The Invisible Mogul novel Chapter 2292

Though he had accelerated the entire way, it still took Gerald four whole hours to get from the forest to the Grubb manor. Regardless, upon Gerald’s arrival at the manor at about nine that night, his return was quickly notified to Lucian who—upon learning that—instantly urged Aiden to head to the reception room. Lucian himself then jogged out the manor—together with his butler—to greet the youth…

Upon seeing them, Gerald nodded before asking, “Good evening, Mr. Grubb. Have my friends arrived?”

“…Friends?” replied Lucian in a confused tone as he led Gerald to the reception room.

“I guess they haven’t. Either way, do prepare three guest rooms for them since they may need to stay for quite a while. Don’t worry, we’ll all leave once we’ve rescued Miss Lawrence,” said Gerald as he estimated how long it would take for Master Ghost and the others to come over.

Just as he figured that they’d be here by the hour, Lucian—who finally realized how drenched Gerald was—hurriedly replied, “No problem, but before that, do get a change of clothes! You’re soaked from head to toe!”

Simply nodding in response, Gerald then followed the butler to another room to get himself changed. Taking the opportunity to get a cold shower as well, Gerald returned about ten minutes later, looking fully refreshed.

Seeing Gerald, Lucian was prompted to ask, “So… Did things go smoothly, whatever you were doing?”

“They did, indeed,” replied Gerald with a nod.

“Glad to hear. Regardless, while you were gone, we think we’ve managed to find the person responsible for kidnapping Lindsay!” declared Lucian with a smile.

“Go on…”

After exchanging glances with his butler, Lucian then said, “We believe that Maddox Chabert is the culprit!”

“…It doesn’t add up,” replied Gerald after thinking about all that he had just heard.

“What do you mean?” asked Aiden who had been silent the entire time.

“Well, if Maddox kidnapped her to threaten me after Carter rejected his proposal, I find the timing for that to be a bit off. How long has Lindsay gone missing again, Aiden?” replied Gerald as he turned to look at Aiden.

“About a week ago. While we immediately took action after I got the mission, my superiors had actually received the request—from the Lawrences—a few days prior,” said Aiden.

“Bingo. But we’ve only been here for three days,” replied Gerald.