Chapter 1358
Chapter 1358:
“You’re perceptive enough to be an undercover detective,” he added, clearly amused by her instincts.
“Undercover detective?” Annabel’s expression tightened at the word. “Don’t even start. I ran into a real undercover today p>
Her mood shifted subtly as she twisted her wrist without thinking. “A journalist managed to slip into our company today. I suspect he got quite a lot p>
“Do you have any idea who it was?” Rupert’s brow furrowed with concern.
“I don’t think he’s affiliated with any press.” Annabel shook her head, worry lingering between her brows.
She had barely finished speaking when a man began walking toward them. Annabel looked up and saw a handsome young man, a faint smile playing on his lips.
The source of the attention they’d been drawing ever since they arrived was him.
“Mr. Benton, your reputation precedes you.” The man offered a polite smile that still carried a chill as he greeted Rupert.
Rupert’s expression remained composed as he returned the greeting. “Mr. Jenkins p>
At the name, suspicion flickered in Annabel’s eyes.
“This is your fiancée, Miss Hewitt, I presume?” Jeffery Jenkins shifted his gaze to Annabel.
Meeting his eyes, Annabel gave a slight nod.
Her instinct had been right. This man was the current patriarch of the Jenkins family—and Omar Jenkins’s uncle.
It felt strange to be connected to the Jenkins clan at all. Her grandfather had once hidden away in the countryside to avoid getting tangled up with wealthy families like theirs, yet now, because of her engagement to Rupert, she was being drawn back into it.
“Miss Hewitt, do you seem displeased by my presence?” Jeffery’s mild question interrupted her thoughts.
“No, not at all. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Jenkins,” Annabel replied, a courteous smile settling on her lips.
“My father and your grandfather were friends for quite some time.” A hint of amusement flickered in Jeffery’s narrow eyes.
Annabel stayed silent, and Rupert spoke next, his tone unreadable. “I’m curious why you wanted to see me here, Mr. Jenkins p>
A faint change touched the corners of Jeffery’s mouth. “Naturally, it concerns something that interests both of us p>
On the other side of town, Margo had just left Star Entertainment and was waiting for her agent in the underground parking lot. Her attention was fixed on her phone as she replied to Dunn’s messages—most of them complaints about how he’d made her gain weight.
All of a sudden, Margo heard a soft sound.
She looked around, but the lot was empty.
“Strange,” she thought, blinking. At first, she dismissed it as her imagination, but then the faint noises started again.
Tightening her grip on her phone, Margo moved cautiously toward the source of the sound.