Jacob’s face suddenly hardened as he vaguely guessed what was going on, “Sir is suspecting that Mason Bush did all this? For Emma Bush?”
The man leaned back, resting against the back of his chair, his dark eyes unreadable in their temperature.
Jacob knew he was asking a bit too much and was busy scowling, “I’ll look into it now.”
Zach Stone bristled, “That’s what I thought when I first saw it, but I didn’t have time to check and I rushed over when I heard my sister-in-law was in labour.”
“Where’s Sophia Mckinley?”
“Her?”
Zach Stone grinned at the mention of his beloved, but his mouth was full of complaints, “All day long she’s carrying a big belly, but she’s restless, running around all day. I blame that Charlie Wilson for visiting my daughter-in-law every day under the guise of work, and the little girl is still being lied to!”
Zach Stone’s teeth were gritting as he spoke, but Logan Brown didn’t miss the doting look in the deepest part of his eyes.
“Logan Brown……” Zach Stone shivered as he stared at him, “You, what are you looking at me for, I’m telling you, I’m not falling in love with you. I, I’m a married man.”
“……”
The man gave him a cross look, “Cut the jokes.”
Zach Stone immediately settled down and grinned, “I’m just seeing how boring you are and I’m afraid you’re bored to tease you.”
Logan Brown pursed his lips tightly and didn’t say a word.
The man opposite swept a glance, vaguely sensing something, then sighed, “Actually I know what’s in your mind, you’re envious of me, of me and Sophia ……”
Once upon a time it was they who envied them, and to this day Sophia had never stopped admiring and envying Logan Brown. But he was also aware that they had faced more trials than they had.
The man swept him off his feet, “It’s a different life, so what’s to envy.”
No one’s life is exactly the same, all we can do is live our own lives.
Zach Stone listened with exasperation and helplessness, “Can’t you just play along and give me some face?”
Logan Brown laughed low and raised his head with a slight tilt of his chin, “In that case, would you be interested in going for a drink, I have no one to keep me company.”
“OK,” Zach Stone naturally wouldn’t say no, “As long as it’s your request, I’ll be happy to oblige.”
Logan Brown’s unsavoury gaze was cast on him, causing him to jolt and immediately retract that immodest look before getting up and hooking his neck, “Come on, let’s go for a drink.”
“Mmm.”
Logan Brown responded and got up to leave as he did.
Zach Stone was a very animated man and kept talking to Logan Brown, however after only a few drinks, Logan Brown was already leaning back on the couch and falling asleep.
Zach Stone was in the middle of a conversation when the voices beside him quieted down, and when he turned his head, he realised that the man beside him had fallen into a dreamy state, breathing evenly.
“Logan ……”
“Shh!”
Jacob had appeared in the compartment at some point and squeezed his shoulder and lowered his voice, “Mr. Stone should leave the gentleman alone, let him rest for a while when he’s tired.”
Zach Stone nodded slightly, got up, patted him on the shoulder and said, “Go outside and talk.”
Jacob hesitated for a moment and said, “Okay.”
There was some noise outside the booth and the two men quickly found a quiet corner to pour their drinks.
“He’s been like this for a while?” Zach Stone spoke up suddenly and Jacob responded that he was talking about Logan Brown and then nodded.
“It’s been going on for a long time now, no matter what time of day it is I can see him sitting in front of his computer dealing with the company and thinking about how to deal with the the Fords Group as well.”
Not to mention the fact that the Fords Group had been getting more active lately and Logan Brown was wasting away, as if he was back to the way he was when he first met him, not thinking about his body in the slightest.
Zach Stone shook his head tsk-tsk, “He’s not doing himself any favours, he’ll break down over time.”
“That’s what worries me.”
But Logan Brown’s stubbornness was obvious to everyone and there was nothing anyone could do, much less convince him of.
The only person in the world who could convince him was Elena, but she wasn’t around. ……
“Jacob.”
“Mr Stone please.”
Zach Stone looked at the amber liquid in the cup he was holding in his hand, and his eyes deepened, “Actually, there’s something else I’ve been investigating about Mason Bush, I just didn’t talk to Logan Brown directly just now.”
“Pop!”
Jacob looked around subconsciously and saw that there was nothing out of the ordinary before he listened quietly.
“Mason Bush has a large sum of money out of his account, and …… his and Emma Bush’s present house is all sold, and the two are living in a rented house, on the outskirts of H City, he has a car of his own, and often goes into H City, only exactly to where exactly I don’t know.”
He wasn’t a god after all and couldn’t know all his whereabouts in a short time.
“And what about the money? Where did it go?”
“The underground market.”
Jacob’s face was growing stony, too.
Zach Stone swept him an afterimage and snickered, “What, surprised?”
“Yeah.” He nodded, “It’s not hard to find out if it’s at a mobile market, but if it’s there, it’s a little harder to know where that money went.”
“Yeah, that’s why I made a special trip to G, because I also knew that Mason Bush and Emma Bush would be in G in two days, their schedules were booked and I had to get ahead of them and find out exactly what they wanted to do as soon as possible!”
Did they want to hurt Elena Bush, or did they just want to settle in G City?
Either way, though, he couldn’t put himself at ease, knowing more than anything that things were never that simple.
Jacob’s mind was in turmoil, and it took a sharp swig of his throat-burning wine to soothe the ramblings.
“If that’s the case, why didn’t you tell Mister? He should have needed to know more than that, not to mention ……”
“Please!” Zach Stone laughed, “Would I dare tell him now that you see him in this state? I must conceal it! Besides, you and I both know that he’s got enough on his plate already and talking about it now would just add to the confusion, so it’s better for you and I to look into it first and then let him make up his own mind.”
Jacob didn’t think so, “But it’s not a good idea to keep it from the gentleman, and besides, now that he knows about Mason Bush, he’s going to want to know everything about his whereabouts in a hurry.”
At that, Zach Stone immediately threw a meaningful winks, “That’s …… why I told you specifically isn’t it?”