Chapter 71 - LS

Frank read her full name and his eyes widened at the sight of the girl's full name.

Catherine West.

Didn't Vincent order their comrades to investigate the background of this name a week ago? And now his best friend has even locked his eyes on this girl?

Was it possible that his best friend had deliberately investigated the background of a girl he liked before finally deciding to pursue her?

Hahahaha… That's impossible, right?

Well, we're talking Vincent here. It shouldn't be surprising to him to learn of his friend's extremely unusual actions.

Frank shook his head and chuckled a few times at his friend's eccentric exploit.

In the evening at the James Paxton residence, Martin massaged his forehead feeling annoyed by his niece's attitude, who never stopped uttering nonsense sentences.

So he locked Clarissa in her room and didn't feed her before the child stopped throwing a tantrum. Unfortunately, the spoiled girl still didn't give up either.

"Uncle! Get me out of here! I told you Aunt Chloe is still alive! She's in Star Risen. She said she was Ben's confidante. Why wouldn't you believe me?"

Martin just sighed. After he forcefully took his niece home, the girl asked him to take revenge on a hotel employee in Pina.

After stealing the complete data of all the employees working at the hotel, none of them matched his niece's description. However, two days ago, this girl said the woman in question was Chloeny Paxton?!

How absurd!

Chloeny Paxton died dozens of years ago, and although the news has reported the cause of death was a traffic accident, Martin was very aware that Chloeny died from being murdered.

And he knew very well the culprit who was none other than a member of the Paxton family himself.

That's why, no matter how often Clarissa said that Chloeny was still alive, Martin would never believe it.

However, something caught his eye very much. His niece told him that the girl who had a face similar to his cousin was Benjamin's confidante?

He knew who Benjamin's confidant had long ago. That person was Charlie and definitely not a woman, let alone a young girl. He was curious about this girl and visited Benjamin's office to see the figure of this girl.

Alas, the girl was not there, and when he asked further questions, the employees said that no female secretary is working there, making Martin feel even more annoyed with his niece.

Clarissa must be crazy and hallucinating for spitting out false information. He hoped that the girl could think clearly after being locked up for these few days.

Even James, who was the father of Clarissa, did not dare to persuade him to give up his beloved daughter. Among Benjamin Paxton's cousins, the most influential second to Benjamin was Martin.

He ruled the underworld and was the leader of the largest mafia group in New York.

Because of that, both James and Brittany, who also hate Benjamin, unite against Benjamin, following all Martin's orders.

"Your daughter has gone too far. Not only did she act alone, but she also uttered nonsense. If you can't discipline your daughter and destroy my plans, I'll throw her to my men."

James broke out in a cold sweat and swallowed nervously. He tried hard to think of a way to save his daughter.

"I understand. I promise this won't happen again. Clarissa will stay in her room the entire time."

"I'm tired of fulfilling her random request. The next time she acts up again, I won't forgive her. This is the last time."

After that, Martin rose to his feet and left the James Paxton residence. James breathed a sigh of relief when Martin's car left his yard. James directly marched into his daughter's room.

"Daddy... Daddy..." Clarissa's eyes showed a ray of hope that her father would believe her and release her from her punishment. "Trust me. That woman is aunt Chloe. At first, I don't remember her because I'm not that close to Chloe. But I'm sure when I look at this."

Clarissa showed her father a photo of Chloe when the woman was was thirty.

"I don't remember Chloe's face. But I remember that rude girl's face in Pina because I hated her and wanted revenge. When I saw this photo, I was sure..."

SLAP!!

Her talks stopped as she felt the sting on her burned cheek.

Did her father just... slap her? Clarissa looked at her father in disbelief.

"What an ungrateful child! Don't mention that woman's name again. She is dead, and we all attended her funeral. That woman will never be able to come back to life!"

Clarissa was still holding her cheek, which hurt a lot. Her eyes began to tear up, and her throat felt tight and refused to make a sound.

Her father advanced back out of her room and locked the door.

She could no longer hold her emotions, and she screamed hysterically as she tore up the photo she was holding.

"I swear I will avenge all this treatment on you! I will find you and get my revenge, tenfold!" she snarled furiously while stepping on a woman's head in the photo she tore.

At the same time, in a hidden place, an organization was running in secret and was busy doing something. One of them was Vincentius Regnz.

It's been two days and two nights he hasn't slept to track down the person who deleted Cathy's photos and contacts on his phone. Not only that, he tried to restore everything about Cathy that had been gone on his cell phone but to no avail.

His comrades, Pasha and Ronald program specialists and hackers also helped him, yet still no result. The two of them were far more skilled than Vincent, but Vincent preferred to step in when it came to the people he cared about.

At midnight, dozens of their computer screens blacked out simultaneously, leaving only the leading computer program held by Pasha.

"Hey, boss. You might wanna see this."

Vincent, Ronald, and their other team members instantly went around Pasha's desk and saw red writing on a large black screen. A log of tiny green encryption moved in rapid stated from bottom to top as the background.

'DON'T LOOK FOR US! OR WE WILL ATTACK YOU!'

Below that was a symbol in two letters—the uppercase L, stacked with the uppercase S.

Vincent swallowed hard at the sight of the symbol and took a deep breath.

"We'd better stop. We don't want to be their enemy."

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