Chapter 131.

The Jones' home.

Tarquin had called Ivy when he stayed a while in the office. It was unusual for her to not answer his calls. He called her a few more times but then he got no response, he ran like a madman to the house.

Reaching there, he beeped his car horn numerous times for the gates to be opened but nothing happened.

Tarquin got out of his car and went to the gate. To his horror, as he pushed it, it opened without much effort.

He went inside and saw the guards on the floor, dead. His heart pounded greatly in his chest and it felt like his world was going to crumble before his face.

Quickly, he ran into the house but there was no one. He saw the drops of blood and panicked the more.

"Shit, I shouldn't have left them alone!" Tarquin cried out and gripped his hair in regret.

He wanted to stay back with his family, at least one more day before resuming work but he listened to Ivy. He thought that she was feeling a bit suffocated around him, that's why she told him to leave.

He respec