Who Is The Real Boss?

Chapter 124 Suspicion

"Okay."

Judson agreed without hesitation.

The moment Annabel saw him leave, she returned to the ward.

Sadness filled her heart as she stared at the unconscious Rupert in the bed.

Tucking him in, she sat by his bedside, held his hand, and prayed for his recovery.

The clock was ticking.

Every tick was like a knock on Annabel's heart.

It ached more and more.

Every second was like a century for her.

Annabel sat there with her eyes glued to his handsome face.

It was getting late, but she didn't move an inch or sleep a wink.

Never had she been this worried in her entire life.

At midnight, someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Annabel thought it was the attending doctor.

But when she opened the door, she saw Finley standing on the other side.

He came with several fierce bodyguards to guard the ward.

"Finley, why are you here at this time?"

Annabel was taken aback by his sudden appearance.

Shouldn't he be at home at this time? Finley walked in, looked at his still boss, and said, "I flew here as soon as I got the news.How is Mr.Benton?"

Sadness crept to Annabel's face.

"As you can see, he's still in a coma."

"Don't worry.He will come around soon," Finley assured her comfortingly.

"Let's hope so." Annabel nodded.

Suddenly, something occurred to her.

"By the way, how is the company?"

Finley was supposed to be holding the reins in Douburgh, and the company was yet to return to its former glory.It had skipped her mind to check on how things were going over there.

Finley said in a somewhat cold tone, "The press conference kind of won some support for the company.The stock price began rising again.But the explosion changed the tide for the worse.There have been countless negative comments online, and the stock price is plummeting again."

No surprise there!

"Is the current situation that bad?" Annabel asked.

"Yes, it is," Finley said seriously, his shoulders slouching.

After thinking for a while, Annabel said, "The first thing we need to do now is to find out the truth.We must capture the culprit and expose everything to the public before things get any worse."

"I will try my best," Finley said firmly.

"You must be tired.How about you back to rest? [ can stay here with him through the night."

"No, I want to be by his side."

Annabel shook her head.She wanted to be here when he regained consciousness.Her mind wouldn't be at rest if she left him in the care of someone else.

Finley smiled.

"I understand, but you are injured too.You need to rest.Do you want to collapse before Mr.Benton wakes up? You can rest assured.I and the bodyguards will protect him.He's in safe hands."

Apart from the tiredness on Annabel’s face, her entire body was aching badly.She also had something important to attend to.She looked at Finley and the bodyguards at the door before nodding reluctantly.

"Fine, I'll go to rest and come back tomorrow morning."

Finley walked her to her ward and returned.

With his hands in his pockets, he instructed the bodyguards, "Be alert.Let no one in, okay?"

"Yes, sir!" the bodyguards responded, standing at attention.

Finley closed the door and walked to the bed.

He moved close to Rupert and whispered respectfully, "Sir, I have sent Annabel back to her ward.We are alone now."

The next second, Rupert's eyes peeled open.He sat up and leaned against the headboard.He then asked, "Does anyone doubt my state?"

Finley shook his head with a smile.

"No.Even Annabel believes that you are unconscious."

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"Sir, if you don't mind me asking, why don't you tell her? You should have seen the look on her face just now.She's truly worried about you," Finley quipped.

Rupert cast an indifferent glance at him.

"The fewer people know, the better."

Rupert had only gotten a minor injury after he was hit by the sheet of metal.

However, the explosion was strange.

It seemed like it was specifically targeted at him and Annabel.

Rupert decided to pretend to be in a coma.

In this way, the person behind the attack would think their plan worked.

He was waiting for the culprit to let down their guard and make a wrong move, so he could catch them unawares.

Thinking of this, Rupert asked in a low voice, "How's it going?"

"As expected, there is a lot of negative news about the company," Finley reported.

"Look into Judson," Rupert ordered with a frown.

Finley was stunned for a moment.

"Do you suspect that he has a hand in this?" Rupert nodded.

"Check to see if he has any affiliation with Love Jewelry."

"Okay." Finley's face darkened.

After Rupert finished giving the orders, he lay back on the bed and closed his eyes.

Back in Annabel's ward, she couldn't sleep a wink.She sat on the bed and turned on her phone.She saw that the news about the explosion was all over the internet.

Intense comments were still pouring in.

"Benton Group is more corrupt than we thought.It appears that they deceived consumers and produced the goods with substandard materials that unfortunately caused the explosion."

"Something tells me that the explosion was intentional.The management must have done that to get rid of all traces of their illicit affairs.The dead can't speak, so no one can testify to what they saw in there!"

"How can you say that? You seem to forget that even the CEO was injured in the explosion.Rupert is not that kind of man!"

Staring at the phone screen for a while, Annabel rubbed between her eyebrows and carefully recalled what happened before the explosion.She and Rupert got injured.However, Judson received a call and left before the explosion occurred.

What a coincidence? Annabel couldn't shake the suspicious feeling brewing inside her, so she called Anthony.

"Hello, Ada!"

Anthony's concerned voice came through.

"I saw the news.Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Annabel said.

"I need you to look into someone for me."

"Who is it? I will look into anyone as long as it’s not Candy." Anthony agreed on one condition.

"Look into Judson,"

Annabel uttered, rubbing her eyebrows.

The moment she ended the call, Rupert's pale face appeared in her mind.She couldn't stop thinking about him.She had no choice but to go back to his ward.

Before she got to the door of the ward, the bodyguards stopped her.

"Miss Hewitt, you can't go in."

Annabel seemed to hear a familiar voice coming from the ward.It sounded like Rupert's voice.She was abuzz with excitement at once.

Did Rupert wake up?