Mr. Warner, Your Wife is Running Away Again!-Chapter 428: I Just Want to Be Close to You

The next day, Franklin Sutton invited Phillip Keating to the police station, asking him to cooperate with the investigation.

Phillip Keating claimed ignorance, saying he didn’t understand what Franklin Sutton was talking about, mentioning some envelope video. He claimed to know nothing.

Audrey Sutton was also called to the station to confront him. Phillip Keating admitted he knew Audrey Sutton, saying, "Who doesn’t know the Third Young Mistress of The Warner family?"

But he denied having private contact with Audrey Sutton and said he had no knowledge of any envelope.

They didn’t have any direct evidence to prove Phillip Keating was the mysterious person, so naturally they couldn’t detain him just on suspicion, and they had to let him go in the end.

Audrey Sutton thought if he was really colluding with Lan Irving, he would definitely go and warn him, so she waited to see if there would be any reaction from Lan Irving.

At the same time, she contacted Quinn and, for the same price as tracking Clarissa Morgan, asked Quinn to find someone to keep an eye on Phillip Keating.

Since she has nothing to hide from Shane Warner now, this expense was naturally charged to his card.

When he received a charge notification and asked about it, Audrey Sutton honestly confessed everything.

Shane Warner, looking down at Audrey Sutton, who was resting her head on his lap with a lollipop in her mouth watching TV, said, "I think you have a knack for being a detective."

Switching through TV channels, Audrey Sutton replied, "Of course, you always think I’m dumb, but I’ve got plenty of tricks."

Shane Warner: "They’re all shady tricks."

Audrey Sutton pouted, "They’re not upright people anyway, so of course I have to use underhanded tactics against such despicable folks."

As Shane Warner absent-mindedly played with her hair, he frowned slightly and asked, "Them? Who else have you been tracking?"

Realizing she’d let something slip, Audrey Sutton chuckled and confessed, "Your female alumnus, I’ve been on her for a while, spent quite a bit of money, I’ll tally it up later, and you can reimburse me."

Shane Warner: "Why spend money tracking her? It’s not easy for your husband to make money."

Pulling the lollipop from her mouth, she looked at him and said, "You need to hold the initiative in your own hands. Once you catch her little tail, she won’t dare to act up anymore."

Shane Warner chuckled softly and asked, "So, did you catch her?"

Audrey Sutton popped the lollipop back in her mouth, saying, "For now, I’ve only caught a little fox fur. The fox tail is well hidden, hard to grab."

Then Audrey Sutton looked up at him and asked, "By dealing with your secretary and female alumnus like this, you don’t think I’m petty, right?"

Even thinking about such a thing would be bad enough, but saying it out loud, Shane Warner couldn’t help but laugh, lovingly tousling her hair and softly saying, "I just think you seem capable of handling them all on your own without any help from me."

Audrey Sutton suspiciously glanced at him, "Honest truth?"

Shane Warner: "Am I still capable of lying to you now?"

Audrey Sutton smiled, "True."

She comfortably snuggled her head further into his lap, using her feet to drag a small blanket from the other side of the sofa, covering herself as she said, "I have class in the afternoon, I’m going to take a nap, wake me up at 1:30."

Shane Warner: "Go sleep on the bed."

Audrey Sutton: "No, I want to sleep next to you."

Seeing her curl up under the thin blanket and close her eyes, Shane Warner didn’t say anything more, just laughed and picked up the documents by his side to continue reading.

That afternoon, it was her brother Stephen Sutton’s English class. She had already passed the level four exam, but with her brother being an English teacher, not taking the level six exam seemed almost like a disgrace to him, so he insisted she take it, even demanding she take it privately if necessary.

In the afternoon, since Shane Warner hadn’t fully recovered, the family’s driver took Audrey Sutton to school.

This was the first class led by Stephen Sutton since the semester began.

Audrey Sutton was not at all surprised to see Phoebe King waving at her from the front row.

"Sister Phoebe, you’re more studious than I am."

Phoebe King playfully glared at her, "You still don’t know whether I’m here to study or not?"

Audrey Sutton: "How’s it going with my brother recently? Any progress?"

Phoebe King sighed, "Don’t mention it, we almost sealed the deal last night."

Audrey Sutton’s eyes widened, "What happened? Did you sleep together?"

Phoebe King showed a regretful expression, "I wanted to, but he wouldn’t sleep with me."

Audrey Sutton looked incredulous, "No way? My brother... is that resolute? He could resist someone as sexy and beautiful as Sister Phoebe?"

"I’m baffled too." Saying this, Phoebe King covered her mouth with her hand and whispered quietly into Audrey Sutton’s ear, "Does your brother have some kind of issue?"

"Can’t be, I’ve never heard of such a thing."

Phoebe King: "I was down to just my underwear, and he still kicked me out. How is that something a normal man would do?"

Imagining the scene, Audrey Sutton couldn’t help but laugh, "Sister Phoebe, you should show a little restraint. My brother is actually... quite reserved. He usually..."

"Ahem—"

Before Audrey Sutton could finish, she saw Phoebe King sit up straight, signaling her with her eyes and a cough. Audrey Sutton followed Phoebe King’s gaze and ran into Stephen Sutton’s unfriendly look.

Her heart skipped a beat, wondering if he heard her just saying he was reserved.

But given Stephen Sutton’s expression, it seemed like he had heard.

Audrey Sutton smiled appeasingly, quickly opened her textbook, straightened her posture, and assumed the demeanor of a model student.

Stephen Sutton glared at both of them before beginning today’s class as the bell rang.

Phoebe King was the same as usual, her eyes vibrant for the first ten minutes, then yawning endlessly.

This made Audrey Sutton a bit drowsy too, but fortunately, she had rested a bit at noon and could still hold on.

Finally, when the class was over, Audrey Sutton stretched, initially wanting to drag Phoebe King to the hallway to take a walk and wake up.

But then she noticed the class bell seemed like an energy booster for Phoebe King, who instantly lost her sleepy demeanor, grabbed Audrey Sutton’s textbook, and squeezed with the crowd to Stephen Sutton’s side: "Teacher Sutton, I can’t read this sentence, could you read it to me a couple of times?"

Stephen Sutton glanced at her, pronounced the sentence Phoebe King pointed at with perfect accuracy.

Phoebe King smiled, but before she could celebrate, she realized he fulfilled her request only to dismiss her while turning to answer other students’ questions.

Phoebe King, holding the textbook, didn’t try to compete, just stood aside Stephen Sutton, scheming something in her mind.

After sneaking a peek around to make sure no one was watching, she stretched her hand under the lectern and pinched Stephen Sutton’s butt, quickly retracting her hand and covering her face with the book to hide her smile.

In the middle of clarifying doubts for a student, Stephen Sutton froze, his brows furrowed, glaring at Phoebe King.

Phoebe King, triumphant, ran back to Audrey Sutton, saying, "Your brother’s butt is rather firm."