Chapter 284 Who is the Mole?

She was kidnapped! And she got out?

This woman was good at making things up.

Where could one find such a coincidence in the world?

However, she had the guts to come back to them. Could she still believe that they were ignorant enough to trust her once more?

Jacob, with his piercingly cold look, asked, “Where are you now? I will get somebody to pick you up.”

Anna provided her location at once.

Jacob immediately got a driver to go over and fetch her.

An hour later, Anna arrived at the Shaw Mansion in discomfiture and disorder.

Jacob took a glance at her condition and sneered.

Her act was truly quite realistic.

There was that tousled hair, that filthy clothing, and that shaky stance. If it were somebody else who did not know what happened before this, they would have believed her story.

“Thank you, Mr. Shelby, for getting someone to pick me up. The place I was abducted to was so isolated, and I didn’t have any money on me. If it weren’t for you, I really wouldn’t have known what to do,” Anna said so while patting her chest.

“That’s great.” Jacob’s voice showed zero concern. “You’re definitely born to be an actress. The act was so lifelike and believable.”

“Huh?” Anna was bemused for a second, then she stared blankly at Jacob, “An act?”

Her expression looked extremely innocent, so innocent that the whole thing seemed indisputably true.

That look ignited Jacob’s heart and it started to burn in the flame of rage.

He stood up and grabbed Anna’s wrist.

His action shocked Anna, “Mr. Shelby, it hurts…”

“So you do know the feeling of pain, huh?” Jacob’s sight was never this terrifying, “But do you know that what Susie is going through now is a thousand times more agonizing than what you feel at this moment? So what now? After leaking such important information to Luke, is it still insufficient? He asked you to extract more, right?”

Luke? Luke Jenkins?

Leaking information?

Anna was still confused. “Mr. Shelby, what are you talking about? I don’t get it.”

“So you still wish to play dumb huh?” Jacob questioned her while gnashing his teeth in anger. “It’s because you told Luke about our plan! Now the operation has been aborted, things have never been so complicated. And Susie is morbidly enduring pain that no words can describe! Anna, had I known this would happen, I should’ve fed you to the sharks ever since you overheard our plans!”

The fury in Jacob’s eyes was at the brink of materializing.

Anna started to get anxious, “Mr. Shelby, what are you talking about? Since when did I leak such information to Luke? I don’t even know who he is. Moreover, I’ve never left your side these few days. How could I have had the opportunity to disclose the information?”

“You never left? Then where were you just now?” Jacob asked with a scornful grin.

Anna was stunned for a second, then reacted suddenly, “Mr. Shelby, you’re suspecting that the whole abduction was a lie? No, I truly didn’t lie! When we were in the hospital, a nurse came to me, said she needed help, and asked me to go with her. I saw that both Mr. Shaw and you were very nervous, and I guessed you wouldn’t be in the state of mind to take care of such agendas, so I went with her alone. Unexpectedly, I was knocked out as soon as I followed her. And when I woke up, I was already kidnapped to a house of some kind. It took me a lot of effort to escape, I…”

Anna explained frantically.

Jacob could not help but give a cynical laugh, “Oh really? Then tell me, what’s the objective of the kidnappers?”

“How would I know?” Anna answered in a daze.

“They abducted you, but they let you escape so easily? When you’re trying to make up a story, you should come up with something more logical and believable.” Jacob’s eyes were extremely mocking.

Anna truly was trying to deceive him like he was an idiot.

Staring at Jacob’s disappointing sight, Anna had never felt so distressed. Her eyes were starting to tear up, “Mr. Shelby, please trust me. Mrs. Shaw is such a kind lady. Why would I try to hurt her? I was kidnapped for real, but I attended some self-defense classes, and that’s how I escaped. But unfortunately, those kidnappers were masked and I couldn’t recognize them. Otherwise, I can prove my innocence by capturing them.”

“Well well well, do proceed.” Jacob glared at her in apathy, “Your lies are getting better by the second.”

“I… I didn’t…” Anna could not take the sardonic statement and started weeping.

While she was at home, she took several types of training since she was a child.

Close quarter combat and gunnery — these were difficult to pick up.

However, it was in their family teaching that one can only bleed but never cry. Thus, it had been a long time since she last shed tears.

But at that moment… listening to Jacob’s allegations, an indescribable feeling of being wronged shot through her.

Such feelings felt worse than when her father told her that women were never as good as men.

She truly did not have any schemes. Plus, it was not easy to escape the abductors.

But Jacob just would not believe in her.

But why?

Anna could not help it and started to sob. If her father was there and saw her crying like a baby, he would be very disappointed.

But, but… She just could not take it anymore.

Looking at Anna’s reaction, Jacob started to take pity on her for a mere second, but that trace of tender affection was suppressed by him in the next moment.

Ever since Jenny, he always hated girls who weep! However, for Anna, her weeping actually managed to make him doubt his judgment in a short instant.

Wow, Luke had really gotten himself quite a helper this time.

But, he will no longer be played anymore.

After going into the details and thinking about them, Anna’s personality was clearly very open and flamboyant, but she had to pretend to be honest and naïve all the time before this.

This woman was born to be an actress — she could not be trusted.

“Still acting huh? You truly are conscientious.” Jacob shifted his vision away in apathy and glanced towards Julian. “So what should we do with this woman now?”

Julian creased his brows slightly while looking at Anna weeping her eyes out.

He felt like the whole occurrence was still somewhat suspicious.

If Anna was the mole, her cover had obviously been blown up into the skies. She should not have returned.

All these in order to continue to deceive Jacob? She should know that he would not fall for it again.

This reason would not make any sense.

Jacob should have thought of it too, however, he seemed to have other concerns when it came to Anna. He had lost his ability to think rationally and calmly in front of this woman.

But, on the other hand, Anna might also choose to do the opposite. She came back when everybody thought that she would and should not, wanting to clear her suspicion.

Both outcomes were possible, and investigations were still necessary at that time.

Julian gave it a good thought, then ordered two bodyguards to come in, “As for now, bring her to the guest room and watch her.”

The guards brought Anna out of the room.

Anna did not fight back. She only took a glimpse at Jacob with her teary eyes.

Jacob did not look at her, but frowned and asked Julian, “Huh? She made everything so complex now and that’s it?”

“She may not be the person who blew the whistle.” Julian spoke calmly, “I won’t wrong the innocent, nor will I let the true traitor off just like that. As for you, don’t you worry about this matter. I will get to the bottom of the whole thing.”

It might not be her…

Jacob puckered his lips. There was a faint hope in his heart, that Anna was genuinely not that person.

But if it was not her, who could it be?

Julian was only being cautious when he said so!

Jacob clenched his fists tightly subconsciously.

‘Anna, you better pray that Susan will be fine. If she turns out to be anything other than fine, that’s it, we’re done.’