Chapter 62
Sebastian returned quickly. As soon as he stepped inside, he asked, “Did Nathaniel message you again?”
Boxanne handed him her phone,
After Nathaniel sent her the photo, she followed up with several messages, but he never replied. She had even tried calling. There was a record of the attempts, but they had all gone unanswered.
Roxanne looked at Sebastian with concem. “Did you check? Do you know where Nathaniel is?
Sebastian’s handsome face remained expressionless, and he was silent. It was clear that he had checked, but Nathaniel was hiding well. They couldn’t find him. Roxanne looked at Sebastian, unsure of what to say.
take
any sense.
Honestly, she couldn’t understand why Nathaniel would abduct Liana. She refused to believe he would do it to threaten her. That didn’t Givenher relationship with Liana, she would probably encourage the kidnapper to go ahead and finish the job. Besides, from the look in Nathaniel’s eyes, he seemed like a man comered.
She asked–Sebastiancuriously, “Did you do something to Nathaniel?”
Sebastian’s gaze fell on her. It was calm and steady, but something about it made her uncomfortable.
“You didn’t go after Nathaniel just because of me, did you? Please don’t! Really, don’t! Don’t end up pinning Liana’s kidnapping on me. I didn’t do anything, and I didn’t ask you to do anything either.”
Roxanne was about to lose it. Why was she somehow getting dragged into this?
She hadn’t done anything, and she definitely hadn’t told Sebastian to do anything either.
Sebastian looked at her, at how desperately she wanted to wash her hands of the situation. He sighed helplessly.
“You and I luven’t sent you anything these past two years. Actually, I have. I had Nathaniel deliver gifts to you on every holiday.”
Roxanne understood instantly–Nathaniel had been pocketing those gifts. And now that Sebastian was holding him accountable, he couldn’t cover the gap. Roxanne said to s desperate!”
o Sebastian, “Then just let it go. He has probably already lost all the money. You backed him–agambler–into a comer like this. Of course, he’s
Sebastian narrowed his eyes. “How do you know he gambles?”
Roxane shrugged. Our time, I was out drinking with Elvira at a bar. Right outside a private room, we ran into Nathaniel while he was getting chased by debt collectors. Elvira has a friend who knows about, and they told us he’s into gambling, and he’s lost a lot.”
Elvira had whispered to her that Nathaniel was down several tens of millions
Roxanne then thought Sebastian’s assistant made tens of millions of dollars a year. It turned out he had just been embezzling from her.
A swirl of emotions twisted in herchest
Sebastian’s probing taze lingered on her, and his voice was low. “All this time, I wasn’t sending you gifts, and you never thought it was strange? And you never
Roxane rolled her eyes. “Why would I ask? if you didn’t send anything, you think I’d begging for it?”
Then, she mullend under her breath, “Besides, I don’t even lil the stuff you give me. I don’t care you send them or not.
I
he fell silent for a long moment, the weight of everything pressing down on him.
“It’s my fault”
Roxanne instantly jumped in, saying, “Exactly! Liana getting abducted is y
s your fault. It has nothing to do with me, so don’t you date try to pin it on me later.
Of course, Rosant was going to distance herself from this. Sebastian cared so much about Liana. If Nathaniel, that Lunatic, got pushed too far and actually hurt her, what it Sebastian decided to blame her? This whole mess was Sebastian’s doing!
He had so much moory, to why push Nathaniel like that?
Well, now look–dana was abducted
Sebastian looked at her, and his chest felt tight like something was clogging it. It was stitling and bitter.
In a low voice, he sold to her, “This has nothing to do with you. Don’t worry. Do get some sleep.”
