I'm In Love With My Bestfriend's Billionaire Fiance!
Chapter 49: Ethan’s Genius!

Chapter 49: Ethan’s Genius!

(CASEY’S POV)

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Jace and I were extremely happy about Ethan’s discovery. We both watched the footage last night, but neither of us had figured out the number that Maven had been typing. If we tracked down the number Maven was calling, it might take us a step closer to finding out who he was. It was indeed progress.

Ethan was also looking particularly pleased with himself. However, it wasn’t all good news because while it was clear that the screen of Maven’s phone had a phone number, Ethan had zoomed way in, enlarging the picture to such a large extent that it was too blurry and we couldn’t tell what exactly the phone number was.

However, that was an issue that could easily be fixed.

"I need you to send this screenshot to my phone," Ethan said as he handed my phone back to me.

I nodded as I immediately did as asked, "So, how are we going to get the phone number?"

"Nah... that won’t be an issue." Ethan shrugged, "I have a forensic analyst from my days in the Police Force, I’ll just ask him for a favor. He would digitally make the picture clearer, and we should have the number within a couple of hours."

"This is good," Jace said. "While we wait for the phone number, we would go to the Royale to speak to Joan. We still need to find the staff who allowed Maven into the hospital, hopefully, he will also have good news for me."

"Okay," Ethan said as he began to dial up a number on his phone. "Just give me a few minutes to talk to my analyst and then throw something on."

"Sure," Jace said.

When we were alone, Jace lowered himself onto the couch beside me. But there was some distance between us. Since we stepped foot in the house, this was the closest he had sat to me. I decided not to read any meaning into it, seeing how Jace had consistently shocked me all morning. I wasn’t in the mood for another stress.

However, the silence in the living room was awkward. To fill it, I spoke out what was on my mind, "Have you considered that the staff might be Maven?"

Jace thought about it, then he shook his head. "It doesn’t make sense. If he’s Maven, then he wouldn’t have had to pass those fake IDs through the system."

"Well, he couldn’t have done the actual stalking himself, could he? What if the stalkers were just hired help? And Maven coordinated it, using his influence as a staff of the hotel."

"Hmm... well, that could be a possibility. But then, that could also mean that the person in the screenshot wasn’t Maven as we assumed." Jace muttered, he shook his head, raising his hands as he shifted in his seat, "No, I don’t like this. Making theories and wondering about how things will go. We’ll keep digging and whatever information comes of it, we go with it. When we get to the Royale, we find the staff, and we talk to him. We learn what he knows and if he’s Maven... well..."

Jace let the threat hang in the air. I felt the temperature get a bit chilly. It was at that point I realized that I really didn’t know a lot about Jace. It had been love at first sight, and for as long as I’ve been in love with him, I’ve always craved him and wanted him. All I know about him is what is available online and what I’ve seen so far during our time together.

Besides, I couldn’t blame him. We’ve not had the time to fully connect, and I’ve not been able to see him in his element just yet. This has to be the longest time I’ve spent with him and so far, I’ve been regaled with the experience. After all, we started this morning sweet and flirty, and then he was pissed at me and refusing to speak to me. Now, he’s all cool and aloof. What the hell was wrong with Jace?

Neither of us said anything again until Ethan emerged. He was dressed just like Jace, wearing a hoodie and yoga pants. I agreed with his choice. If he wore the usual suit, he would have stuck out like a sore thumb and that would have been a giveaway for a couple who were trying their best to blend in.

"Can we go now?" He said.

Without another word, we filed out of the house and into my car.

"Let me drive," Ethan said.

I gave him a scornful look, "It’s my car! I go behind the wheel!"

"I don’t like this," he said tactly. "There’s an SUV in my garage, it will fit all of us and we’ll all be comfy. You can come back for your car later on, or I’ll send it over for you."

"Seriously?" I muttered. "You don’t like a woman driving?"

"What the fuck?" he gasped, "this has nothing to do with you being a woman! But it has everything to do with your car! I’m sorry, but I don’t know shit about your car. When was the last time you serviced it? How are the tires? What about the brake pad? Is it gonna suddenly stop when we’re in the middle of the road? Is the brake gonna fail when we’re going fast on the highway?"

"Uhm..." I shook my head. "My car is good. If you think I don’t know how to take care of my shit, then you can come along in your precious SUV. It was good enough to bring your boss here, wasn’t it?"

"I’m just trying to say that..."

"Ethan is trying to say how worried he is about me," Jace spoke up, cutting Ethan off as he stopped beside the passenger door. "He’s my Chief of Security so he’s bound to make issues out of things that you wouldn’t on a normal day. We’re going with your car, later on, one of the drivers would come pick us up wherever we are." He then opened the door and settled into the passenger seat.

"I was just beginning to like you, please don’t ruin it, okay?" I told Ethan as I walked past him and into my car.

He followed me and took the backseat. I started the vehicle and pulled the car out of the driveway, I soon began to drive out of the street, taking care because there were still people up and about on the street. However, the minute I got to the highway, I floored the pedal and began to drive towards the hotel. At the rate I was going, I was sure we would be there in less than fifteen minutes.

The first phase of our plan was done. Now, we were going to bring down the entire might of Chillz Media on Joan and her errant staff, and if she didn’t cooperate, the hotel would feel our wrath.

Heads were about to roll!

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