Chapter 583 - Meeting The Enemy - Part 3 (1/2)

”Do you think Maggie can make Jared speak?” Valerie queried as she sat on one of the chairs in the surveillance room while pointing the one beside her for Ian to take, and he did so immediately. Even though it was a restricted area, Valerie trusted the man beside her and she knew she would need his help in this matter. So, she did not hide anything from him, allowing him in on her plan.

Ian gave her a probing look, asking her silently to elaborate as he folded his hands. Even though he was speechless by the amount of trust the woman beside him was having in him, Ian did not take it for granted. Not once did he wander his gaze away from her and take a look at the room he was in.

It was a restricted room, and the general public like him was never allowed to even take a step near it, let alone enter it. He understood the meaning behind her actions even though she had not said a word about it. She was trusting him by allowing him to enter this place and hoped for him to keep the trust.

And Ian in return vowed in his mind to never do anything that broke her trust. To him, trust was more important than anything in life, even more than his life. So, not once did his gaze linger away from Valerie's face, studying her until he had already memorized it.

Ian was surprised by the level of hold Valerie had on him. Even though they had only met a few hours ago, she was already trusting him, forcing him to be considerate of her actions. It was completely out of his character to even care for matters and people that did not concern. But with Valerie, he could not do so and did not intend to do so either. Something in her forced him to follow her words and do as she wished.

”Dr. Davis?” Valerie's voice brought him out of her stupor, and he shook his head to clear his thoughts.

”Yes?” He gave her a questioning look, completely forgetting the question she had asked him before.

”I am still waiting for your reply.” Valerie was now puzzled by his behavior. All of a sudden, Ian had gone silent as he kept staring at her without blinking, and she did not know the reason for it. His intense stare was making her fidget and fluster. But she calmed herself and spoke up, breaking the silence.

”Oh, I apologize. I got lost in my thoughts.” Ian snuck out his tongue, embarrassed for getting lost in his thoughts momentarily. ”Would you mind repeating your question, Deputy?”

Valerie gave him an incredulous look. Nevertheless, she repeated her question, still wondering why the man was behaving weird all of a sudden.

”Will Maggie be able to get information out of Jared? I am afraid she will fail in her job.” Valerie pursed her lips, pushing her thoughts about Ian to the back of her mind for the time being.

”I do not think so. Maggie is smarter than you give her credit for, Deputy, and trust her to do her job well.” Ian stated his opinion on this matter, disagreeing with Valerie immediately.

Even though it had only been a few days, Ian had already learned how smart and capable Maggie was. And given her abilities, it was impossible for her to not trick Jared into giving away the information. Ian was certain that Maggie would extract some useful information after her meet with Jared.

His confidence in Maggie surprised Valerie. But she did not comment about it.