Liam already had the car prepared as he had waited for Eldest Young Master Jackson outside the hall a while ago.
When Hunter was about to get into the car, he suddenly stopped.
“Eldest Young Master, what’s wrong?” Liam was very anxious to start the search for Miss Gale. When Eldest Young Master Jackson suddenly paused before he got into the car, Liam thought that he had a heart change.
Liam did not care for Wendy as he found her rather tiresome. However, Wendy was a benefactor of the Jackson family, and many people had their eyes on her.
If something were to happen to Wendy under Hunter’s care, how many people in the Jackson family would use that against Eldest Young Master Jackson in the future? He had to consider those issues from Eldest Young Master’s perspective.
Eldest Young Master Jackson might not have cared about his position in the Jackson family, but Liam cared.
Hunter glanced behind him. His slender silhouette in the evening breeze revealed a complex depth.
“Ask Young Madam to come along.”
“Eldest Young Master, I’m afraid… I’m afraid that Young Madam…” The young madam did not like Wendy very much. Furthermore, the young madam thought that Wendy’s antics were a joke.
“All the more reason to have her tag along.” So that she would not think that he had anything to do with Wendy.
Their relationship had gotten better, and he did not want to continue with the cold war that they had started a few days ago. Even though the girl did not take him seriously and always gave her attention to others, she was still his fiancée. Emily had not waited for him that night, and Eldest Young Master Jackson was still angry at the fact that she had left in the morning.
Liam seemed to understand what was in Eldest Young Master Jackson’s mind. However, he did not know why Hunter would care about what others thought of him then.
Perhaps he was only concerned with what the young madam thought of him? He wanted to bring the young madam along so that she would not be suspicious of him.
“Yes, Eldest Young Master.” Liam nodded and immediately headed back into the main hall.
By the time Emily changed and went down the stairs, Hunter was already in the car. It was an unexpectedly chilly October night, and her clothes were not fit for the weather.
Liam opened the car door, and Emily stepped into the vehicle. Before she could sit down, someone had thrown a light coat at her. The jacket still permeated with the man’s bodily heat. For a moment, it felt warm.
How did he know that she was cold? Did she huddle when she walked out the door? Suddenly, she felt very anxious and fidgety as if she had ants in her pants, but she calmed down quickly.
“Why am I here? It’s not as if I could be of any help.” More importantly, she did not want to see that hypocritical woman.
Hunter glanced at her, but he did not say anything.
Liam got in and started the car. More than a dozen vehicles had already set off from the WongRiver Pavilion ahead of them to begin the search.
When Hunter and Emily arrived at the beach, dozens of people were already there, and they were all Mu family’s bodyguards.
The girl had been missing for half a night, for about three hours. An adult had gone missing for three hours; even if they made a police report, the authorities would not do anything for them.
Therefore, one could only rely on themselves to conduct a search.
“Did you get anything from the surveillance cameras around the area? “Liam asked Ewan, who had been at the scene the whole time.
Ewan looked gloomy as he blamed himself. “We’ve combed over the footage. She had not left the beach.”
No one had spotted her leaving the beach, and therefore, she must still be there. Unless, of course, she left via the sea. However, when Ewan left her, she was all by herself. How would she have a speedboat to leave the beach?
The only other possibility was that she had been taken by force.
Hunter got out of the car. Emily was about to climb out too when he said, “It’s very windy at the beach, you’d better wait in the car.”
Emily hesitated for a brief moment, then she nodded.
Ewan immediately greeted Hunter. “Eldest Young Master, I think that Miss Wendy was kidnapped.” It seemed like he believed that those people did not do it with good intentions.
“Miss Wendy is only a girl and should not have offended any powerful people. The only possibility is…”
Ewan stared at him. It was not an easy thing to say, but he had no choice.
“Eldest Young Master, I suspect… that your enemies had done this.”
Wendy had recently often exposed her life in WongRiver Pavilion on her Weibo. She had also previously attended the campus comic competition hosted by Sharp Corporation as a representative from Jackson Corporation.
Everyone had wondered about her relationship with Hunter. There was a rumor on the Internet about how Eldest Young Master Jackson and Wendy liked each other, but Old Madam Mu had crushed their relationship.
Eldest Young Master Jackson had to obey the Old Madam Jackson’s wishes and got engaged with Third Young Miss Gale instead. However, he was still secretly in love with Wendy. Did her disappearance have anything to do with those rumors?
“Eldest Young Master, is it possible that this was Paradise Island’s doing?” Liam had always been worried about those people.
Eldest Young Master Jackson had rescued Young Madam from the auction on Paradise Island, which had caused much humiliation to the guests at Paradise Island.
That was also completely against Paradise Island’s rules. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if the owner of Paradise Island wanted revenge. Furthermore, if they did not retaliate against Hunter’s actions on their island, it would jeopardize their reputation with their guests. So, they had expected Paradise Island to exact their revenge eventually.
However, they did not expect them to target Wendy.
“Eldest Young Master, look, it’s a symbol of Paradise Island!”
One of the men finally found a badge that was almost washed away by the waves. Hunter took a look at it, and his expression turned cold.
It looked like Paradise Island had targeted Wendy to exact their revenge on him.
“If Wendy did not publicize her life on the Internet, those men would not have thought to target her.”
Unbeknownst to them, Emily had gotten out of the car, and she was on her way toward them. Hunter frowned. He did not want her to be involved in that matter.
However, when he turned around and saw her clad in his own jacket, a sudden warmth washed over him.
Ewan stared at Emily. Such cynical remarks during a situation like that were uncalled for. His expression was solemn when he said, “Young Madam, Miss Wendy is your sister!”
“I’m only stating facts. If they had been targeting Eldest Young Master Jackson, then she brought it upon herself.”
If one were to look at Wendy’s Weibo account, she posted updates at least twice a day. Sometimes, she went as far as three or four times a day.
Apart from the selfies, most of the posts were about her life in WongRiver Pavilion. Occasionally, there would be a few photographs that had Hunter’s figure in the background. Even though he was far in the background, those who knew him could immediately identify him.
That woman had asked for trouble!
Liam could not agree more with Emily.
Eldest Young Master Jackson did not like to highlight his private life. However, that woman had shown off her so-called life with Eldest Young Master Jackson to the world.
If it were not for the sake of Old Madam Jackson, Eldest Young Master Jackson would have definitely driven her out of WongRiver Pavilion.
Nevertheless, he had nothing to say about Wendy’s disappearance.
He stared at Hunter and solemnly said, “Eldest Young Master, it is very likely that Miss Gale’s Weibo posts gave everyone the wrong impression that she was in a discreet relationship with you.”
People might have even thought that she was Hunter’s woman.
If she were kidnapped by Hunter’s enemies, then it was upon her own doing.