Jonathan said coolly, “Perhaps there’s a dirty secret between them.”

After Jonathan dropped this bombshell, Sanford’s expression visibly darkened. He recalled, “There was something off about Irene and Liora.”

Sanford thought, “Liora always seemed to have something she couldn’t bring herself to say. She’d always hesitate, holding back her words.”

“Wait,” Sanford called out, stopping Jonathan just as he was about to leave.

Sanford said, “I think we need to check the hospital’s surveillance footage. What do you say, Mr. Lynn?” Jonathan fixed his gaze on Sanford.

Sanford fixed his gaze on Jonathan’s unfathomable eyes, a mocking smirk playing on his lips. “What, scared?” he taunted. “If Irene really did something to my mom, you won’t get away scot-free either.”

Jonathan remained composed, his chiseled features betraying no emotion. “If you want to get to the bottom of this,” he said coolly, “I have no objections.”

Sanford nodded. “Alright then, let’s go check the hospital’s surveillance footage and see what exactly Liora and Irene talked about.”

Jonathan glanced at his watch and said, “It’s too late now. I’ll meet you at the hospital at 7 tomorrow morning.” Sanford agreed.

In the hotel room, Hayden barked at Werner, “Stand there!”

Werner raised a hand. “Dad, I swear, I didn’t cheat on Cathy.”

Cathy gritted her teeth. “Oh yeah? Can you swear you never paid for sex either?”

Werner shot her a glare and snapped, “Can you just shut up!”

Hayden slammed his heavy cane directly into Werner’s leg. Hayden bellowed at Werner, “At your age, how could you be so shameless?”

Werner sighed heavily. “Dad, I have my reasons. I swear, I never meant for any of this to happen.”

Hayden demanded angrily, “Cathy says you ran off with her money. What the hell is going on?”

Werner fell silent. Under Hayden’s threatening glare, he finally caved. Avoiding eye contact, he muttered, “Just lent it to a friend. They’ll pay me back soon.”

Hayden bellowed, “Still lying to me? Do I have to…” Hayden was in mid-sentence when Werner’s phone suddenly rang.

His expression shifted the moment he saw the caller ID. Cathy’s sharp eyes caught a string of numbers flashing on the screen, and her woman’s intuition screamed at her that this had to be the mistress calling.

Cathy snapped, “Answer the phone, right now!”

“Let me take this outside,” Werner said hurriedly, heading for the door.

As Werner tried to slip away cautiously, Cathy pressed him relentlessly. Their argument escalated, and in the struggle, the phone landed squarely in her hand. Ignoring the fury in Werner’s eyes, she brazenly hit the answer button.

“Hello…” came a weak, faltering voice from the other end.

Cathy frowned. ‘I feel like I’ve heard that voice somewhere before,’ she thought. Before she could react, Werner had already snatched the phone from her hand.

Chapter 603

Werner stormed out, phone pressed to his ear, and slammed the door shut the moment he heard the voice on the other end, and he hurried away.

Early that morning, in the hospital’s security office, Jonathan and Sanford were reviewing the surveillance footage from Liora’s room.

Just as they were watching the surveillance footage, Irene entered the room and came to a stop right in front of Liora. The screen abruptly went black with a sharp click.

Sanford gasped in shock, whipping his head around to see Werner, who had suddenly appeared and killed the computer’s power. Jonathan, however, remained unperturbed. He fixed his gaze on Werner and called out, “Werner.”

Werner didn’t spare Jonathan a glance. He quickly turned to Sanford and blurted, “Your mom sent me. She wants you to go back right now!” Sanford was no fool. He grabbed Werner by the collar and demanded, “What’s really going on between you and my mom?”

Werner snapped, “What the hell are you talking about?”