The Unstoppable Comeback Of the Unrivaled Ex-Wife-Chapter 465 - 463

"This bastard is clearly a traitor! How could you still plead for me to let him go, my silly sister?"

Quinton slammed the table furiously and shouted an order to his men outside, "Get in here! Drag this turncoat out and feed him to the fish! I don’t ever want to see him again!"

"Calm down, Quinton! Why are you screaming for blood all of a sudden?"

Joanna sighed helplessly. She was completely unaccustomed to the cruel and vicious side of her brother, having only known him as a gentle and polite man. But then she thought of the arduous life he must have had to suffer through since he was a child, and the violent outburst failed to anger her. Instead, she just felt sorry for him.

In this situation, the only thing she could do as his sister was to tolerate and try to understand him. Later, at a more suitable time, she would be his "tranquilizer" and try to keep him under control.

"Actually," she said, "I think the fact that Chase is unwilling to lure out the impostor proves the strength of his character. It shows that he isn’t just an emotionless and unthinking robot who can only follow orders. This is the type of person that we must treasure, Quinton."

As she spoke, she walked up to Chase and assured him, "Don’t worry, Chase. I can promise you that even if we do manage to catch the impostor, we won’t take his life. All we really want from him is an explanation..."

"An explanation?" asked Chase as he stared at Joanna with a puzzled expression.

"Exactly. That man not only owes Carmine Pawnshop an explanation, but he also owes me one. I have to know who he really is and why he played with my feelings by disappearing without a trace on the day that we were supposed to get married."

This mystery had been plaguing Joanna’s mind ever since it happened. She was convinced that it would haunt her for the rest of her life if she never got to the bottom of the matter.

"Ms. Pierce," said Chase in an earnest voice, "I can’t promise you anything else, but I can confidently promise you that the impostor’s feelings for you were genuine. He was a proud man who hated everything tedious and troublesome, but he worked very hard to learn how to cook just to leave a good impression. From a man who’s never stepped into the kitchen before, he transformed into the perfect househusband just because of you. He couldn’t have possibly done it if he didn’t love you ardently!"

Chase had had the most contact with the impostor Mr. Q in the past four years. The man’s whereabouts had always been mysterious and uncertain most of the time, and he would only pass his orders down to Chase via the phone. At times, Chase only saw him once a year. Yet ever since Joanna barged into Carmine Pawnshop, he would show up every few days, almost turning the establishment into his own home.

If such a drastic change was not proof of true love, then what else would?

"Shut up, you traitor!"

Chase’s words greatly upset Quinton. He flung a teacup towards Chase and yelled, "Any man who dared to deceive my sister deserves no forgiveness! I don’t care if it was true love—the only thing that man deserves is to be fed to the fish—no, he deserves to be chopped up into pieces before being fed to the fish!"

Quinton was extremely protective of his sister. Anyone who dared to touch even a single strand of hair had to pay with their head! Initially, he merely wanted the impostor to die, but now that he learned that the bastard played with his sister’s heart, he decided that the man had to suffer a fate worse than death!

"Quinton," Joanna began, massaging her temple and visibly exhausted. "Please stay out of this and let me handle it, okay?"

"How are you going to handle it? Are you sure you won’t just give in to him and let him go?"

"Listen to me," Quinton added earnestly. "You have to be harsh and firm when dealing with men; otherwise you’ll just be setting off a time bomb that will one day explode, and you’ll end up crushed and burned by him."

"It’s my choice to handle it however I want," argued Joanna. "I’m almost thirty now. I can deal with the consequences of my own choice..."

Joanna clasped her hands and pleaded with her brother, "I’m begging you, Quinton. Let the impostor be a gift for me on the occasion that we finally reunited again, and let me handle it, please?"

Quinton was eventually persuaded, and he gave in. He turned his head and sighed. "You stubborn girl! Fine, do whatever you want!"

Hearing his words, both Joanna and Chase finally sighed in relief.

Joanna and Chase secretly discussed how to lure the impostor Mr. Q out of the study.

"Ms. Pierce," said Chase with emotion, "although you are his sister, you are nothing at all like Boss. You have a kind disposition, and I’m assured that, at the very least, the impostor Mr. Q won’t be so cruelly tortured once he was handed over to you."

"You speak as if my brother is a savage beast and that impostor is some kind of angel of justice! Is that guy really worthy of your protection?"

"He is!" Chase nodded gravely. "I believe that everyone else who works in Carmine Pawnshop would make the same choice."

"Then... is there going to be a mutiny? What will happen to my brother? He built Carmine Pawnshop from the ground with his own hands! Is he going to be replaced?"

"Don’t worry, Ms. Pierce. Boss won’t be replaced. I’m sure that Carmine Pawnshop will soon resume its operations in the same way that it once did. It’s just that we’ll all miss the security and stability that we enjoyed these past four years."

"You’re overthinking it! My brother promised me that for the time being, Carmine Pawnshop won’t get involved with the questionable business it once dabbled in and that it would continue to operate in the same manner as it did for the last few years."

"It looks like you don’t really know Boss at all..."

Chase smiled, then deliberately changed the subject by pulling out his phone and saying, "I’ve sent a secret signal to the impostor, Mr. Q. If nothing out of the ordinary happens, very soon he’d be at the Carmine Pawnshop. All I ask from you is to let him live."

"Only a secret signal? Would that really work? Surely he’s too smart to fall for it!"

"But it’s not an ordinary secret signal," Chase beat his chest and confidently assured her. "It’s one I only send him during extreme emergencies. He always showed up soon after receiving the signal in the past, so as long as the news of Boss’s return hasn’t reached him yet, I’m sure the impostor, Mr. Q would definitely be here."

Half an hour later, Chase stared at the reply he received, his face swollen after being punched so many times.

"Um, well... He said that he would never reappear again no matter what happens and that he gives full authority over Carmine Pawnshop... to me." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"He sounds really cautious..." Joanna observed doubtfully. "You didn’t warn him earlier, did you?"

"I swear to God that I didn’t!"

"Then why the hell would he give up his authority to you so suddenly?"

"I wouldn’t say it’s that sudden..." Chase then came clean and told Joanna, "Since he disappeared on the day both of you were supposed to get married, he never showed up at Carmine Pawnshop ever again. In fact, when he left, he made it clear that he would never show up again. It was obvious that he wanted to make a clean break with Carmine Pawnshop. Perhaps... He caught a whiff that Boss was going to return even back then?"

"But what is he planning to do?" asked Joanna, still bewildered. "He’s been running Carmine Pawnshop for the last six years! How could he give it all up just like that? It’s like he’s been working for my brother for free! Doesn’t he have anything better to do?"

All the questions that were playing in Joanna’s head only deepened her resolve to find a way to lure the man out.

Seeing Joanna’s firm determination, Chase clenched his fists and suggested, "I’ve got an idea, but it’s the last resort, and it requires your cooperation. Do you want to... give it a try?"