Presiden's wild wife

Chapter 155 An Empty Grave

Hearing their conversation, Elena was astonished. Did Logan mean that there was more to the story with Joanna’s death? Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

In no time, she looked at Mason with puzzlement. But Mason immediately looked away, “She died in an accident. What’s wrong with that? We all will die one day!”

Logan squinted at him with doubt and unbelief.

“You can take away your belongings, but I won’t let you take the things she left to me!” Mason didn’t want to stay any longer, so he stopped talking to them and stepped into the mental hospital.

Elena was nervous and confused. “Is there anything weird about my mum’s death?”

“Nothing weird. Don’t worry.” Though he also felt confused, he chose to comfort Elena first.

For some reason, Elena felt somewhat relieved.

The next day, Elena went back to Mason’s house and took away all her belongings. However, she only needed a small suitcase to contain all her things. It was so ridiculous that she had so little after living in this house for over 20 years!

Jacob wanted to help her carry the suitcase, but she refused, “No, thanks. Jacob.” Then she carried it by herself and put it in the trunk of the car. “Let’s go home.”

Jacob nodded, looking at her, “Madam, do you have anything else?”

“No.” She looked calm and got into the car.

Through the rearview mirror, she saw Mason’s figure vaguely. But when she checked it again, there was no one as if she was daydreaming.

Jacob started the car and drove away from the house. Elena took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

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Time was flying and Logan’s birthday was coming. Elena was so nervous as his birthday got closer. However, Logan didn’t mention about it.

Zach wanted to help make a plan in order to celebrate Logan’s birthday, “Elena. What Logan wants is a unique present. You can just give what he wants, or...”

“Stop it!” She patted the table, complaining, “What are you talking about? Save it! You don’t have to worry about it!”

“Come on! Men are all like this. Just give him what he wants.” Zach didn’t know why Elena was angry, continuing persuading her.

Elena didn’t want to talk to him. She pushed him away, “Stop! You come here for Logan, not for me. Why are you so interested in the present I prepare for Logan?”

“Come on, I am caring about you.”

Elena complained in silence. ‘Come on, you are caring about me? You are just caring about the gossip!’

At that moment, Logan came in with Jacob after attending a meeting. He gave the proposal to Jacob, “Just follow the instructions. The project will be handed over to Strategic Planning Division of Group One.”

“Got it.” Jacob nodded and left to work.

Elena knew that they had business to talk about, so she left the room without saying a word.

Zach whistled merrily, and asked Logan, “You are not going to tell her, are you?”

“Until everything is clear, I won’t tell her.” Logan asked, “How about the investigation?”

Zach showed him the files, “Well, as you asked, I checked the grave. Nobody is buried in the grave. The grave is just a reminder for Mason. That’s to say, Joanna disappeared 20 years ago. Although she was said to be dead, her body hasn’t been found so far.”

Zach couldn’t help asking, “Forget about it. Tell me, how do you know there’s no one under the grave?”

“I found that Mason’s attitude towards Elena was erratic. He cares about her but sometimes hates her. So I think it’s related to Elena’s mother, for they look alike. So, I am sure that Mason loves Joanna. That can explain why he has complicated feelings towards Elena.”

Zach was still confused, “How is this related to my question?”

“Since Mason loves Joanna so much, why hasn’t he visited her grave in nearly 20 years?” Logan raised his eyebrows, looking at Zach with a confident smile.

Jacob spent a lot of time trying to find the location of Joanna’s grave, and he even searched all the property under Mason’s name. Finally, he found it.

Zach understood at once, “Oh, yeah! You are right! If Joanna is really dead and buried under the grave, Mason will definitely go to visit her once or twice!”

Then he added, “Oh Lord. Sounds like he’s holding grudge towards Joanna! How can they claim that she was dead? And they even built a grave for a missing person!”

“If he doesn’t tell the truth, we will never know.” Logan was sullen, thinking about how to make Mason speak.

Zach said, “I’m afraid it won’t be easy. Listen, he can keep the secret for more than 20 years. He won’t mind taking it to his grave!”

“So, it’s your show time then.” Logan looked at him cunningly.

Zach was astonished, and he wanted to refuse it, “Do you want me to...make him speak?”

“Or what? Jacob is very busy. I’m afraid he won’t have spare time to do this.”

“Wow!” Zach yelled immediately, “Are you using me? Come on, I am your best friend! And I work so hard for you these years! How can you exploit me like this? You know what, I just asked someone to dig the grave, and I was almost caught by the police.”

“So you don’t want to earn my money?” Logan said in a low tone.

Zach’s eyes lit up with happiness, but he didn’t show his excitement to Logan, “Well, I won’t do it unless you double the price!”

“You will get four times of your payment. I want to know everything about Joanna, including her family!” Logan was so generous.

They made the deal. Then Zach showed Logan another file, “I keep watching Bianca. Her mother was discharged from the hospital now, and she seems to receive calls these days from somebody we don’t know. And we still have no clue about the call. The man is very cautious, and his phone numbers are traced overseas.”

“Well, keep watching her. Perhaps he just wants to confirm what she has known and told us. He won’t ask her to do anything now. And she can’t do anything, either.”

Logan deleted all the information given by Zach, which made Zach distressed, “You just spent a minute checking it! Do you know how long I spent in finding it? It’s all from my hard work!”

“It’s not safe to keep it in the computer. Just keep it in my mind.” He replied simply.

Zas was unhappy about his answer. Did Logan mean that he was too stupid to keep things in mind?

Logan turned off the computer and looked at him, “You can go now.”

Zach gritted his teeth angrily, “You!” And then he walked to the door.

Logan laughed, and Zach turned back immediately, asking him with caution, “By the way, your birthday is coming. Anna wants to come to your party with me... You don’t mind, do you?”