Dear Sweetheart novel

Right then, someone knocked on the door and turned the doorknob.

“Pardon me for the intrusion, Ms. Garland.”

Ella entered with a few uniformed men behind her.

Rayna stood up. “How may I help you?”

“We’re the police from Norwal City,” one of the men solemnly said as he showed her his badge. “Ms. Rayna Garland, we suspect that you’re involved in an attempted murder of a pregnant woman. Please come with us to the station.”

Attempted murder of a pregnant woman?

Rayna was baffled. She had no idea when she was involved in an attempted murder.

“Ms. Garland,” the man continued, fishing out his handcuffs when he saw no response from Rayna, “please come to the station with us. We’ll have to resort to force if you don’t cooperate with us.”

“Sorry. I was lost in thought just now.”

Rayna was genuinely dumbstruck. However, as she was in the office, she did not want to blow the matter up. It would be troublesome if she ended up going out cuffed.

“Could you give me a second to hand my work over to my coworkers?”

At the men’s silent agreement, Rayna then gave instructions about work to Ella.

At the same time, she asked Suzie to find out where Egret Scents had gotten their perfume blend.

Ella asked worriedly, “Ms. Garland, will you be fine?”

“It’s all right. They’re just taking a statement from me,” Rayna reassured with a smile. “I haven’t done anything, so there’s no need for me to be afraid.”

After that, Rayna left with the men.

Once Rayna was out of the office building and in the police car, she could not help but ask the man beside her, “May I know who the person is who said I’m involved in the attempted murder?”

“Be still. You’ll find out when you’re at the station,” the man snapped.

Rayna pursed her lips.

minutes later, they arrived at the

of what had happened in the past—about Meredith’s death. Back then, she had woken up at the police station and had been interrogated.

the thought of how Julian had died shielding her from the bullet crossed her mind, and

she found out about Julian and Meredith’s relationship, she would not have crossed paths with Curtis, and the second

the men brought Rayna to an office desk and pointed at the chair

seat, Ms.

chair back and sat

a good thing we’re not in an interrogation room, I guess. I won’t be able to

toward her. “Were you the one

Duck stew?

what was going on. As it turned out, Vivi was the

Did Vivi call

silence, the man yelled,

give him her explanation, “I was the one who gave her this, but there is a misunderstanding

were the one who gave her the duck stew, so how could this be a misunderstanding?” the man cut her off. “You intentionally placed herbs that boost blood circulation into the stew and gave it

stew to me, but I was too full to drink it. When I saw Vivi’s grandmother, I asked her

there were such herbs inside, you were still the one who passed this stew to Ms.

way Rayna could deny that,

heard that Ms. Louden was good to you when you were at the homestay. Why did you want to kill her and

was something wrong with the duck stew. If I did, I wouldn’t have given this duck stew to

the man asked Rayna, “Ms.

Rayna fell silent.

if she were to lie and say no, she pressed her lips

wrong with the duck stew. That’s why you gave the duck stew to

Rayna uttered, “I told you I didn’t know there was something wrong with the duck stew. I simply

did not seem to be listening. He asked

Rayna turned quiet again.

man tapped his book loudly with his

her

for his hands shook for a second before he returned to asking

her best to

kill Vivi and her child, Rayna adamantly

man ended the interrogation and brought Rayna into a room full of

be ill at ease, for they kept kicking