My Darling, My Dearest

"You should eat more."

As soon as Jack finished his words, they heard the sharp squeal of braking tires across the yard. Rachel turned her head to see Tracy and Jonathan rushing in.

Jonathan's face was pale and drawn. "Something like this has happened, yet you did not tell us?"

Tears streamed down Tracy's cheeks as she choked out the words. "Jack, what's going on?"

Rachel and Jack looked at each other. They meant to hide the truth from Jack's parents so that they would not worry. However, the matter had become this serious that it was out of their hands. Rachel laid down her chopsticks and slowly stood up with her hands supporting her waist. "Mom, Dad, please don't worry. Let's sit down and discuss it calmly, okay?"

"How can we be calm? Now, all of the shareholders are asking to have Jack dismissed and withdrawn from the board of directors. This is..." Tracy couldn't continue and was overcome with sobs. With her eyes wide open, Rachel looked at Jack in disbelief. "Why in the world did you not say a word about such a thing?"

However, Jack was not looking at her when he replied, "I didn't tell you because it would only make you worry."

He turned to greet Jonathan and pulled Tracy to sit down on the sofa. He said in a low voice, "Dad, Mom, I will solve this matter. Don't worry."

"Solve it? How are you going to solve it?" Jonathan's face turned red. He slapped his hand on the table and said, "If you were capable of solving it, then it wouldn't have reached this point.

If your mother and I hadn't dropped by the company en route to somewhere else, for how long would you have kept this from us? You wouldn't tell us until the company became someone else's?"

The more he spoke, the more agitated Jonathan became. He was coughing violently. Tracy rushed over to his side and started rubbing his back.

Jack pinched between his eyebrows. He had been trying to keep from showing any emotion, but his face eventually showed his exhaustion.

He said in a low voice, "After the news was exposed, several shareholders came to me. At that time, I promised them that this matter would not affect the company."

"Then how did things get this bad?" asked Jonathan, who had calmed down by then.

Jack sighed slightly and let out a sarcastic chuckle. "I didn't think that those business partners would break up the partnership once they heard the news."

Hearing this, Rachel's heart ached. He had just received a call and heard the bad news, and yet he still faced her with a smile.

How sad he must have been at the time.

Rachel reached out and held his hand tightly, offering him quiet comfort.

Jack squeezed her hand back.

Inside a moderately-sized property, Benny paced back and forth holding his phone. His usually well-trimmed hair was now a ratty mess, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He looked terrible.

Cursing all the while, he kept trying to call someone, but his call wouldn't come through.

On the second day after Jack's matter was exposed, Kailey disappeared. He went to all the places where she might have gone, but she was nowhere to be found. Even her phone seemed to be powered off.

She seemed to have evaporated off the face of the earth. After hearing the mechanical female voice on the phone interminably, Benny threw his phone away in agitation, clutching at his hair like a man on the verge of collapsing.

After what had happened, he didn't dare to go anywhere, instead locking himself inside the small house.

Suddenly, there was violent knocking on the door.

Benny shivered, and blood drained from his face. He asked in a trembling voice, "Who is it?"

He heard a rough voice say through the door, "Ninwell City Public Security Bureau. Open the door."

Benny felt his legs give out under him and fell to his knees.

Michael stepped on the gas and drove at full speed. Then, he parked the car on the side of the road and walked quickly into the house.

"Jack, I have something to tell you!" he shouted.

When he entered the room, he was stunned to see Jonathan and Tracy sitting on the sofa.

Rachel waited for him to speak, but he didn't continue. "What's wrong? What is it?" she asked.

"Oh." Realizing what had happened, Michael rubbed his nose and said in a low voice, "Let's go upstairs and have a talk." Jack shook his head and said, "No need. They already know. Just tell me what it is." The corners of Michael's mouth twitched awkwardly, and then that moment of levity was wiped from his face. "The police have just found Benny's whereabouts. He's now at the police station."

"Does this prove that Jack has nothing to do with it?" Rachel asked, her eyebrows lifted. The dark pall over the last few days seemed to have been lifted by the news.

She shook Jack's arm and said, "He must know the inside story."

With a faint smile on his face, Jack reached out and stroked her hair gently. He didn't say anything, but his mind was still churning.

He had previously heard that Scarlett's cousin had been in touch with Benny these days, but he didn't take it seriously. Recalling this information, he thought worriedly that things were not that simple. Now, Benny had been found, but Kailey's whereabouts were still unknown.

His men all failed to find Kailey, and her friends didn't know where she had gone.

The friend who had run a bar with

her also tried scouring the world for

her because Kailey took all of the bar's money before she left. Noticing his dazed expression, Michael waved his hand in front of him and said, "Marcus and others are waiting at the gate of the police station. Come on, let's see what he has to say!"

Rachel stood up as well and said, "I'll go with you."

However, Jack gently pressed her shoulder and urged her to sit down again. He looked at his parents and whispered, "Dad, Mom, I'm going to the police station. You stay here with Rachel." "But, I..." Rachel wanted to say something more, but Jack shook his head and then left quickly with Michael.

Rachel knew that Jack didn't want her in the police station, so she told herself to calm down and wait at home patiently. She kept praying in her heart, hoping to hear some good news.

As soon as Jack and Michael arrived at the police station, they found Henry and Marcus talking to a police officer. As they approached, the conversation appeared to have ended. Looking at the policeman's back, Michael asked, "What did you say just now?"

Wearing identical frowns on their faces, Henry and Marcus didn't say anything and appeared not to have heard the question.

"Eh?" asked Michael curiously. He poked at Henry and said, "I just said something. Didn't you hear me?" "Yes, I did." Marcus sighed slightly and then shook his head. "The situation is not looking good."

"Did Benny say that I gave him the go signal?" With his hands in his pockets, Jack walked to a lounge chair and sat down. His tone was light, as if he were discussing the weather and not something more serious.

Michael frowned and asked, "How did you know that?"

Jack pointed at his temple and said lightly, "Use your brain."

Michael was speechless.

The corners of his mouth twitched, but he could not refute Jack's statement. He prodded the other two again. "Come on, stop being dumbasses, you two. Tell me what's going on."

Marcus said, "Benny insists that he doesn't know anything about it. According to his testimony, Jack told him in advance that a group of friends would borrow his yacht that night and instructed him not to disturb them."

Henry looked at Jack and asked, "What should we do next?"

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"We have no choice but to wait." Jack shrugged his shoulders. He was sure that those who were in prison would never tell the truth, while Benny seemed to be clamming up. Now, the only way to prove his innocence was to find Kailey.

Michael asked in an agitated voice, "Wait? How long should we wait?"

Jack, how did you know that Benny didn't want to tell the truth?"

Jack chuckled, "He knows the repercussions for everyone, especially for himself, once he tells the does. On the other hand, by not speaking, I'm still implicated in the crime, while he remains free." He raised his head and looked at the stunned Michael. "If you were him, which would you choose?

"Of course, I would choose the

latter," Michael all but blurted out

without thinking. Scratching the back of his head, he flashed them an awkward smile and tried to change the subject. "By the way, what are you waiting for?"

Jack frowned and kept silent, but Henry suddenly understood what he meant. He placed a hand on Michael's shoulder and said, "Don't talk too much so that no one you're an idiot."

Marcus also interjected, "I'm also starting to doubt your intelligence. With how dumb you are, hasn't anyone in your company ever tried to take over your position?"

"My guess is he's totally unaware of the attempts," Marcus said. The two men were echoing each other, so Michael couldn't win against them.

Rachel thought it would take them a while to return, but Jack came back soon after. "Where are Dad and Mom?"NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

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Translator: Scarlett5555