Chapter 232 A Difficult Customer

The next morning, just as Annie was about to head out, her phone started ringing. It was a call from an unfamiliar number. She answered it, and on the other end came Tristan's trembling voice, sounding as if he was on the verge of tears. "M-Ms. Steward, we're in trouble! H-He's gone!" Annie's fingers tightened around the phone, her gaze instantly turning cold. She wasn't the least bit surprised, and her tone was eerily calm. "Got it," she said before ending the call. Sean had been locked in a room on the top floor of the Steward family's hotel, and yet he had vanished without a trace. Even the surveillance footage had been deliberately wiped. Someone had to be helping him from behind the scenes. He was worthless and pathetic now, which meant there was no way he could pull that off himself. Who could've helped him? Annie changed her shoes, grabbed her car keys, and headed straight out. Instead of driving to the company, she stopped at an inconspicuous street corner. A nondescrip