Chapter 229 Baron’s Shadow Everywhere


    “Yes<b>.” </b>


    Hansel didn’t know why Jensen had given such instructions, but he nodded and agreed


    anyway.


    Right after Jensen hung up, the butler’s call came through.


    “Mr. Jensen, where are you? Come back to the estate at once! Madam’s in trouble!”


    The words made Jensen’s heart jolt.


    “I’ll be right there.”


    He ended the call and, without another word, raced back to the old house.


    The moment he arrived, he heard Loretta’s wailing cries; rmed, he rushed inside.


    “Mom, what happened?”


    Loretta spotted him and immediately threw herself at him.


    “Son, you have to stand up for me!”


    Her entire body was soaked, especially her face and hair.


    Her makeup had run in streaks, leaving her face ghostly and grotesque.


    If Jensen hadn’t known it was his mother, he would have been frightened.


    Her hair stuck to her head in wet strands, reeking of sickly sweetness that made the scene almost unbearable.


    Jensen nearly shoved her


    away.


    “Mom, how did you end up like this? Did you fall somewhere?”


    The look of disgust in his eyes only made Loretta cry harder.


    “You ungrateful boy–you dare to look down on me? You have no idea how much I suffered!”


    Thinking back on what she’d just gone through, Loretta trembled with rage.


    “Jensen, I’m telling you, this was that wretched Natalie’s doing! Do you see the coffee all over my hair and clothes? They dragged me off, shoved my head down, and forced me to drink bucket after bucket of coffee–calling it ‘treating me to coffee. Treating me? This was revenge! That little tramp Natalic was getting back at me!”


    Her eyes burned red with fury.


    She had never imagined Natalie would stoop to something so childish.


    Jensen faltered at her words.


    He had just called Natalie not long ago; judging from her tone, there had been no reason for her to lie.


    Which meant this couldn’t have been Natalie’s doing.


    “Mom, besides forcing you to drink coffee, what else did they do?”


    Loretta blinked, then said, “Nothing else. After tormenting me, they dumped me at our doorstep. But this can’t just be brushed aside! I’m a societydy–humiliated like this? If word gets out, how will I ever show my face again?”


    The more she thought about it, the angrier she grew.


    “Good thing you didn’t marry her back then. Someone that petty would only shame the Luke family. A little coffee–what real harm could it do her? And I’m her elder; she dared treat me like this! Jensen, I’m telling you, today she must apologize to me–or I’ll never forgive her!”


    Jensen rubbed his temples.


    “Mom, this definitely wasn’t Natalie.”


    “At a time like this, you’re still protecting her? What spell has she cast on you?”


    Furious, Lorettanded two punches on his chest.


    He didn’t dodge; after taking them, he said, “Natalie’s the type to confront someone face–to- face, not sneak around. Maybe someone else is settling scores on her behalf.”


    “Who?”


    Loretta asked, but her eyes made it clear she didn’t believe a word.


    Jensen’s mind went to Baron. <fna90a> For original chapters go to find[?]ovel</fna90a>


    He had overlooked that man’s presence for too long.


    From the moment Baron had spoken up for Natalie at Luke Corp’s productunch, to so many incidents afterward–now that Jensen thought about it, the man’s shadow had been everywhere.


    “I’ll have Hansel look into it,” he said.


    Jensen immediately called him.


    “Dig into the man who stood up for Natalie at that productunch.”


    “Mr. Jensen, we already tried. Nothing came up.”


    Hansel’s answer made Jensen’s blood boil.


    “Damn it! Then investigate who orchestrated my mother’s abduction and humiliation. There has to be some trace.”


    He hung up sharply.


    Loretta sneered. “You’re wasting your time. Why not just ask Natalie directly? I’m telling you, unless she apologizes to me, this matter isn’t over!”


    Her shouting gave Jensen a headache. He still wanted answers about Baron, so right in front of Loretta, he grabbed a servant’s phone and dialed Natalie’s number.


    Natalie, seeing another unfamiliar number, couldn’t be bothered to answer.


    The phone kept ringing, grating on her nerves, until atst she swiped to connect.


    “Natalie, my


    mom’s back, but she was force–fed coffee. Did you have anything to do with it?”


    Afraid she might hang up, Jensen blurted it all out the instant she answered.