My Wife Act Differently Behind Me

Chapter 2885

"Mr. Johnston? Is it possible that Damien's men are so cunning that they were able to get Patricia in a

bind?" Charlie asked, concerned and anxious.

He had initially kept his concerns from Nicole to avoid making her even more stressed out than she

already was.

"No," Jared said, his voice deep and calm. "The fact that there isn't any news so far means she's safe."

"Okay." Charlie nodded.

Even though he had tried to convince himself of that theory too, the stirring feeling of uneasiness still

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Jared then withdrew his gaze, his eyes darkening in cold fury. "Let's head to my office."

At this point, all they could do was wait. Ultimately, he hoped that Nicole would be fine.

"Sure." Charlie nodded in acknowledgment before starting the car and driving them to the headquarters

of Johnston Group.

Once they had arrived, and once Charlie had made all of the necessary arrangements, he entered

Jared's executive office.

"Mr. Johnston? Everything has been taken care of," Charlie reported.

"Excellent." Jared's eyes slightly darkened, still worried about Nicole.

At this moment, he had no way of contacting her directly, and for him to deploy several squads to

search for her would only draw unwanted attention. All he could do was task a few of his men to

conduct an investigation, hoping that they would bring him some good news as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Nicole had arrived at the residential house, alert and well-disguised.

Although the place was now deserted, it was the last known location where Patricia had been, and that

was the reason as to why Nicole wanted to inspect the area. Here, she hoped to gather some clues on

their current whereabouts.

She began observing the surroundings and upon finding nothing unusual, she entered the house. The

interior was neither ransacked nor in disarray, indicating that Damien's escape was indeed intentional.

There were no signs of a commotion either, suggesting that Patricia, after releasing Damien, had tailed

him with members of her team in tow.

'Didn't we plan to disseminate some information, set a trap, and capture Damien's rescuer? Why didn't

they show up? That's probably why Patricia switched the plan so suddenly at the end," she thought, her

brow furrowing in concern.

As things stood, it seemed very likely that Patricia had indeed left to track Damien. However, there was

still no news from her, leading Nicole to wonder if Patricia had made a very important discovery, or if

she had been captured.

While she was lost in thought, Nicole suddenly spotted a marking on the wall near the front gate. Upon

walking over, she realized that it was a sign Patricia had left her, allowing her to finally breathe a sigh of

relief. As it turned out, Patricia had indeed decided to abandon the old plan to track Damien instead.

Upon careful examination, she found a long trail of markings leading her to a certain direction, and after

following them for a minute or two, she discovered that all of the signs pointed to a mountain in the

distance.

Have they entered the mountains?' she wondered.

Nicole then took her phone out of her pocket, and after a second of hesitation, she sent Jared a

message. [I'm safe.

They've probably entered the mountains. I'm going over there to have a look.]

[Be careful] Jared quickly replied.

But as she was about to put her phone away, Jared sent another message: [Don't turn your phone off.

If you don't contact me, I won't contact you]

[Okay.] Nicole smiled and placed the phone back.

She then hurried off to the mountain pass about a mile from where she was standing.

Initially, she had turned her phone off because she was worried that her cover would be compromised if

someone called her, alerting her enemies to her presence. Now that she understood Jared's concerns,

she had decided to leave her phone on, though with her caller tune and notification beeps silenced.

After all, it would be easier for her to get help if she kept it on.

A warm and fuzzy sensation radiated from her heart as she let out a deep breath. Then, with her eyes

burning with determination, she entered the mountain pass, following all of the signs Patricia had left

her.

The further in she went, however, the darker and more forested the surroundings became.