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Chapter 706 Even If This Is a Trap
Xavier was already waiting at the Crossley Group when Aidan and Leanna arrived, and he went up to
greet the couple. "President Pearson, Miss McKinney."
"What are we looking at now?" Aidan asked.
"We just traced the email back to the Crossley Group. Richard has already gone with a team to find the
owner of the address," Xavier replied.
"No need to look," Aidan said, baffling Xavier.
"No one knows the structure and network system of the Crossley Group better than Leroy when he's
worked in the company for years," Leanna explained. "If he can figure out a way to send an email from
here, he can surely figure a way out of this unscathed."
Sure enough, the staff had just returned from their lunch break when Richard found the computer the
email was sent from, and naturally, they were bewildered by the situation.
The security department quickly delivered the surveillance footage from lunchtime to Xavier's office.
From the footage, it could be seen that the person who infiltrated the building was agile, and his back
did not belong to Leroy. It was likely one of his subordinates.
Throughout the entire incident, the person never revealed their face. Moreover, judging by their
familiarity with the company, it was definitely not their first visit.
"What now? Should we call the cops?" Richard asked, to which Aidan said, "There's another reason
why they chose to send the email from the Crossley Group."
Leanna looked at him, somewhat puzzled.
Aidan tapped the desk gently and explained, "He wants to let us know that he's aware of our every
move."
Thus, bringing this to the police wasn't the best idea.
"So…" Leanna asked.
"Though the person who showed up without revealing their face isn't Leroy, one thing's for sure—
Leroy's in Highside."
"Why?" Xavier pressed on, leading Aidan to take a gander at him. "Would you so easily leave the task
to others when you're asking for a fifty-billion Andvis Union Credit ransom?"
"But he just escaped from Highside. Is he not afraid of being unable to leave again if he comes back
now?"
"It's precisely because most think like you that he would choose to take the risk. Also…" Aidan paused
a beat before continuing, "Since he could escape previously, he's bound to believe he can escape
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Xavier clicked his tongue in response, realizing he had underestimated the situation.
"Now, go and contact major banks and release the news that all assets under the Crossley Group's
mortgage will be liquidated," Aidan ordered.
At that, Leanna whispered, "But considering Leroy's suspicious nature, he might not believe it even if
we actually do that…"
"Whether he believes it or not isn't important. What he's out to get is only the money," Aidan deduced.
"Don't forget that he has people working for him. He won't suffer any losses even if it's a trap."
Leanna understood at once. Leroy was now betting if they would use fifty billion Andvis Union Credits
to save Daniel.
If he succeeded, he would be able to get the money, but even if he failed, only his lackeys would be
captured while he remained in the shadows.
"I'll see to it right away." Richard nodded.
After he left, Aidan turned to Xavier. "Well, don't just stand around. Dig into this person. Since this isn't
his first visit, there will certainly be past records. Cross-check all of them."
Xavier was stumped. You've got to be joking! So many people come in and out of the Crossley Group!
"Is there a problem?" Aidan asked.
"No, no…" Xavier scurried out of the office right away.
"It's like finding a needle in the haystack." Leanna frowned.
At that, Aidan took her hand and sat down on the couch, saying, "We'll have answers in less than two
hours."
"Two hours?!" Leanna asked, surprised.
Aidan nodded and said, "First of all, we can rule out the possibility of this person being an employee
here."
"But wouldn't only an employee of the Crossley Group be familiar with the company?"
"They would, but the risk is too great. Crossley Group employees have normal entry and exit records,
making it easy to trace them. Even if they were tempted by money to carry out this task, Leroy's
cautious nature would prevent him from making that choice."
Leanna thought he had a point, and she pondered for a while before asking, "So, who could it be?"
"We'll know very soon." Aidan smirked.
Xavier's thoughts aligned with Aidan's, and he directly excluded the Crossley Group's employees.
Jimmy's close subordinates were only interested in personal gain and weren't capable of such a task.
Hence, they also weren't within the scope of consideration.
As for the other personnel, Xavier checked each one of them.
A little over an hour later, he came across a face he thought looked familiar in a pile of entry and exit
records. However, he couldn't remember where he had seen it before.
