My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 771: Investigation

Sean's face changed slightly, and he immediately denied, "Of course ithas nothing to do with me."

Subconsciously, he remembered Kian's instructions at the apartmentand quickly replied, "Mr. Walker, Miss Armstrong's situation has nothingto do with me. I haven't forgotten your words. I know that it is not theright time yet. Besides, Miss Armstrong don't have a choice sometimes.Naturally, I also know that it has nothing to do with Miss Armstrong. So Iwon't do anything to her. If you don't believe me, you can investigate onit."

The last few words Sean said without confidence and he was in apanic. His eyes stared at Preston without any distraction for fear thatPreston would ask him more questions.

But in the end Preston didn't ask anything else either. His warm andgentle face showed little emotion or thoughts as he remained quiet for along time before speaking softly again: "Since it has nothing to do withyou, then investigate this matter thoroughly yourself. Who is targetingCamille? I need results."

Sean's face changed slightly, but tried his best to control his emotionsinside as he whispered: "Mr. Walker, I think Ayan will definitelyinvestigate this matter too. If we also intervene, it might arousesuspicion from his side."

"Why would they be suspicious? It has nothing to do with me! Even ifhe suspects something, what difference does it make? What could theyreplace out?" Preston asked each question slowly, leaving Sean no roomfor response.

Sean fell silent and could only nod in agreement.

Then Preston added: “In two days, come visit the prison with me!"Sean widened his eyes looking towards Preston; "Why are you goingthere?"

“Your father has been imprisoned for so long now, and only you havevisited him before. I as his nephew should go see him personally too.Previously, it wasn't convenient, but now there's no reason why Ishouldn't.”

Preston spoke indifferently but kept watching Sean all along. His gazeseemed like testing him and waiting for any reaction from Sean.

This kind of gaze made Sean very uncomfortable. He couldn't helpavoiding eye contact, dodging away from looking directly into Preston'seyes. His brain was spinning rapidly, trying hard to figure out what didPreston's words mean exactly?

Just when Sean hadn't figured out what was going on, Preston spokeagain: "Do you have any concerns?"

Sean immediately said, "I think it's better not to go. After all, Ayan hasbeen watching you. If you go to the prison to see my dad at this time,Ayan will definitely have doubts. It's not good if he replaces out about ourrelationship.”

Preston didn't force him and responded calmly, “Yeah, you're right. Ourrelationship shouldn't be known by Ayan. So I'm not suitable to go tothe prison at this time either. I was just thinking too simply of it."However, Preston was only testing Sean, and even though Seananswered like that, he still had doubts about him in his heart. He alwaysfelt that Sean was hiding something from him, but couldn't be sure whatit was.

He squinted his eyes and didn't continue talking with Sean anymore ashe knew when to stop probing further into the matter. If they broke theirrelationship over this issue alone, then it wouldn't be good for themboth since what Elijah had done wasn't enough for him to turn againstSean completely, so he could only ignore some things as long as theydidn't go too far.

The atmosphere gradually became quiet, and when Sean hesitatedwhether or not he should replace an excuse to leave, Preston's phone rangat that moment.

Preston picked up his phone and glanced at the caller ID before sayinglightly towards Sean, "There is nothing else now so you can rest firstand come pick me up tomorrow morning for the museum tour.”

Sean nodded quickly,"Okay I got it! Then I'll leave now! Call me if thereis anything!"

Sean didn't need any excuses now. After bidding farewell with Preston,he left immediately after saying goodbye.

After hearing the sound of closing door behind him, Preston finallyanswered Austin's call. He had called earlier.

"Mr. Norman, why are you calling me at this hour?"

Austin replied, "I came over Hance City already. I am currently stayingin a hotel. Would you like us have dinner together?"

Preston wasn't aware of Austin's arrival beforehand. which surprisedhim a little bit but nevertheless agreed on meeting up with Austin lateron during dinner time. He didn't ask much about why Austin came oversuddenly without prior notice .

That night, the two met in a high-end restaurant. They booked a privateroom because they wanted privacy while discussing matters betweenthem.

After ordering food and drink, and once their waiter left their room,Preston started speaking first, “Why did Mr. Norman suddenly comehere? You should've told me earlier so that we could arrange someoneto pick you up from airport!”

The two of them had a working relationship, and now Preston wasinvolved in Mr. and Mrs. Bell's project as well as the museum projectunder the name of Norman Group. His relationship with Austin wasnaturally related to their common interests, so he would deliberately getcloser to Austin.

Austin sighed with sorrow on his face, full of annoyance: "The mediafound out about me and Eileen's affair. The media directly reported thatI neglected Cora and had another woman. This matter is widelyreported in Campole. Hasn't Mr. Walker heard about it?"

Austin looked at Preston, his words were clearly probing.

Preston met Austin's gaze and asked: "Is Mr. Norman suspecting me?"Austin smiled slightly: "Of course not, Mr. Walker, don’t worry too much,I just feel that this matter is a bit strange; almost everyone in Campoleknows about it, but has Mr. Walker really not heard anything in Hance?""To be honest with you, my secretary was taken away by Ayan lastnight and just came back.”

"Ayan took your secretary away?" Austin frowned slightly with anextremely serious expression on his face.

Preston said nonchalantly: "Mr. Norman, you also replace it surprising,right? I'm busy dealing with this matter, so naturally I have no extra timeto pay attention to the news in Campole. Mr. Norman, you can restassured that some things won't be leaked from my mouth."

Austin immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Walker, you are thinking toomuch by saying that. I'm not suspicious of you. I'm just wondering whodid it."

Although Austin said so, Preston didn't really believe him; if Austinreally didn't suspect him, he wouldn't have said those words just nowand was busy trying to smooth things over probably after he listened towhat he responded earlier. After all, Austin's scheming mind wassomething he knew very well.

Preston did not expose Austin's thoughts, but analyzed for himaccording to his words: "Who knows best about Mr. Norman's affairs?"Austin narrowed his eyes slightly, coldness flickering at the bottom ofhis eyes as he replied: "Naturally it is Ayan.”

"Mrs. Norman is still in Ayan's hands now, right?"

Austin became even more gloomy, but did not speak. His reactioncould already be considered acquiescence.

A hint of laughter flashed across Preston's eyes when they droppeddown, but when they lifted up again, everything had returned back tonormal. He looked at Austin, asking: "What does Mr. Norman plan ondoing? If there is anything you need help with, you can ask me!"

Austin looked at Preston and nodded slightly before speaking, "SinceMr. Walker has offered it, please forgive me."

Preston nodded in agreement.

Austin continued, "Ayan is deliberately causing trouble for me bykeeping Cora in his hands. He refuses to send her back, because shehurt Old Simpson and his child. But this is just his excuse. Who knowswhat the truth really is? Who can guarantee that Ayan doesn't haveother motives? After all, he had a history with Cora and I don't believehe has completely forgotten about it. So Mr. Walker, since you arefamiliar with Mrs. Simpson, I hope you can help me replace out where Corais now."