Charmed by the Billionaire CEO
Chapter 367: Can’t call the cops

Chapter 367: Can’t call the cops

[ Jaguar’s second Base]

Inside the spacious office, Tristan and Gabriel settle down on their respective seats with Jack and Max standing by their boss’s side.

After sorting out their differences, Tristan and Gabriel forgave each other and joined hands to find out the person who was trying to mess with them. They knew using two forces would lead them to the culprit but they also made sure to keep this thing to themselves as they had no clue how much information their enemies carried about them.

It had been twenty minutes since they reach the base, with Tristan suggesting they should drive to the Jaguar base as he wanted to discuss some important facts regarding the woman they caught on the hospital’s CCTV footage.

"You said you found something about the culprit. What is it?" Gabriel who was losing his patience asked.

He wanted to know who that woman was and why she was trying to use him as her scapegoat. He wanted to know how she knew him and what was her motive behind targeting Ashley.

"You said after Sandra died, her body was taken by her family members," Tristan asked after much silence.

"Yes, but that’s not the truth" Gabriel agreed but it wasn’t the entire thing.

Tristan eyed his friend with a serious frown and asked," What do you mean?"

Gabriel heaved out a sigh before pinching the bridge of his nose and raised his head to look at his friend.

"The information was fabricated and I happen to learn it after I found Tori" Gabriel stated.

Tristan’s eyes grew a little wider when he mentioned the name, Tori

"Tori, isn’t she the same girl whom you hired to threaten my father-in-law?" he asked cocking his brow in questioning.

Gabriel pursed his lips into a thin line as he bobbed his head confirming his words. He was now regretting involving Ashley’s family in his revenge plan when they had nothing to do with him.

"Yes," he said with a guilty tone.

"And how did she know Sandra?" Tristan further asked. He wanted to know about this girl name Tori whom he somehow found familiar.

Gabriel who sensed Tristan’s cluelessness about who Tori was opened his mouth to speak," Tori is no one but Sandra’s younger sister"

Tristan was left stunned at the revelation about Tori’s identity.’ This was why she looked somewhat familiar he thought.

Tristan remembered Sandra mentioning about her sister once but he was too occupied with his problems he hardly paid attention to her words. But now when he carefully analyzed everything, Tori had somewhat the same features as Sandra.

Falling back on his seat Tristan rubbed his face in disbelief as he failed to recognize the girl. He remembered investigating about her many times but couldn’t find anything as Gabriel had smartly concealed her identity.

"Damn you Gabriel... I swear I will beat you like anything if you don’t clear this misunderstanding with Tori" Tristan warned Gabriel with a serious glare.

He couldn’t believe how Gabriel ended up brainwashing Sandra’s sister for his benefit.

"I am sorry" Gabriel once again apologized.

"You should be" Tristan bluntly answered before he composed his thoughts and returned to the point.

Pulling out an envelope, he passed it to Gabriel." What is it?" he asked. His eyes curiously stared at the brown cover before he looked back at Tristan and heard him say.

"We need to find the man in this photo" Opening the envelope Gabriel looked at the pictures of a man.

"Who is he?" Gabriel asked as he scanned the photos keenly when suddenly he stopped on a particular picture as his eyes narrowed a little.

"He is the first and the last person who came to visit Sandra in the prison" Tristan mentioned catching Gabriel’s eyes back at him.

Gabriel wasn’t able to fathom what Tristan was trying to tell him but the way he gave him a meaningful look, he didn’t question him any further and gave him a nod.

Turning his head towards Max, he passed him the envelope. "Get me every possible detail regarding this person"

Max took the envelope from his hand and gave him a nod. "Sure boss" he answered and took a step back.

"Anything else you want me to do?" Gabriel asked. He didn’t want to lose any means of contributing to this matter because now he understood how wrong he was for not communicating with Tristan and letting misunderstanding lead his mind against him.

"For now, we only need this man. I am sure he has a lot in store for us " Tristan mentioned.

After discussing a few more things, both Tristan and Gabriel left the base with Max and Jack investigating the man their boss mentioned about. Now that they were a team, they had to work wisely.

*****

[Brown Mansion]

Tori was getting impatience as she wasn’t able to contact Gabriel or Max. She wondered where they go suddenly without letting anyone know about it.

She wanted to apologize to Gabriel for hiding things from him but when she reached his place this morning she didn’t find him anywhere.

Pacing inside the kitchen, Tori kept glancing at her phone, checking whether there was any reply from them.

When she couldn’t reach them, Tori ended up sending messages just in case they will somehow reply to her, but even after so much time passed, there wasn’t any response.

"Why aren’t they contacting me back" she almost yelped forgetting about her surroundings and turned to walk out of the kitchen but stopped when she found Ashley in front of her.

Startled by her sudden appearance Tori quickly hide the phone behind her back and greeted Ashley.

’What is she doing here’ she thought as she slowly straightened up.

Ashley who stood by the kitchen door was keenly observing Tori, didn’t fail to notice how smartly she hid the phone.

A light smile crept on her lips and giving her a small nod she walked toward where she stood.

Tori’s heart began to pump with anxiousness wondering why was Ashley watching her that way. ’Did she see the phone in my hand’ she thought as she eyed the woman who stood in front of her.

Her calm and composed face was giving her a bad vibe but she managed to keep herself sane in front of her.

She had somehow come to hate Ashley after learning that she was the one whom Tristan liked. She knew the girl was innocent but with her life being linked with the man she hated the most, Tori eventually started hating her too.

"How are you doing Tori? Dad said weren’t feeling well" Ashley spoke after much examination. She could see the nervousness in her orbs.

Tori snapped out of her thoughts when she heard her words but she soon composed herself knowing Richard kept his daughter updated about his surroundings.

"I am doing good" she answered merely with a whisper. It was as if her throat had run dry because of anxiety. She just wanted to leave from her sight.

"Hmm.. nice to hear that or else.." Ashley mumbled as she bobbed her head in understanding as she crossed her hands over her chest and walked around her.

"How can you communicate with your boss" Snatching the phone from behind, Ashley showed it to her. "Am I right?" she asked with a chilling tone.

Tori’s face turned pale when she saw the phone in front of her eyes and suddenly everything around her started to spin.

She felt her blood run dry when suddenly Ashley walked around her and before she could analyze, she grabbed the phone from her hand bringing it in front of her face.

Staring at Ashley’s cold eyes Tori gulped the lump formed in he throat and shook her head. "I d-don’t know what you are talking about?" she muttered moving her eyes from her to the phone.

Mentally she was planning on snatching the phone from her and running away but as if her entire being was paralyzed she could take a step ahead not could she lift her hand.

Ashley watched the girl break down into sweat, yet she was too stubborn, to tell the truth.

On her way to the brown mansion, Ashley received a call from Tristan who informed her about Tori’s identity, but before he could tell her anything further she ended the call.

Everything started to make sense to her. She was here to take revenge for her sister’s death but didn’t she feel a little bit of hesitation in threatening someone who had no idea about her so-called sister?

Staring the girl with her cold eyes Ashley bobbed her head saying," I know how to make you spill everything"

Her lack of acceptance was irking Ashley and without thinking anything, she pulled out her phone and dialed her number. "I will call the cops now and they will make you spill everything"

Tori’s eyes grew wide in shock but before the call was answered someone snatched the phone from her.

"You can’t call the cops" a familiar voice drew their attention towards the person next to Ashley and both her and Tori’s eyes went wide watching Richard ending the call abruptly.