chapter1097

He was shirtless, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.

The room wasn't as chaotic as Jonathan had expected-only a shattered desk lamp lay scattered across the floor.

Not far off, a small video camera was still set up, its red light off.

Stella wasn't in the room.

Jonathan let out a heavy sigh of relief.

But he wasn't foolish like Israel Williams. Just one look at the scene told him

Joshua was probably right about what had happened.

Haynes scanned the room, his eyes landing on the camera.

He strode over and began playing back the footage.

After the secretary finished setting up the camera, Shawn revealed his true colors.

It didn't take long for everyone to piece together exactly what had gone on.

Jonathan's face darkened, his anger barely contained.

Shawn really had some nerve, pulling a stunt like this.

No matter how much the Williams family disliked Stella, they'd never stoop so low.

And if anyone had walked in on Shawn and Stella, Stella's reputation would have been utterly destroyed if she didn't end up marrying him.

Jonathan couldn't even imagine how this mess was supposed to end.

If Shawn had succeeded, it would've meant a complete break between the Williams family and Stella.

With Stella's temperament, there was no way she'd quietly let herself be manipulated into marrying Shawn.

Now, even if Jonathan had been slow to catch on, he understood-he'd been used as a pawn.

Haynes and Joshua didn't have time to dwell on the layers of scheming and betrayal.

Right now, the priority was to find Stella.

Haynes swept the room again. Stella's phone was nowhere to be found.

If Stella really had been drugged, things could hardly be worse.

The footage showed her leaving the room on her own.

Haynes made a quick decision. "I'll have security pull the hallway

footage. The rest of us shouldel

search the area." s

Jonathan had thought Joshua was just making a fuss over nothing.

But now the facts spoke for themselves-Joshua had been right all along.

Jonathan didn't have the energy to care about Simone's scandalous photos from earlier in the evening.

If something truly happened to Stella, he'd never be able to explain himself to Skyler Williams.

Grinding his teeth, Jonathan glared at Shawn, sprawled out on the floor. He

Thuleve killed the bastard right

then and there. s

Trying to frame him, to drive a wedge between them and make Jonathan the scapegoat!

Suddenly, Joshua seemed to

remember

something. He tut

Haynes Call Foreman right now. have a hunch Stella & with him s

Haynes' eyes narrowed. "Are you sure?"

"Not completely, but I'm about eighty percent certain. If he doesn't answer, then I'm a hundred percent sure."

Haynes' breath caught. He didn't waste time questioning Joshua's logic and immediately dialed Foreman's number. Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n Find?Novel.net

Haynes looked calm enough, but the tremor in his fingers betrayed his anxiety.

The call went through, but no one picked up.

Haynes' heart sank.

He was about to try again when his phone rang first.

Security had found Stella on the surveillance feed.

"Mr. O'Brien, Ms. Cameron is in the nearby Room 032."

The voice paused, then added, "She's with Mr. Foreman Richards."

Haynes' grip on his phone tightened, knuckles blanching white.

He hung up, his voice cold and clipped. "Room 032."

No one wasted another second on Shawn. They rushed to the door of Room 032.

Joshua said, Forget knocking. Break the lock-we don't have time to waste."