The Apology from My Ex and His Mistress novel Chapter 160

Chapter 160

Right now the two of them sat here, and it was all quiet.

“Ding ding…”

Just then, there was a crisp knocking sound, and at the same time, the lights dimmed. Then, a beam of light focused on the stage.

Estrella showed up in front of everyone wearing a strapless little dress.

“Everyone!”

There was a bright smile on Estrella’s face, and she said, “Welcome, everyone, to my coming–back presentation. Starting today, I officially announce that I’m back to work in my home country. I hope everyone in the future…”

Maxwell was the only son in his family, but the Humphrey family also had a daughter, and that was Estrella.

Estrella was Maxwell’s cousin. She was Leonard’s youngest son’s little darling. She was also pretty capable–she had already handled some overseas business stuff while she was still in school. Now that she had come back from grad school at Groena, she was a bright new star in the Humphrey family. She had enough pride to deserve being called Ms. Humphrey.

Estrella’s speech definitely didn’t stop there, she kept talking on stage, and Stephanie heard people next to her whispering too.

“Master’s in Finance, and the kind that could get scholarships, graduated with straight As, this Ms. Humphrey was really something.”

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“Yeah, two years ago when she was 23, she handled a really dangerous overseas job in Groena. I heard there was even a shootout over there. She went in herself. Groena isn’t like here where guns are banned. She was really gutsy.”

“That’s right, otherwise how could she deserve to be called Ms. Humphrey? She wasn’t the only girl in the Humphrey family of her generation.”

“I heard most of the work with Groena was handled by her. Over the years, she also built up quite a few resources. This time coming back, I didn’t know which department she was going to join.”

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Amid all the chatter, Maxwell’s phone vibrated again.

He frowned a little, took it out and looked at it–it was a call from Edgar.

Edgar?

He thought for a bit, then Maxwell got up and went to a quieter spot to take the call.

“What is it?” Maxwell asked.

Edgar sounded a bit anxious: “Mr. Humphrey, these days some strangers suddenly showed up around the company asking questions. I told my people to check it out, and just now we got the exact info–it was the police.”

The police?

Maxwell’s frown got deeper.

“Did the police go to the Humphrey Group to investigate something,

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did they figure it out?”

Big companies like the Humphrey Group dealt with the police a lot, but most of it was about disputes or specific matters. Private investigations like this were still pretty rare.

Usually, there were some details that were temporarily not convenient for them to know and needed to be investigated.

“The police were very cautious and asked all kinds of questions. They asked about your relationship with Mrs. Humphrey, about Ms. Gregg, all sorts of stuff, mostly trying to get information in a gossipy way.” Edgar answered right away, “But after filtering it, the thing they asked about the most, or you could say their main goal, was Adan.”

Adan!

Maxwell’s eyes narrowed dangerously.

Why did the police notice Adan?

Was it that thing…?

“Did we have Adan’s location now?” Maxwell’s voice was a bit cold.

“Still couldn’t find it, Mr. Humphrey. The underreporting below dragged on too long, a lot of clues were already gone.” Edgar was a bit panicked again.

If that thing got exposed… it really would have caused a whole bunch of consequences.

That was a nasty incident.

Since I chose to keep it down back then, if I brought it up myself now, it wouldn’t really make much difference, let alone…

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