Chapter 481: Phantoms Breed_1
Nathaniel Summers once truly appreciated Jade Carlson.
It was Jade Carlson who reached out to help him when he was most helpless and embarrassed. Not only did she help him without disgust but also cooperated with him to keep his secret, concealing it from his wife and preventing him from falling into an awkward situation.
For a woman to make such a sacrifice touched Nathaniel’s heart, which is why he was always obliging to Jade’s demands.
But now, he truly was fed up with Jade Carlson.
“Jade Carlson, I really don’t understand,” Nathaniel asked her, “You don’t need to pay a mortgage, nor do you have car loans; where is your money? I just gave you 450 thousand not long ago, and now you’re telling me you have no money?”
Jade Carlson stumbled over her words, unable to answer.
She couldn’t explain.
Attending high-end clubs required money, custom-made dresses required money, buying jewelry required money, spending lavishly to socialize with socialite ladies at charity auctions required money, purchasing famous paintings and calligraphy to gift to Mayor Carlson, to please and show filial respect to him required money!
Bribing the Summers Family’s servants also required money! Everything needed money!
How could a mere 450 thousand withstand her expenses?!
Nathaniel did not get an answer and did not press further; he was not interested in where Jade was spending the money. He asked, “What’s the matter with Suzanne Saunders’ death? Who is investigating it?”
Eager to please him, Jade immediately replied, “It’s Purple Summers! Purple Summers is investigating Suzanne’s death!”
“Purple Summers?” Nathaniel was astonished.
Why would Purple Summers want to investigate Suzanne’s matter? What relation did she have with Suzanne?
“I find it strange too; she doesn’t even know Sister Suzanne, so why would she care about her? Is someone behind this, instigating her?”
To regain Nathaniel’s trust, Jade nearly spilled everything she knew.
“Nathaniel, I suspect Aria Jackson is behind this mess; she’s very close to Purple. It must be her who’s getting Purple to do this! Oh my God, it’s terrifying, what on earth does this woman want to do?… Purple also said she knows I asked Sister Suzanne to go to the bow of the boat, a matter I clearly only discussed with Suzanne. How could Purple know? Could there be listening devices on the boat? Nathaniel, be careful, you must have that yacht checked out for any tampering…”
Her words were filled with concern and caring for Nathaniel.
She hoped that through this incident, Nathaniel would remember their past closeness.
Back then, Nathaniel would never confide his frustrations to Suzanne, but to Jade! Though they were not husband and wife, they were closer than many spouses!
But oddly, there was no response from the other end of the phone for a long time.
“Nathaniel?” Jade called out softly.
Nathaniel snapped back to reality: “You just said… the thing you only told Suzanne, but Purple knows about it?”
“Yes, I suspect someone has planted listening devices… Nathaniel, what’s wrong?”
Jade felt confused, sensing Nathaniel’s reaction was off.
She continued, “Purple definitely wasn’t on the boat that day, but it’s really weird, she seems to know everything that happened on board, even the fact that I drugged Sister Suzanne’s drink. Now, it seems she suspects Suzanne’s death wasn’t accidental…”
After hearing this, Nathaniel was silent for a long while.
It wasn’t until Jade spoke again, asking, that Nathaniel said, “I’ll transfer the money to your account; don’t contact me again after this.”
Right after that, he hung up the phone.
He sat in his room, feeling a tightness in his chest, as if something was pressing on his lungs, making it difficult to breathe smoothly.
He reached out subconsciously for his cigarette pack, hoping to use tobacco to numb the chaos in his heart, only to find the pack empty.
Nathaniel left the room, his hurried footsteps inexplicably tinged with panic.
He encountered Dylan Summers and the mage he had invited, who was saying, “… the trees in the back, they must be dealt with; otherwise, they’ll form a yin energy gathering, nourishing soul space, breeding ghosts. If someone with bad luck comes to such a place where yin energy is abundant, how could they not be unlucky?”