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Chapter 358: I'll Wait for You at the Hotel
Author: Enigma Stone
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Ever since Old Mrs. Martinez's arrival, the household had been in disarray. Rumor had it she planned to stay indefinitely, which was even more vexing.

Sending her away would be unfilial!

Yet allowing her to stay meant enduring her constant derision of Jason, harassment of Susan, and berating of James Brown, leaving the house in perpetual chaos.

As Jason pondered this dilemma, he received an unexpected text message: "I have the pendant. If you want it back, come to Room 306 at the last hotel on Seaside Road. I'll be waiting!"

"Hmm?" Jason was taken aback. A hotel? Who sent this message? Had they picked up the jade pendant?

Something about the text seemed off.

"Could it be... a trap?"

Jason frowned, forwarding the address to Lawrence and his team, instructing them to investigate cautiously on his behalf.

If the jade pendant was indeed there, they were to retrieve it!

Just then, a man in sunglasses noticed him and approached with a retinue of bodyguards. Looking down his nose at Jason, h
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