Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“Something came up, so I went overseas for a vacation. Anyway, if Elliot asks you anything next time, don’t tell him more than is necessary. Also, try your best to pull him away from Anastasia. If not, when Anastasia becomes Mrs. Presgrave, we’ll both be in trouble.”
“I’m trying! Now, Anastasia is flirting with Elliot every day, seducing him with every tactic she knows. I’m helpless here, so please come back soon, Hayley! We can fight against her together.”
“I’ll only be returning after three months. Just try to hold her off, and if Elliot visits you again, don’t be an idiot and start talking about that night. You mustn’t say a word,” Hayley warned.
Erica was beginning to fear the consequences. She hastily said, “Okay, I won’t say a word next time.”
After ending the call with Erica, Hayley lay on the bed with a gleeful look in the depths of her swollen eyes. Fortunately, she was able to predict Elliot’s next move, and she had already bribed someone at the Abyss Club to burn down the server room inside the storehouse.
No matter how powerful Elliot may be, he couldn’t possibly recover lost data. After all, those were the only data that remained.
Moreover, five years was a long time. No one could possibly remember what happened five years ago.
However, Hayley was still on edge. The security guard I bribed should’ve resigned by now!
Meanwhile, Rey left the club and immediately went to a certain security guard’s home. The rundown house looked especially dim under the streetlight.
Rey wanted to figure out if the security guard truly lived here, so he decided to keep watch outside until the next morning.
Usually, people of his age would go out in the morning to get groceries and breakfast.
Rey was about to nap for a bit when a scooter suddenly passed by him. The scooter pulled up in front of him, and when Rey opened his eyes, he saw a familiar face. It was the security guard he was looking for, Scott Parker.
It was currently 2.00AM, and Scott had obviously drunk some alcohol, for his footsteps were unstable.
Preliminary investigations told Rey that there were no CCTVs in this area. He immediately opened the car door and walked out, calling to the man, “Hey, Scott Parker.”
“W-Who are you?!”
“I’m Bob from the Abyss Club! The company has sent out some gifts, so come and get yours. It’s in my car.”
Scott was a greedy man, so when he heard there were gifts to be distributed, he immediately went over to the car. What gifts will I be getting?
Rey instantly pushed Scott into the car. Then, he grabbed a long, sharp tool before holding it against the latter’s waist.
“Why did you burn the server room at Abyss Club, Scott? Who ordered you to do that?”
Scott was a little drunk, so he thought that the sharp object against his waist was a knife. He immediately froze in terror. “Who are you?!”
“Answer the question. Did you burn the server room on purpose?”
Scott felt the knife being pressed closer to his waist, so he told the truth right away. “Please spare me! I didn’t do it because I wanted to. Someone gave me 100,000 to burn it!”
Rey didn’t expect to get an answer from him so quickly. He asked again, “Who bribed you?”
“A woman. She was wearing a mask and sunglasses when she talked to me. I only know she’s a woman, and quite a young one at that. I’ve used up all the money, so I can’t give you anything even if you take me to the police station.” Scott thought that Rey had been sent by the Abyss Club to ask for compensation.
Rey suddenly let go of him, opened the door, and said, “Get out of the car. I’m not here to give you trouble.”
With that, he took out a wad of cash from his car. “Tell me, how did that woman find you?”
Seeing that there was money he could get, Scott reached out to take it, but Rey waved the money out of the way. “Answer my question before you take the money.”
“I first received a call from a woman. She asked me where the CCTV recordings from the club were stored, so I told her that we stored the data in the server room. She then asked me if I was willing to do something, and she would pay me 100,000 for it.”
Scott continued a little guiltily, “Since I needed money, I agreed to it. After everything was done, the woman came to me with the cash. She also took my phone and deleted her number from it.”
Rey frowned. Did the woman burn the server room because it had something to do with Anastasia’s assault incident from five years ago? Or was it someone else who had committed a crime and wanted to erase the evidence?
Further interrogations with Scott yielded nothing more. Rey gave him 200, for he didn’t deserve more than this.
Early the next day, Anastasia was still dazed with sleep when she heard her son talking to the man. She immediately threw the blanket off of her and walked out to the hall. Elliot was fiddling with a Rubik’s cube together with Jared on the couch.
“Mommy, Mr. Presgrave has bought breakfast. Go and grab a bite!” The little guy said to her.
Anastasia noticed the breakfast on the table. “Alright, I’ll wash up before eating.”
Elliot had to leave after breakfast since he had something to do, and Rey arrived to pick him up. As they stood at the door, Elliot said in a low voice, “Call me if anything happens.”
“Mr. Osborne, take good care of him, and don’t send him to my house for no reason again.” Anastasia ignored Elliot as she spoke to Rey.
The man was speechless.
Can’t she be a little bit more considerate of my feelings?
“Miss Tillman, after spending the night at your place, President Presgrave seems to be in higher spirits now.”
“Anyway, just don’t bother me anymore.” With that, Anastasia closed the door while she avoided looking at the man.
Elliot and Rey went back to the car before the latter proceeded to report on last night’s investigation. After hearing this, Elliot frowned. “Why is it so coincidental?”
“My thoughts exactly. Is the fire at the server room related to Miss Tillman’s incident from five years ago?”
“Do you have any other ways?”
“I have an idea. The woman deleted records of the call on Scott’s phone, but the telecommunications company might have records on their end. I’ll keep talking to Scott, and I’ll continue investigations after finding out the woman’s number.” Rey nodded.
Elliot approved of the idea. “Take me back to the Presgrave Residence.”
It was time he met his grandmother and asked her about the incident. If his grandmother had really threatened the mayor to save him, then the debt that the Presgraves owed the Tillmans couldn’t be compensated in terms of money or relationships.
At the Presgrave Residence, Harriet wore a dark red coat as she sat on an antique chair. The shrewd and wise look in her eyes was the same as it had been many years ago.
Elliot told Harriet about the incident where Riley had kidnapped Anastasia, and Harriet responded in stunned shock and anger. “How dare he do something like that?!”
“Grandma, he’s the one behind my kidnapping all those years ago.” Elliot was very sure that it was him.
“I suspected him as well, but I couldn’t find any evidence. The two criminals were killed right on the spot,” Harriet said in hatred. “Chasing him out of the family was too light a punishment.”
“Grandma, there’s something else. I apologize for being rude, but I want to ask you something. Back when I was kidnapped, did you personally phone the mayor?”
Harriet was stunned. “How do you know that?”
“Did you threaten the mayor by saying that you’d cause a storm in the stock market if I wasn’t saved?” Elliot tried to sound as controlled and gentle as he could, not daring to let the slightest bit of suspicion show in his voice.
Everything Harriet did to save him was done out of love and protection, after all.
Harriet looked at him sharply. “Elliot, are you trying to say something? Tell me, what exactly happened?”
Elliot intended to hide Anastasia’s involvement. “Nothing, I’m just curious.”
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