Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1710

She slowly turned her head, her gaze landing on the nightstand. There, sitting quietly, was the business card with Steve's private number.

Sylvia walked over and picked it up. The string of digits was incredibly simple, full of repeating numbers. She only had to recite it twice in her head before it was permanently committed to memory. Setting the card down, she picked up her phone, opened the keypad, and tapped out the numbers one by one.

But as her thumb hovered over the call button, she hesitated. She stared at the screen for a long, long time. Finally, she let out a soft sigh and simply saved the number to her contacts.

Tucking her phone away, she walked out into the courtyard and waved the foreman over. "Excuse me, how much is Mr. Michell actually paying you for this?" she couldn't help but ask.

The man grinned, flashing a row of bright white teeth. "To tell you the truth, Miss, we are not regular day laborers. We are all undercover field operatives for Summit Investigations. We are full time employees on a fixed salary." He wiped a smear of dirt off his face, his smile widening. "Taking this job counts as holiday overtime for us. The boss is paying us triple our usual rate. So please do not worry, Miss, Mr. Michell is definitely not shortchanging us."

Sylvia was genuinely surprised. She didn't know much about Summit Investigations, other than that it possessed a terrifying reputation in the Capital's legal circles. It was said that they had never lost a single case they took on. Rumors in the underworld even claimed there was no secret Summit Investigations couldn't dig up. But she never imagined their operations were this extensive, employing highly trained operatives for even the most basic manual labor.

She took a closer look at the men working in the yard. Every single one of them was solidly built, their movements sharp and decisive, exhibiting an agility far beyond that of a regular construction worker. These men had clearly been carefully vetted and rigorously trained by the agency. Steve's power and resources were far deeper and more terrifying than she had ever realized.

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