The Cherished Wife



Milo hung up the phone and silently lit himself a cigarette before he turned to look at J, who was sound asleep in the room. He got changed and then made a phone call. "Let's meet up at our usual spot!"

The 'usual spot' Milo referred to was a hotel that did not seem to have anything special about it. However, these ordinary-looking spots always served as the best meeting spots.

The individual who met Milo here was the person who had been spying on Charles' household all this while. They utilized all their connections to spy on Phoenix Tree Residence, the external areas of Collosus Group, and the Hoffman residence.

"Has Ms. Baker been acting differently in any way recently?"

“Different? What do you mean, Sir?" The man who answered Milo was Hogan Lowe, the man leading the mission to spy on Charles.

"I'm referring to J's emotions."

"Nothing particularly different. Ms. Baker usually does not get involved in any incidents, but..."

"But what?" Milo immediately asked as he turned to look at Hogan.

"Ms. Baker always becomes extremely worked-up when she sees Charles, and there are never any warning signs in advance. The minute Charles gets close to a woman, Ms. Baker will experience extreme emotional turmoil!" After a moment's thought, Hogan added, "There isn't anything else, though."

"Did you guys send J any pictures?"

"Pictures? What pictures?" Hogan asked, confused. "We have never sent Ms. Baker any pictures!"

"But those injuries were caused by J seeing those pictures and losing control of herself. Didn't you know that?" Milo's instincts told him there was something amiss about those pictures, but Hogan insisted there were never any pictures. "We haven't done anything besides stalking Charles, who has been extremely careful. Either way, we don't have..." Hogan paused momentarily before saying, "Wait. On New Year's Eve... It looked like Charles brought someone home with him!"novelbin

"Looked like?"

"Yes, because we aren't sure either. We've never been completely sure about Charles' movements because we somehow always lose him for a bit before locating him again when stalking him. That night, we were following Charles as usual, but he managed to shake us off halfway. By the time we returned to Phoenix Tree Residence, it seemed like he met someone there."

"You don't know who it is?"

Hogan shook his head. "Charles' guard is always extremely high up, so we don't want to get too close to him."

Milo knitted his brows together. How

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could he not have known Charles had such sharp senses when it came to being followed? Could everything that happened recently all been just an act that Charles put on for him?"

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"But J did see those pictures. Go investigate..." Before Milo could finish his sentence, he received several images Ronald had sent him via text Then, Ronald sent him a text message: [Mr. Baker, this is a gift from Mr. Hoffman to you!]

After tapping on the picture and taking a good look at it, the color immediately drained from Milo's face as he threw his phone away in fright.

Hogan, who was seated opposite Milo, did not understand why Milo had acted that way.

He got to his feet and picked up Milo's phone. A confused expression appeared on his face after he got a proper look at the picture. “A photo of a baby? Who is this?"

"Delete it immediately!" Milo screamed agitatedly at Hogan.

That was Hogan's first time seeing his boss in such a state. Milo was always calm and collected, but he looked utterly terrified right now.

Hogan obediently deleted the picture and then returned Milo's phone to him. "Sir, who is that?"