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Chapter 439

Chapter 439 Found A Secret To Blackmail Luke!

In Jack's spacious study was a ten-tier redwood bookshelf that covered an entire wall.

Rows of books were tidily arranged on it.

Leia sneaked into the study like a thief and quickly locked the door. She felt a little dizzy when she looked at the close to ten thousand books on the shelf.

She knew that her father would lock important documents in a safe, but she did not know where the safe was.

Leia took off her high heels, rolled up her sleeves, and tiptoed over the room to search for the safe.

She looked through the shelf, the drawers, under the couch, and even the small attic in the room.

Half an hour later, Leia's head was drenched in sweat, but she did not manage to find the safe.

Dejectedly, she punched the shelf. She struck something, and with a click, she saw the top row of the bookshelf revolve.

The silvery-white safe was embedded in a mechanism on the top shelf.

Her heart started to beat fast. She nimbly climbed on the ladder and reached the top shelf and tried to open the safe, but she needed to input a passcode!

Her first attempt was to enter her adoptive mother's birthday, seeing how much Jack loved Queenie.

It was the wrong passcode.

Leia entered her birthday, and it was wrong as well.

The red lights that flashed on the safe told Leia that she only had one attempt left. If she got it wrong again, the safe would be locked out.

Leia struggled internally. Should she try again?

It would be great if she guessed correctly, but if she guessed wrong, her adoptive father would discover that she had tampered with the safe. However, if she did not make her move, would she ever get another chance?

Just when she hesitated, her phone started to ring again.

She violently jerked and nearly fell off the ladder.

She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, then answered the call. "Hello, Mom?" She tried to make herself sound as calm as possible.

"It's been so long, Leia. Why aren't you here yet?" Queenie asked.

"I'm stuck in a jam, Mom. There seems to be an accident on Flue Road, and the police are clearing up the scene... Don't worry, how is Grandpa's condition?" Leia pretended to be concerned as she told a lie.

Queenie became anxious. "There's an accident at Flue Road? Don't take that road, Leia. It'll be too dangerous, and I'd rather you take a longer route. Take the City Beltway, and you should be careful when you drive at night. Your Grandpa is fine, and you don't have to worry. I won't disturb your driving, and I'll talk to you later. See you soon." Content © 2024.

After ending the call, Leia stared at the safe and decided to take the gamble.

She wanted to enter her father's birthday, but she thought of something and entered a different string of numbers.

Just when she thought that all was in vain, the safe door opened curiously with a click.

Leia was stunned. The numbers she entered were Queenie's birth daughter's birthday. She did not expect...

She was once again overcome by hatred and anger.

Leia rummaged through the contents of the safe and found a CD at the bottom of a thick stack of documents...

She was ecstatic.

She took out the CD, then put another CD that looked exactly the same in its place.

Then, she returned everything to their original positions.

She stepped out of the study, went back to her room, inserted the CD into her laptop, and checked its contents.

The high-performance laptop instantly displayed the contents of the CD.

She was shocked when she saw the video!

An extremely young man, or rather, a handsome eighteen or nineteen-year- old was giving a bribe to a middle-aged man.

The quality of the video was clear. It might not be as high-resolution as the videos now, but one could easily tell that the young man was Luke Crawford. He looked the same as he was now, and even the voice was very similar.

The young Luke placed a large passcode-locked briefcase in front of Mr. Schmidt.

When the briefcase was opened, high-quality tea leaves could be seen.

He brushed away the tea leaves, revealing the stacks of cash underneath.

At a quick glance, that should be at least a few million dollars.

The young Luke looked handsome but childish, however, his speech and mannerisms were mature. Perhaps that was because of his genes.

Ten years ago, Luke was still a teenager. Other people of his age would probably only know about study and entertainment, but Luke had taken control of Crawford Industries that was on the verge of ruin and bribed Mr. Schmidt for the benefit of his company.

The man was shockingly bold since he was young!

He was probably a generation younger than Mr. Schmidt, but the shrewdness in his eyes and the maturity in his speech could match the much older Committee Secretary. That was an impressive sight!

Through the cold and impassive laptop screen, Leia obsessively touched the young man's face.

The outstanding man belonged to her. She might not be a part of his past, but she was sure to become his future!

Leia made several copies of the CD and stored it in her laptop and several flash drives. After that, she fiddled with her father's CD excitedly while smiling sinisterly.

'Now that I have some dirt on Luke, I'd like to see how you'll be able to remain with him, Bianca Rayne!'

For some reason, Bianca had felt uneasy after she got off work.

She did not feel any more relieved even when Luke hugged her in his embrace while they rested at night.

Luke had probably overworked himself. He fell asleep as soon as he hugged her.

Bianca almost could not sleep for the entire night.

She only managed to doze off when it was almost sunrise.

It was Saturday, and she did not have to go to work. However, Luke woke up early, kissed Bianca's cheek, and hurriedly went downstairs.

After the signing of the agreement with Vivi Group, his workload increased by multiple times, and he was not able to leisurely enjoy his breakfast with Bianca and the twins...