Chapter 980:


    Joanne watched the entire scene with interest. Seeing Dustin’s awkwardness brought a smile to her face.


    Dustin swallowed the rest of his words. Now wasn’t the time to exin anything.


    He quickly moved to open the front passenger door.


    But it didn’t budge.


    “That seat’s for thedy,” Dolores said coolly, already settling into the driver’s seat.


    Joanne raised an eyebrow, walked past Dustin, opened the door with ease, and sat down. “Hurry up, Dustin,” she said casually.


    Still standing outside, Dustin stared at her smug smile.


    He blinked in disbelief, then caught a glimpse of Dolores’ colder expression through the mirror.


    He bit back his frustration and quietly opened the rear door.


    Once he was inside, Dolores started the engine. “Have you reached Collin?” she asked.


    “No. I tried calling on the way here, but the call didn’t go through. Collin’s tracker signal didn’t show up either,” Dustin said seriously. Dolores had already exined the situation briefly over the phone. But in all the time Dustin had known Collin, thetter had never gone this long without contact.


    What made it worse—none of Collin’s closest aides knew his whereabouts.


    “Tracker?” Dolores asked, her eyes still focused on the road.


    “Yes. Collin’s phone has had one for a while. Only a few trusted people can ess it. Linsey has one too. But even with both trackers, the men came back with nothing,” Dustin exined.


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    As the founder of CR Corporation, Collin had plenty of enemies. They always had to stay alert. But now, not even a clue was left behind. They had no idea where Collin and Linsey were—or if they were even safe.


    While Dustin and Dolores spoke, Joanne stayed quiet and listened. So Linsey and Collin were both missing? Strange. Collin was a powerful man. How could someone like him just vanish?


    “Ms. Davidson, do you have any suspects?” Joanne suddenly asked.


    Dolores nced at her, a flicker of emotion in her eyes. “You…”


    Sensing her pause, Joanne smiled lightly. “I’m Joanne Ellis. Mrs. Wade introduced me to Dustin.”


    Dustin looked startled, then quickly exined, “Dolores, it’s not what you think. I—”


    Dolores didn’t look at him. She kept her focus ahead and said sharply, “I don’t care what’s going on between you two. But since you’re here, don’t make things harder. We’re searching for people who matter to us.”


    “I understand. You’re looking for Linsey and Collin. I already knew—I’m a friend of Haven’s,” Joanne replied calmly.


    Dolores’ brows immediately furrowed, and Dustin’s eyes darkened.


    “What did you say? You’re friends with Haven?” he snapped. He and Dolores both knew about Haven’s secret n to use Kylee against Linsey. It was shocking to hear Joanne admit being close to her.


    Then Dustin added with a frown, “So the Walton family you recently joined… That’s Haven’s family?”


    He had only heard rumors—Joanne wasn’t born into privilege, but had recently been epted into the Walton name. However, he hadn’t connected the dots until now. His mind had been too preupied with Dolores.


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