My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

After a long time, he finally said, "Miss Reid, I'm really sorry for holding you up by asking you to come out so early."

I nodded and looked at him calmly, waiting for his next words.

Noticing this, his nervousness grew as he said, "Miss Reid, do you know about Arnold being caught in Ucrebury?"

I asked in surprise, "Arnold was caught? What about it?"

Seeing my reaction, he seemed to have made up his mind and said, "To be frank with you, Miss Reid, I came to look for you because I wanted to talk to you about becoming allies."

I took a sip of water, looked at him and nodded. Then, I raised my eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

He paused when the waiter came in to serve our food. After the waiter left, he continued, "I will provide you with information on Madam Lawson's bribes from various transactions, as well as how she managed to escape the eyes of law when she was being investigated. Also, I have evidence that can kill her in one move."

I narrowed my eyes slightly

since Calvin was framed, you had begun to lay your traps. Calvin was just a pawn, and your end-goal is

"I know you have the evidence,

a file in front of me, looked at me and said, "This is intel on Valerie and Arnold's transactions through me.

front of me and was in no hurry to pick them up for a read. I looked at Michael and asked,

his mouth agape, looking a little haggard, "The police are already looking for me. I know

couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little cold and distant. "Honestly, I can get what you're offering just by putting in more time, and I wouldn't have to take on your risks. Becoming allies with you is the riskiest choice I can make. You are a businessman, so you should

his expression turned grim. After a moment of silence, he looked at me and said, "What if I can completely and irrevocably destroy

and wasn't too interested in that. I looked at him indifferently and said, "Valerie's fate has already been decided. I haven't done anything just yet, only because I feel that it's more interesting to keep

even darker. "Since you've made up your mind, why did you agree to

just want to know what really happened when you

seemed that he didn't expect that I would bring up the past again. He was caught a little off guard as he asked, "Didn't you

not many people knew about my pregnancy. I wonder how you knew of it? And I'm curious about the