Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 739 - 466: Showing Off While Interrogating [Part 2]

Chapter 739: Chapter 466: Showing Off While Interrogating [Part 2]

Nora Scott’s lock-picking skills had been faithfully passed down from Antonio Easton. In less than ten seconds, she picked the lock as quickly as if she had used a key, making it difficult for any passing neighbors to notice anything unusual.

She pushed the door open.

Perhaps because Paula Loughton was at home, unexpectedly, the entrance and living room were fairly tidy. Although there were few items, they were neatly arranged, and the floor was clean.

There was no one in the living room.

Nora Scott walked in openly.

Rosie Sullivan followed closely, putting away her usual relaxed demeanor. She appeared calm, but was actually fully on alert.

"The bedroom."

Nora Scott tilted her chin, her gaze landing on a door.

Rosie nodded and silently walked straight to the bedroom.

Sweeping her eyes over the living room, Nora frowned at the worn-out sofa, grabbed a chair from the dining table, placed it in a spacious area, and sat down.

...

Less than a minute later, Max Loughton, who was sleeping shirtless, was dragged out by Rosie and kicked out of the bedroom.

Max stumbled forward, falling to the ground, and as he cursed in anger, he looked up to see a pair of black high heels, slender ankles, and long legs stretching upwards...

In his sight appeared a face of absolute beauty.

Max stared, momentarily stunned.

Nora sat with her legs crossed, leaning slightly forward, her elbow resting on her knee, her fingers playing with one end of her sunglasses, swinging them back and forth. Under the brim of her hat, those long, dark, beautiful eyes gleamed with a sharp light, cold like blades, sending a chilling aura with just a glance.

In an instant, Max’s heart felt like it was doused with a basin of ice water, chilling him completely, while his heavy sleepiness was also swept away.

"Want some?"

Nora raised her hand, with a small packet between her fingers containing light blue crystals, making Max’s eyes light up. Without any thought, Max instinctively reached out to grab it, but with a slight lift of Nora’s hand, he missed.

"I want it! I’ll do anything as long as you give it to me!"

Max licked his dry lips, speaking eagerly. His sallow, thin face had eyes like dark holes, only brightening momentarily at the sight of the packet in Nora’s hand.

Nora sneered coldly.

He really was a complete addict.

"I can give it to you."

Nora spoke calmly.

As soon as she finished, Max’s face was full of urgency, and on that inhuman face, there was even a hint of hope.

Nora found it irritating to watch, her fingers moved slightly, and the blue crystals vanished without a trace from her hand.

She lazily asked, "Do you remember Evelyn Easton?"

Having not heard that name for a long time, Max was confused for a moment before digging the name out of the dusty recesses of his memory, searching for images associated with it.

"I remember, I remember, she was my classmate in high school!" Max nodded hurriedly, kneeling on the ground, looking up at Nora, "If there’s anything you want to know about her, as long as I know, I can tell you."

He had already lost the ability to think independently.

No matter why Nora and Rosie were at his house, no matter why Nora had those blue crystals, no matter what their purpose was, it was all irrelevant to him.

He had long given up thinking.

Nora, unsurprised, directly asked, "Did you sell her drawings to Aaron Scott?"

"Yes."

Max took less than two seconds to respond.

Nora mentioned "drawings" and "Aaron Scott," indicating prior understanding, making him feel there was no need to conceal anything.

"Since Evelyn Easton left the Scott family, she frequently asked me to check her drawings. Soon after, Aaron Scott came to me. If I could copy Evelyn’s drawings for him, he would pay me. A thousand bucks per drawing, it was a great deal."

As he said this, Max immersed himself in memories, seemingly a bit excited, feeling as if he had struck a great bargain.

"As for Evelyn Easton and the Scott family, tell me everything you know."

Nora spoke leisurely.

She raised her left hand, opening her fist, revealing two packets of blue crystals between her fingertips.

Then, closing and opening her fist again, there were three packets of blue crystals.

Max stared, eyes widening.

As for Rosie Sullivan, who stood silently by the side, she was nearly choked by Nora’s sudden display of skill.

——Can she really play like this in such a moment?

So unorthodox!

Nonetheless, she genuinely liked the new Hall Master.

"I’ll talk, I’ll say everything."

Max’s eyes glowed, eager to spill everything he knew to Nora in an instant.

"I’m a carpenter, I can read drawings. No, my dad was a carpenter too, I learned this since I was young. Evelyn Easton always knew; since high school, she asked me to help read drawings. But I can only read them. I couldn’t modify what she drew."

"After graduation, we had little contact. Until she married into the Scott family, she reached out to me again."

"She said she wanted to design a hidden mechanism room. Her father-in-law... that is, Aaron Scott, wanted to start a company specializing in interior design, with hidden features, and she wanted Aaron to see her ability."

"One day, she told me excitedly that Aaron Scott thought her designs were reliable, encouraged her to draw more, and promised her 30% of the company’s shares, valuing her highly."

"During that time, she was obsessed with drawing, but didn’t show me much, saying that Aaron Scott was already satisfied and didn’t need her to make any adjustments."

"...The result was clear, she was deceived. Once the company was founded, nothing was hers, and she realized she had been tricked by Aaron Scott. Combined with the constant oppression from the Scott family, perhaps with some other miscellaneous reasons, she ended up getting divorced."

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