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."

narrowed my eyes slightly and asked, "How can I trust a person who betrayed

truth, you are the one pulling the strings here. It doesn't look like it on the surface, but you're the mastermind behind all this. Ever since Calvin was framed, you had begun to lay your

know you have the

said, "This is intel on Valerie and Arnold's transactions through me. All their

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

with his mouth agape, looking a little haggard, "The police are already looking for me. I know that I can't

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.

his face fell, his expression turned grim. After a moment of silence, he looked at me and said, "What if

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

"Since you've made up your mind, why did you agree to meet me, Miss

my chin and said, "I just want to

little off guard as he asked, "Didn't you

would buy that? Alford Audit was only part of the reason, but not many people knew about my pregnancy. I wonder how