The City Held Its Silence byIrel Knx 219

219 Overthinking 

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LOUIS‘ POVO 

“What is this dinner about anyway, that my father is saying I must be there?” I asked. I have never been invited to anything by my family except for birthdays and important Carrington group events. 

“I’m not sure of the exact details, sir, but your father would like to make a family announcement,” he told me. 

“How vague,” I commented in annoyance. I wanted to avoid going, but as a family member who worked in their company, I couldn’t avoid it. 

“And lastly, it has come to your father’s attention that you currently don’t have an assistant,” he told. 

“How does he know that?” I asked, surprised he knew. It had been only a week and a half since Jasmine had been unable to work. 

Your father has been watching you a little more closely these days,” Roberts‘ assistant told me. 

A scoff escaped my mouth. “Oh, has he?” I replied. Why? I wondered for a moment before I remembered. 

Seems the encounter with Jasmine was still on his mind, and he had told me he would watch me more closely following the slow and steady success of the garden house restaurant. I thought he just said those things in the moment since we happened to bump into each other. 

“And rumors are circulating about Chairman Acland and his wife…” he trailed off. My jaw tightened as I stared at the assistant. 

In the socialite world, word was going around about how Keith and Diana’s relationship had fallen apart. That he had been deceived by her, and her son wasn’t Keith’s. 

However, not everything was publicly known yet, like Jasmine’s conservatorship. “I’ll take care of my assistant situation soon. Tell my father he doesn’t have to worry I said to him,” I told the aide. 

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After a final exchange of goodbyes, he left my office, and I was left with my thoughts. 

I wasn’t even thinking about replacing my assistant position. 

For now, I had increased Ms. Deepak’s pay as she was filling in for Jasmine and doing her own role. However, from a business standpoint, if I didn’t resolve the issue soon, I would have no choice but to replace her. Suddenly, the uncertainty of the situation and how long it would last entered my mind. 

I couldn’t replace Jasmine just yet–it had only been a week. I didn’t want to. I wanted to believe that I could find Tony, that Jasmine would return, but what if I didn’t? I still had no clue who Jasmine’s attacker and Tony’s kidnapper was. 

What if it took weeks to find Tony? Or worse… 

Keith was keeping me out of the loop of the investigation, so he very well might find Tony on his own. With the information Jasmine and I handed him, he could connect it to his company, which was tied to the conspiracy. 

He probably found out so much already. 

What if Keith found Tony and continued to hold onto Jasmine? What if I never found a way to reach her? Or worse, what if he convinced her to leave me? Keith had feelings for her, they had a child together, who’s to say he wouldn’t be able to persuade her? 

Louis stop. I told myself as I brought my hands, my cheeks, and hit them. My anxiety was getting ahead of me now. There was no need to stress about this yet. We both told each other we loved each other the night before she was taken. 

I believed in her and I trusted her. She was a strong woman I had to do my part and make sure I was ready 

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When I returned home, I went straight to my home gym to let off some steam after all that overthinking at work. As I kicked and punched the dummy whilst imagining Keith, I turned I noticed a figure enter from my peripheral vision. A feeling of excitement came over me as I was about to get the update I had been waiting for. I wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight without this. 

“What have you found?” I asked the bodyguard as he drew closer to me. I moved away from the dummy and leaned against the boxing ring fence. 

“There aren’t any loopholes in the court order Chairman Acland requested over 

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Jasmine, the aide informed me. 

I clicked my tongue in disappointment. I mean I knew this was going to be an issue. I knew Keith had planned this ahead of time his goal was to trap her. 

“So there is nothing I can do to counter the conservatorship? 

“Of course you can still file for a welfare check or try to file a counter order, however, since you are not related to her it will be difficult 

I bit my lip in frustration. “Okay,” I accepted it. “And other news?” 

“We have discovered Ms. Rockford and her son escaped from Chairman Acland’s previous estate after the fire incident,” the aide informed me. 

My head tilted as a surprised expression formed on my face. “Oh? Oh really?,” I said. That was interesting. 

“We’re not sure of the details but we understand he is searching for them, he’s requesting traffic camera footage from around the city. 

It took a bit of work for my men to find out everything because of Keith who was pretty much keeping everything under wraps. I mean even what was known by the socialites so far and was shown 

“Okay, now I want you to keep an eye on Keith’s movements. See if Jasmine ever moves around with him. 

Right now I didn’t know what state Jasmine was in. If she was awake I was sure at some point I would see her moving around with him. From there I could figure out how to communicate with her. 

“Yes, sir,” he accepted my order. I just hoped she wasn’t physically unharmed because there was nothing I could do. At the very least, I trusted Keith not to harm her. If my men didn’t see her, I would be forced to go ahead with the welfare check. 

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