My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 772: Forgiveness

Austin arrived in Hance City yesterday, but he didn't tell Prestonbecause he wanted to quietly investigate on his own. However, hecouldn't replace anything and there was nothing to continue investigating. Itwas as if Cora had never appeared in Hance City at all.

Only Ayan can do it so cleanly and neatly.

Austin placed his hope on Preston and said, "Will Mr. Walker help me?"Preston did not immediately give an answer, but instead he had aslightly faded expression and was lost in thought, it was unclear whathe was thinking about.

Upon seeing this, Austin also narrowed his eyes slightly and his faceflashed with a hint of stiffness. He then asked in a calm tone, "Is thereany concern, Mr. Walker?"

"None, it's just that this matter is not as simple as you thought. Mrs.Norman has been held by Ayan for so long, and you definitely haveinvestigated or thought of a solution. Since there has been no result, Idon't think Camille could possibly know either. After all, Ayan is cunningand secretive. If he doesn't want others to know something, no onewill."

"Is Mr. Walker so sure that Camille won't know? Or does he trustCamille so much because they are friends? But Mr. Walker, you shouldnot forget that Camille is Ayan's wife, and they are a unit. Thus manythings are naturally understood. After all, she is Ayan's wife and wouldnot help others. Does Mr. Walker think this makes sense?"

Austin squinted his eyes, calculating in his mind. He wanted to makeuse of Preston's help to deal with Ayan, which would cause him lesstrouble. Maybe he wouldn't have to do anything and could just sit backand reap the benefits.

So why not?

Austin's joy overflowed from within when he realized that he could replaceCora's heart without any effort from him.

But can he really use Preston?

Preston looked up at him with a faint hesitation and difficulty in hiswords, “Mr. Norman's words are certainly true, but I think Mr. Normanshould first understand why Ayan did this? After all, the person Ayan isholding is not someone else, it's Mrs. Norman. But there must be somekind of relationship between Mrs. Norman and Ayan, isn't there?"Austin fell silent and discouraged.

Austin was stunned, but Preston didn't stop there. He continued: "Mr.Norman, my words may be harsh, but they are true. Ayan and Mrs.Norman were first love to each other. You and I are both men, so weunderstand what first love means to a man. You should know that. Ayanand Mrs. Norman were said to have been separated not because oftheir relationship gone bad, but because of the Simpson family'sinterference. Does that mean they still have feelings for each other?""So what? Can Ayan's grandfather and child tolerate the harm Cora hascaused?" Austin's tone was very excited, as if he was trying to refutePreston's words.

Naturally, Preston didn't mind his questioning.

He remained calm and composed, saying: “Whether or not he canforgive her is just a response to the public. Who knows what he reallythinks in his heart? If you really want to hold someone responsible, whynot just hand it over to the police? Besides, he could have used Mrs.Norman to threaten Mr. Norman directly, couldn't he? But instead ofdoing that, he hid Cora away. If I'm guessing correctly, probably onlyAyan himself and his secretary know where Cora is now."

Preston's blunt questions silenced Austin completely.

Every word from Preston hit him hard in his heart. These questionswere like a stick beating on his heart lightly but heavily enough that itwouldn't let him calm down.

There was no need for them to continue eating their meal after thisconversation ended perfectly with Austin's phone ringing at thatmoment. Without answering it directly, he pressed down the refusalbutton and left to attend to other businesses.

Before parting though, Preston reminded him: "Mr. Norman doesn'tneed to worry too much about anything. Just tell me if there is anythingyou need help with. Leave some things for Sean to do instead of youpersonally getting involved. Don't you think so?"

Austin nodded quietly with a serious face as an answer.

As soon as Austin left the room, Preston picked up his glass of waterand took a sip while suppressing an uncontrollable smirk on his lips. Itwas a triumphant smile.

Did he not know what Austin wanted?

Austin wanted to use him against Ayan, but how could Preston agree?All he had could only be used against Ayan and the Simpson family; noone else deserved such effort or attention from him.

But regarding Cora's situation... he was quite curious.

A living person missing for so long without any news - this wasunexpected indeed!

Where did Ayan hide her so securely without any leaks or informationbeing revealed?

It also meant that Ayan had deep scheming plans which made anyoneelse incapable of achieving such secrecy unless they were equallycunning like himself.

He needed more caution than ever before, because even slightcarelessness would lead into being calculated by Ayan's numerousschemes!

At this moment, the cunning man also learned about Preston's meetingwith Austin. Since Austin arrived in Hance City, someone had beenfollowing him, so every move of Austin was transparent to Ayan, andthere were no secrets at all.

After Kian reported everything about Austin to Ayan, he asked a littleworriedly: "Mr. Simpson, if Preston agrees to work with Austin againstus after their meeting, our actions may be closely monitored. Do weneed to take some precautions?"

"Only those who are afraid of being exposed and have something tohide will worry about being monitored. But do you and I have anythingto hide?"

"Of course not."

"Well then, let them monitor us if they want. Currently the mostimportant thing for Simpson Group is completing the project in DaneCity within this month. If they want to monitor us, that would be great.When they get tired of it, we can make other plans.”

Ayan had no fear or worries at all; he was confident that he couldhandle anything that came his way.

After ending his call with Kian, Camille came out of the bedroom.Seeing the man sitting on the sofa, she stared at him intently and askedlightly: "Didn't you say you had something important to tell me? What isit exactly?"

Ayan looked up from his phone and patted the seat next to him for hersit down.

Camille pursed her lips and gave him a deep look before walking over.Their eyes met. He had come straight from work and told her duringdinner that there was something he needed tell her but hadn't brought itup even though more than an hour had passed since then.

So what was going on?

Camille stared at him as she jokingly asked: "You didn't do somethingthat needs my forgiveness, did you?"

But she never expected Ayan would go along with it by saying: "If I did,would you forgive me?"