"Walter, you'd better not play dumb in front of me."
Although Nathaniel couldn't discern anything from Walter's expression, he still had to ask.
Then, Walter suddenly exploded in anger.
"What the hell do you mean? Can you not be so secretive? I don't even know what you want from me! What photos are you talking about? Did I ever take any photos with you? Nathaniel, you'd better explain it clearly to me. I may be a feckless hooligan, but I won't accept any false allegations."
Nathaniel frowned when he saw Walter become so agitated.
Even if Walter didn't send the photos, why would Nathaniel show Mango's nudes to him?
As Nathaniel thought of this, he became even more irritated.
"Are you sure you haven't sent any messages to Rainie? Especially photos?"
"Do you think I'm insane? Why would I send her photos late at night? Do you think that I have nothing better to do? She's Mango's best friend for God's sake!"
Walter's defence was reasonable, but Nathaniel replied coldly, "You knew that she was Mango's best friend, and yet you tried to force yourself on her."
"F*ck!"
This was something that Walter was definitely ashamed of.
Till now, he had no idea what came over him that night and it was as if he lost control over his actions. However, he still couldn't find any leads despite careful investigation.
Then, Walter kicked the stool in front of him angrily and sat down.
When Nathaniel realized that he wasn't going to get any answers from Walter, he remarked indifferently, "Come with me to the telecom company tomorrow to retrieve your phone records."
"There's no need to delay it any more, in fact, let's just go now."
Obviously, Walter didn't want to be wronged baselessly.
According to Nathaniel, it was clear that all these things happened because of some photos. However, he couldn't recall sending anything of that sort to Rainie.
Nathaniel stayed silent in the face of Walter's determination as they both made their way to the residence of the telecom company's boss. After that, they forced the boss to drive to the company and retrieve Walter's phone records.
Walter was stunned when his phone records showed that he actually called Rainie and even sent her an MMS.
"How could this be? I never called her that day!"
"Do you really think that Rainie would just meet you and splash wine on your face for no reason?"
Obviously, Nathaniel didn't believe Walter at all.
Next, Walter replied angrily, "I didn't do it! If I did, I'd tell you. I've already done such a horrible thing to her, so do you think I won't admit to a simple phone call? Why the hell would I lie about that?"
Walter's words caused Nathaniel to stop and ponder for a moment.
That's right.
Walter was known in all of Ocean City for being a notorious playboy. So, he would definitely admit if he actually called Charlott. Sure enough, he'd done something much worse than that, so why would he care about something as trivial as a call?
However, it was possible that Walter would not admit that he sent the nude photos.
As the thought crossed Nathaniel's mind, he glared at Walter coldly with a piercing gaze.
Meanwhile, Walter felt extremely wronged.
"Hey, what was in the MMS? Can I see it? I'm f*cking confused as to why my phone has no record of this."
"You don't have any records on your phone?"
"No, I don't!"
In order to prove his innocence, Walter immediately threw his phone at Nathaniel.
"Check yourself if you don't believe me."
Hence, Nathaniel took the liberty and went through every single file folder on the phone. Alas, he did not find any photos of Mango.
Had Walter deleted it?
Or was there something else at play?
"Let's go!"
Then, Nathaniel led Walter away and left immediately. The boss of the telecom company was speechless, but he dared not say a word.
They had dragged him out in the middle of the night just for a measly phone record? Now that both Nathaniel and Walter had left, could he leave as well?
Alas, Nathaniel and Walter had gotten into a car and drove away before he could ask them for permisson. Next, both of them headed straight for Walter's house.
After that, Nathaniel unceremoniously scoured through the files Walter's computer. The password protecting his computer was nothing but child's play to Nathaniel.
When Walter realized that Nathaniel had gained access to his computer, the corner of his lips twitched in annoyance as he said, "Could you at least respect my privacy?"
However, Nathaniel couldn't be bothered and he continued going through Walter's laptop.
Walter indeed had a lot of indecent photos and files. Hence, Nathaniel frowned slightly as he browsed through them and he really wanted to trash the device.
On the other hand, Walter's face was covered in a slight blush.
It was incredibly unsettling to see someone else rifling through the stuff that he usually enjoyed in his own private time. Hence, Walter blushed furiously as arousing moans and explicit pictures were displayed on the screen.
"Well, what on earth are you looking for?"
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