With thot, he picked up the document ond osked, "Who is this?"
"Thot's Kevin Burlow from Jessomine Bornes' compony," soid his ossistont.
Xovier frowned in response, probobly struggling to recoll who Jessomine ond Kevin were.
At thot, his ossistont helped jog his memory. "Jessomine wos the moin individuol in the sexuol ossoult
involving Jimmy Ollonder. Loter, when she went to the police stotion, she occused Miss McKinney of
orchestroting it. After the incident, Kevin Burlow ond their entire compony disoppeored."
An epiphony overcome Xovier ot once. "How mony times hos he visited the building?"
"He come severol times under the pretense of discussing cooperotion with Jimmy. He hos entry ond
exit records of obout five or six times on his own."
"Retrieve the surveillonce footoge from his previous visits to the Crossley Group," Xovier ordered,
which they were oble to pull out very eosily.
With furrowed brows, Xovier compored them to the unidentified figure from the eorlier.
After inspecting from severol ongles, he wos certoin the person who sent the emoil eorlier wos Kevin,
ond when he went to report his findings to Aidon, there were still five minutes left until the two-hour
mork.
Leonno's brows furrowed deeper os she looked ot the informotion Xovier honded to them.
As she wos hondling Jimmy's issue, she hod met Kevin before. However, ot thot time, she found Kevin
to be cunning, opportunistic, ond she disliked his smooth ond insincere smile.
Thot soid, she thought he didn't look like the kind who would help Leroy do something so meticulous
ond dongerous.
She flipped through the informotion. Aport from the detoils of the foke compony, the rest of the
informotion wos quite simple.
"I've olreody verified it," Xovier soid. "All this informotion is foke."
At thot, Leonno closed the file ond osked, "This guy nomed Kevin… He's not one of Leroy's men, is
he?"
If he wos, he wouldn't hove deliberotely set Jimmy up in the first ploce.
Though they loter shifted their focus ond tried to shift the blome onto her, she wosn't significontly
offected by the incident. Insteod, it exposed Jimmy ond even implicoted Leroy.
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"It's just o colloborotion," Aidon soid. "Of course, whoever offers better benefits will be the one to
colloborote with."
With that, he picked up the document and asked, "Who is this?"
"That's Kevin Burlow from Jessamine Barnes' company," said his assistant.
Xavier frowned in response, probably struggling to recall who Jessamine and Kevin were.
At that, his assistant helped jog his memory. "Jessamine was the main individual in the sexual assault
involving Jimmy Ollander. Later, when she went to the police station, she accused Miss McKinney of
orchestrating it. After the incident, Kevin Burlow and their entire company disappeared."
An epiphany overcame Xavier at once. "How many times has he visited the building?"
"He came several times under the pretense of discussing cooperation with Jimmy. He has entry and
exit records of about five or six times on his own."
"Retrieve the surveillance footage from his previous visits to the Crossley Group," Xavier ordered,
which they were able to pull out very easily.
With furrowed brows, Xavier compared them to the unidentified figure from the earlier.
After inspecting from several angles, he was certain the person who sent the email earlier was Kevin,
and when he went to report his findings to Aidan, there were still five minutes left until the two-hour
mark.
Leanna's brows furrowed deeper as she looked at the information Xavier handed to them.
As she was handling Jimmy's issue, she had met Kevin before. However, at that time, she found Kevin
to be cunning, opportunistic, and she disliked his smooth and insincere smile.
That said, she thought he didn't look like the kind who would help Leroy do something so meticulous
and dangerous.
She flipped through the information. Apart from the details of the fake company, the rest of the
information was quite simple.
"I've already verified it," Xavier said. "All this information is fake."
At that, Leanna closed the file and asked, "This guy named Kevin… He's not one of Leroy's men, is
he?"
If he was, he wouldn't have deliberately set Jimmy up in the first place.
Though they later shifted their focus and tried to shift the blame onto her, she wasn't significantly
affected by the incident. Instead, it exposed Jimmy and even implicated Leroy.
He wouldn't shoot himself in the foot.
"It's just a collaboration," Aidan said. "Of course, whoever offers better benefits will be the one to
collaborate with."
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