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

it on the surface, but you're the mastermind behind all this. Ever since Calvin was framed, you had begun to lay your traps. Calvin was just a pawn, and your end-goal is Valerie. The only thing you lack now is

have the evidence, but still, how can

looked at me and said, "This is intel on Valerie and Arnold's transactions through me. All their transaction records are in here. These are

to pick them up for a read. I looked at Michael and asked, "What

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

"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

expect that I would refuse as his face fell, his expression turned grim. After a moment of silence, he looked at me and said, "What if I can completely and irrevocably destroy

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

wasn't convinced, his face turned even darker. "Since you've made

"I just want to know what

again. He was caught a little off guard as he asked, "Didn't you already ask about this, Miss Reid?

that? Alford Audit was only part of the reason, but not many people knew about my pregnancy. I wonder how you knew of it? And I'm curious about the recording you gave me. Who exactly did Andrea work together with to act that out? Do enlighten me,