Betrayal At the Altar by Dolores Delia

Chapter 671

Rachel walked over to a quiet corner of the garden with her phone.

A series of messages appeared as she swiped the screen.

Each message contained the same few words. “Are you there?”

Her eyebrows twitched.

Just at that moment, her phone rang.

The man whom she had contacted after logging into her account was on the other end of the call.

The man was a core member of the Alliance, known as Lone Wolf.

The members of the Alliance had always been sca*****ered and lurking in various parts of the world. They

wandered in the gray areas of society, yet they held high positions all around the world.

In their organization, anyone, be it experienced politicians or roadside vendors, could know everything they wanted

to know as long as they could afford the corresponding remuneration.

No one knew when the Alliance was founded, but the organization was already active in the black markets of

various countries and regions and had established an irreplaceable position when people first became aware of it.

Rachel took a deep breath. She slid her finger across the screen and answered the phone. The first thing she said

was, “What’s wrong with you?”

Upon hearing this, Lone Wolf on the other end of the phone forcefully retorted, “Why did you take so long to reply

to my messages? I thought you hadn’t seen them yet.”

Rachel was speechless.

“By the way, why did you ask me to look up the Mercedes-Benz G636X6?” Lone Wolf seemed to have deduced

something through his series of investigations. “I received news recently that there was a traffic accident in

Aureliana, and the vehicle involved was precisely a Mercedes-Benz G636X6. So you must be in Aureliana!”

Although it was a result of a series of deductions, his words were filled with confidence.

Rachel did not answer him and instead asked, “What did you find out?”

“I already sent it to your email. Lone Wolf was more confident of his assumption from her evasive response. “Add

me on Whatsapp later. It’s more convenient to send any information directly through there in the future.”

Rachel casually responded, “Can you trace the owner of the car?”

Lone Wolf quickly flew over the keyboard with his clean and slender fingers. A list popped up on the screen after he

keyed in a series of complex codes.

He held the mouse and scrolled through the list. “The Mercedes-Benz G636X6 is not a limited edition, so I can only

narrow down the scope of the investigation through the purchase records in the database in the past year. There

are six cars without any maintenance records in the past year, and three of them have been resold to the second-

hand market. The remaining three should be the ones you saw.”

In other words, the owner of those three cars was from Aureliana.

“I investigated the owner of those three cars. The owner happens to be in Aureliana and the last name is Jones,”

said Lone Wolf.

“What is the full name?” Rachel asked with a hint of coldness in her eyes.

“The other party’s system has been upgraded, so I can only see the last name ‘Jones. The person’s first

name has been forcefully encrypted,” Lone Wolf said with a hint of frustration. “But the name is of medium length,

so you can narrow down the search and focus on that.”

Rachel smiled faintly and said, “Thanks.”

Just as Rachel was about to hang up, Lone Wolf warned in a hurry, “Though, how did you get implicated with

Aureliana’s Jones family? Let me tell you, the Jones family might look like a peaceful family, but there has been

infighting for many years. This is especially so for the branch families, which have had their fair share of ups and

downs. However, the branch families have started to band together to fight against the main family. Anyway, the

Jones family is a chaotic place. It’s best you don’t get implicated with them so that trouble doesn’t come to you.”

“Okay.”

Rachel was not surprised by what Lone Wolf had said. She had more or less guessed the situation.

If the Jones family really were as peaceful as they appeared on the surface, they wouldn’t have acted so eagerly on

the first day of David’s return to Aureliana.

“I’ve said everything that needs to be said. Just be careful in Aureliana! Contact me if anything happens!” Lone Wolf

said. He then suddenly remembered something and repeated with a serious tone, “Don’t forget to add me on

Whatsapp! Make sure you add me!

“Got it.”

Rachel hung up the phone after finishing her conversation.

She and Lone Wolf met each other during the turmoil in Phareborough.

At that time, Rachel was searching for survivors on the dilapidated street and passed by an alleyway where she

faintly heard a weak voice.

At that time, Lone Wolf’s left shoulder was injured and the bullet was stuck in his shoulder blade. He had fortunately

managed to temporarily control the bleeding, but he would have died from excessive blood loss if he hadn’t

received timely help.

Rachel felt that fate was at work, being able to find a survivor in a street filled with corpses.

She remembered that Lone Wolf was going unconscious due to blood loss, but forcefully stayed awake by cursing

aloud.

She took Lone Wolf to the hospital after she administered emergency treatment.

Gradually, the two of them became familiar with each other.

After adding each other on Whatsapp, Lone Wolf instantly sent her a message. [Don’t you dare try to ditch me

again!]

Rachel tapped her fingers on the screen. [I’ll try my best,] she replied.

She walked to the wicker chair in the hallway and opened the message sent by Lone Wolf.

What caught her eye was a list, with one entry marked with a red line denoting the car’s chassis number and the

owner’s basic information.

Rachel gazed thoughtfully at the column with the car owner’s name.

She thought, “Could the person responsible for this accident really be someone from the Jones family?

“If that is so, is the culprit a member of the main family or a side branch?”

She had a feeling that something about this incident didn’t quite add up.

She wondered, “How could the other party be so daring as to send three cars to deal with David? Also, how are

they so confident that David would die in the crash?

“They would have alerted David if their plan failed.

“However, the other party was apparently aware of this. That was why they chose the Mercedes-Benz G636X6.

“Yet, they also chose a car that was not so common in Aureliana, which makes it extremely easy to trace it back to

them.

“It’s akin to a thief thinking they had cleared all the clues, only to leave a trail behind.

“In any case, the other party’s assassination operation is full of contradictions.”

Just as Rachel was pondering, Lone Wolf sent over another list.

It was the Jones family’s family tree.

As the outside world had said, the Jones family was massive. It was like a big tree with intertwined roots, spanning

the main family to the various branch families.

Old Mr. Jones and Old Mrs. Jones had five sons and one daughter.

Their only daughter was Marina Jones. Interestingly, the car owner’s name of the Mercedes-Benz G636X6 was also

of medium length.

“Could it be Marina Jones?” Rachel thought.

Just as she was thinking, a tall figure loomed over her.

Before Rachel could look up, that unique and familiar woody fragrance surrounded her.

David stood behind the wicker chair. He leaned down and put his head close to her temple. “What are you thinking

about so deeply?”

His warm breath sprayed on her ear, and swept past her temples, causing her to unconsciously shrink her neck

back. “I just found information on the owner of the Mercedes-Benz G636X6.”

Rachel handed her phone over to David.

David’s eyes flashed slightly as he gasped. “So quickly?”