Chapter 573: Chapter 573 Sticky and Messy_1
Jane McCain was deeply perplexed…
She even wondered if she saw things mistakenly last night.
Perhaps it was just an ordinary housekeeper? Perhaps it really wasn’t the high-ranking Mr. King, the steward who was second only to one but above ten thousand others? Otherwise, she found it hard to imagine that the head of a family, a figure of such stature, would be so clingy.
A family head should either be cool and aloof or deeply hidden and unfathomable, but surely they shouldn’t be so sticky and fumbling with a female student, right?
Something about the whole picture just wasn’t adding up!
“Janie, how about you come with me?” Purple Summers asked Jane McCain, “Are you free this weekend? Zara needs to practice the zither and won’t have time.”
“Ah?” Jane McCain asked in surprise, “Is that okay? You’re investigating a case, won’t it be a problem to take me along?”
“Allen Rivera really wants to look into it thoroughly, but there hasn’t been a formal case opened, right?” Purple Summers said with a laugh, “I guess he’s just using the pretense of a visit to scope things out.”
An unfiled case means it’s against the regulations to investigate privately. If the other party were an average person, they might be intimidated by the prosecutor’s authority and cooperate with one’s questioning and investigation all the way through. But the other party is a Justice, and that’s not someone one can afford to offend.
So, Allen Rivera’s case investigation carried a shade of “sneaking around.”
When the weekend came, Purple Summers arranged to meet Jane McCain, and they went to the Douglas Residence together.
While still on their way, she deliberately called Alexander Summers to explain the situation.
Alexander Summers was obviously displeased, starting with, “A lone man and a single woman…”
“I’m with Jane McCain.” Purple Summers, prepared for this, immediately held up her shield.
Alexander was still not satisfied.
“Does this Allen Rivera have designs on you?” he asked darkly, “He could ask his own assistant for help or turn to Marcel Jefferson, or if all else fails, he could hire a private detective. Why is he coming to you specifically, what does that mean?”
“Please don’t assume everyone is as dull-witted as you,” Purple Summers refused to let him slander Allen Rivera, “Even if he has designs on me, it’s for my intelligence, my brain! Unlike you, who covets my beauty, shallow!”
“What can I do?” Alexander Summers laughed softly on the phone, “Women in love don’t use their brains. When you’re with me, I can only reluctantly covet your beauty.”
He was actually ridiculing her for being brainless…
Why did it feel like his shamelessness had leveled up?
Unable to win the argument with Alexander, she tried to hang up, but he insisted on a video call to make sure she really was with Jane McCain.
“I’m sorry, he’s just like that, likes to be suspicious of everything.” Purple Summers apologetically asked Jane McCain, “You don’t mind, right? Just a quick look on video?”
Jane McCain was a bit nervous.
Was she about to have a video chat with the head of the leading Howard Family?
… As the video connected, the screen on the other side was dark.
Alexander Summers had not turned on the camera.
Jane McCain immediately breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time felt a bit disappointed. She still hadn’t seen the true face of the head of the Howard Family.
Purple Summers and Jane McCain arrived at the Douglas Residence. Allen Rivera’s car was parked at the front door, and he sat inside waiting for them.
He brought fruit baskets and gift boxes, which looked like he was merely visiting, nothing like investigating a case.
Jane McCain looked at Purple Summers with admiration, thinking she really had a sixth sense about these things.
Allen Rivera rang the doorbell on the gate, and soon a servant opened the door.
Given it was a weekend, the Justice didn’t have to work. Norman Douglas was at home playing baseball with his son and invited the guests in for tea upon hearing of Allen Rivera’s arrival.
Purple Summers followed Allen Rivera, observing the surroundings.
The Douglas Family’s layout was somewhat similar to the Summers Family’s, with a large villa connected to a front courtyard and a smaller house in the back garden. The houses and garden were smaller than the Summers Residence, with no expansive man-made lakes, but still luxurious and refined.
“Mrs. Douglas moved into the smaller house in the back garden after giving birth and sealed both the front and back entrances.” Allen Rivera suddenly whispered to Purple Summers.