Chapter 361: Worst day

To Jared, this was the worst day of his life as of yet. His father was captured by the Intelligence. His devil of a Godfather wanted to meet him and from the looks of it, he seemed to be a raging bull right now. And barely he could grasp the situation, the Intelligence had come knocking at his door looking for him. Also, the factory which he had made sure to hide from everybody's eye was now sealed and closed forever. 

His stress level was only raising as time passed by and he was having a mad urge to kill someone. The devil in him wanted blood on his hands. But he calmed himself down. He had to now meet the people from the Intelligence and face his Godfather before he could deal with his blood lust.

'I swear whoever it is responsible for my misery, I will hunt you down and tear you limb by limb. You will even want to kill yourself for crossing me. Pray to God that I do not catch you. Because once if I do, you are as good as dead.' He promised silently before he got up to get ready.

At Jared's office.

An hour had passed since Valarie and Preston had come to meet Jared. They found it better to visit him in his office than his house as they were not sure where he stayed. The man had a lot of properties under his name and they did not want to go around the city looking for him at all his houses.

The assistant had made sure to bring them to Jared's cabin, instead of making them sit at the reception. The two people were attracting a lot of attention with the way they were looked imposing and serious and if the employees and the other people were to find out about them being from the Intelligence, it would make the situation more problematic.

The assistant took one look at Valarie but averted his gaze right away. He remembered who the woman was. She was the same person his Master wanted dead and had even got his men to crash her car. But somehow she had survived and the man who had done the job carelessly had been shot dead by Jared.

"How long will we have to wait?" Preston questioned impatiently. From the assistant's face, he was sure that the news of Frederick's arrest must have reached Jared by now and there was a high possibility that the man would have escaped and gone underground.

However, they still came to visit him in his office before they took any other suggestions. Moreover, they had Maggie with them who could track Jared in case the man decided to go into hiding.

"He will be here soon, Sir." The assistant replied politely praying secretly for his Master to arrive and end his misery. For the last hour, he had been in the presence of the duo and he was unable to tolerate it any longer. Although they were doing nothing but sitting still, he could still feel their scrutinizing gazes on him once in a while. And that was enough for his heart to go overdrive. Only he knew how terrified he was from within, even if his face remained expressionless.

He did not have to wait long as Jared arrived in a few minutes. He was dressed prim and proper and there was no anxiety on his face. It seemed as if his father's arrest had not affected him in any way at all. "I apologize for the delay. It is not every day that I get to meet people from the Intelligence. So, I had to make sure that I looked fine."

Jared's meek attempt at reducing the tension in the air had no effect. Neither Preston nor Valarie had a reaction to it. They maintained their professional faces as they stared at Jared from the moment he entered. 

"I heard that the people from the Intelligence were here to meet me. I wonder if everything is alright." The man said, sitting down on his chair. His eyes fell on Valarie and for a second, they narrowed when he remembered something. But the next second, they became normal. 

"We need you to accompany us to the Intelligence. We have some questions to ask you." Preston started speaking and he came to the point directly, not wasting any more time. They were already running late by an hour now.

"And for what reasons, may I ask?" Jared raised an eyebrow and intertwined his fingers.

"Your father, Frederick Clarke or Hubert Augustus has been caught with proof doing illegal activities and we want to question you about it."

On hearing Preston's words, Jared started to chuckle loudly. But neither of the other three people were surprised by his behavior. "Let me be honest with you," Jared said as he tried to control himself when he noticed their serious expressions. "I have not been in contact with my father for a few years now and we are not that close. So, I have no idea what he was up to in the last few years."

"But that does not deny that you are his son." Valarie deadpanned making Jared shut up.

"In that case, he was your Boss. Don't you think you should be questioned too? What if you were working for him?" His question made Valarie smile instead of getting angry.

"I am ready to cooperate if anybody wants to question me. However, I doubt that it is not the case with you seeing how you are trying to avoid being interrogated."

Valarie's words made Jared's smile to vanish. He could see that the girl was not normal and she had a sharp tongue. It would take him much more than words to deal with her. She was smart and sexy. Now, if he did not cooperate with her, it would only make him guilty in their eyes. And that would only add more to his problems. So, he decided to go along and finish things as fast as possible.

"I am ready to cooperate with you." Jared stood up with a small frown.

"Good. Don't worry Mr. Augustus. We are only going to interrogate you, nothing more. You are free to leave once we are done."

Jared nodded, not knowing what to say and he ordered his assistant to handle the important issues for him. He then left the room first. Nobody saw the small victorious look Valarie and Preston exchanged.