Chapter 323 Using Jolly for Money Laundering
For some reason, as Justin listened to Rachel lambasting Ryan, he couldn’t help but speculate that she might be seeing him in the same light.
“Why are they so silent?” Rachel stared at the door and frowned. She had to check on Jolly and Ryan, as the notion that they were staying in the same place alone unsettled her.
All of a sudden, Justin took her hand. A startled Rachel turned her head and saw the man sporting a solemn expression. “I don’t know whether Ryan is really the kind of person you’ve described, but you need to know that I’m not the same.”
At that moment, Rachel was astounded.
Justin went on to say, “From now on, I’ll never hurt you using any excuse. If I do, I’ll die a horrible death.”
The way he made an oath stunned Rachel.
Amnesia was the most inconceivable thing to her ever. The man who used to be ruthless and indifferent was now making an oath to make her happy.
Unfortunately, she didn’t take the oath seriously, as she believed that the man was just trying to please her. Justin and Ryan are birds of a feather.
“Chris!” Jolly suddenly exclaimed. “Come here now!”
Rachel came to her senses and replied, “I’m coming.”
She took a glance at Justin, who then let her go.
They shuffled toward the living room before seeing that Jolly and Ryan were standing at the table, on which the gift box given to Jolly by Julia was placed.
The box was opened, and the hem of the wedding dress was hung over the edge of the box.
“What’s wrong?” Rachel walked over. “Why did you take it out?”
Jolly uttered, “There’s something wrong with this wedding dress.”
Rachel’s eyes fell upon the wedding dress. “What do you mean?”
“Look.”
The wedding dress was intricately made, as there were layers of laces. Jolly lifted the hem and took Rachel’s hand before leading her to feel it. There seemed to be some very hard objects in one of the layers. They had no idea what those were, but these objects felt as hard as stones.
After lifting the laces, they saw the interfacing in the middle of the dress where the objects were concealed.
If they hadn’t deliberately looked into it, they wouldn’t have discovered it, as the wedding dress was multi-layered.
“What are these?”
“I don’t know.” Jolly shook her head. “He discovered it.”
While they were having an argument earlier, they accidentally knocked the gift box over.
As soon as Ryan saw the wedding dress, he questioned Jolly about what was going on. Upon learning that it was a wedding dress given to her by someone from the club, he immediately realized that something must be wrong with it. He was eventually proven right.
“Is this some kind of new design?” Jolly ran her hand over the hem as she let her imagination run wild. “Maybe it’s for a massage effect or to keep the hem in place.”
“I’ve never heard of such a design before.” Rachel touched the dress and felt that something was off. “Why are these objects fixed inside? I can’t even move them.”
“We just have to cut it and see what’s inside.” Ryan’s voice reverberated in the room.
Jolly planned on selling the wedding dress, so she didn’t agree to it. However, she was unable to stop him as the man already had a pair of scissors in his hand.
The next moment, the interfacing in the middle was cut open. As soon as the objects inside it were revealed, all of them were dazzled by the icy glint. With narrowed eyes, they stared at the objects in disbelief.
Presently, they could see that a lot of diamonds as large as nails had been woven on the interfacing as these precious items twinkled under the light.
“My goodness.” Even though Jolly was born wealthy, she had never seen so many diamonds all at once.
Ryan put down the wedding dress and said with a solemn expression, “There’s no free lunch in this world. Have you ever thought about why Julia Bowman would give you a wedding dress woven with diamonds when you’re not even close to her?”
“She said that it’s a promise between my dad and her.”
“She promised to give you a wedding dress embedded with diamonds?” Ryan shot her a glance. “If I’m not mistaken, she’s trying to do some money laundering by using this wedding dress as a disguise.”
“Money laundering?” Jolly’s expression changed. “What do you mean?”
“If nothing unexpected happens, you’ll leave the ship with this wedding dress, and you won’t use it in a short period of time. The way I see it, you’ll probably sell the wedding dress, which will be resold several times and end up in a foreign country. In the end, it’ll go back into Julia’s hands, but she’ll already be overseas by then.”
The customs officers would never discover the diamonds inside the wedding dress. That way, a large amount of money in the form of diamonds would arrive in a foreign country safely, and those from the Investigation Bureau would never find out.
Even if they discovered anything, this wedding dress belonged to Jolly, and there was no evidence to suggest that it had anything to do with Julia.
A horrified Rachel uttered, “You mean Julia is using Jolly for money laundering by sending these diamonds abroad?”
“Yes.”
A nonchalant Jolly said, “It’s not like I care. Since I’ve discovered these diamonds, I won’t sell them. Instead, I’ll go to a jewelry shop and turn them into diamond accessories.”
“Do you think Julia will let you keep these diamonds?”
As Ryan’s voice reverberated around the room, Rachel knitted her brows.
At this moment, she couldn’t help but admire the fact that Ryan was truly astute. If he hadn’t found these diamonds, Jolly and she would leave the ship with these precious items without knowing it.
If they came across any danger in the future, they would never realize that it had anything to do with the wedding dress.
“The ship is reaching the harbor soon.”
All of them came to their senses upon hearing Justin’s words.
These precious items were undoubtedly hot potatoes for them now. If they left the ship with these diamonds, they’d invite trouble to themselves. However, if they left these diamonds behind, they’d still fall into danger.
Without needing Ryan to break it to them, Rachel and Jolly were aware that some people were paying close attention to the wedding dress outside the room.
Rachel asked, “Please stop putting us on tenterhooks, Mr. Sutton. We’re about to reach the harbor. What should we do now?”
“Keep it inside the box and leave the ship with it.”
“Before Julia retrieves these diamonds, we’ll be continuously monitored, right?”
“They’re keeping a close eye on the wedding dress, not you all. What if the dress is in someone else’s hands?”
Rachel and Jolly were startled upon hearing that.
As she listened to the sound of the ship’s horn, Jolly uttered impatiently, “Cut to the chase. Stop beating around the bush with us! I don’t understand it, and I have no time for this.”
Ryan suggested by saying, “When we leave the ship, I’ll bring the wedding dress with me.”
Jolly was shocked. “You want to take this dress with you?”
Upon understanding his intention, Rachel and Justin exchanged glances.
Ryan was doing this to protect Jolly. Once the wedding dress was in his hands, Julia’s subordinates would only have their eyes on him. After what happened on the cruise ship, Rachel became aware of what Julia was really like.
She might appear to be a gentle and elegant lady, but she was actually a ruthless person who had no qualms about killing people. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have organized such a banquet on the Golden Cruise.
However, Jolly snorted. “Ryan, you’re trying to take these diamonds away, right?”
