Chapter 434 Who’s Behind This?

Matthew shifted awkwardly, unsure if he should follow Claire’s order. She had a way of making everything sound like a perfectly reasonable idea, even when it wasn’t. But, for now, he nodded, forcing a small smile. “Alright, Claire, no dangerous stuff. I’ll play it safe.” Claire tilted her head, giving him one of those “yeah, right” looks. “Promise me, Matthew. I mean it.” He hesitated, but only for a second. Internally, he made a different promise—not to Claire, but to himself. No matter what, he was going to protect her. Dangerous or not, he wasn’t backing out. “Yeah, yeah, I promise,” he finally said, though his tone didn’t quite match the words. Claire narrowed her eyes but decided to drop it. She had more pressing matters. “So, about the investigation, I asked you to do on Adrian. What did you find?” Matthew sighed and plopped onto the couch next to her, his laptop in hand. “Okay, so here’s the thing. I got my hands on the guest list from that event,” he began, scrolling throug