will give her a satisfactory answer.
"I hope Corinne can forgive Jeremy if he can't make it back because of some difficulties. But rest assured that my husband and I will teach that useless grandson of ours a lesson if he really did something to hurt her."
Seeing that Pamela was not the type of foolish grandmother who would defend her grandchildren even when they did something wrong, Xante nodded respectfully and said, "We'll definitely take care of Corinne well. Please have a safe journey home, Miss Pamela."
After she saw Pamela and Francine off, Xante turned around.
Her face instantly fell when she saw Corinne, dressed in her hospital gown, standing not far away and looking at her quietly.
Even though her voice was trembling, overall speaking, Corinne was so calm that it was unnerving. "I searched for his flight details with my phone just now and saw the news of the plane crash. The rescue team is still looking for survivors. Is that why you've all been acting weird around me? You guys didn't want me to find out what was happening, so you all stopped me from looking at my phone."
Xante did not know what to say.
Corinne took a deep breath to compose herself. "Don't worry. I've never been so clear-headed in my life as of this moment. I'm not going to do anything stupid because I have two babies who need me. But, you must send our men to look for him. Don't stop until you find him. If he's alive, I want to see him standing before me. If he's dead, I want to see his dead body."
Xante frowned. She did not know whether she should tell her the truth, so she said, "Boss, Aaron and I have ordered our men to look for Mister Jeremy. We'll let you know as soon as we get news on him. So don't overthink things, okay? I'm sure Mister Jeremy is still alive…"
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