Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 740 The Venomous Snake

Beathan's jaw clenched momentarily.

It had only been around five hours since he left Placidville, yet even his secretary had been arrested. Clearly, this was a well-laid trap, and they'd been waiting for him to fall right into it

However, he responded in an innocent manner, feigning surprise. "Is that so? Has Jake confessed to it?" Jace, the police officer, responded with a question of his own. "What do you think, Mr. Collins?" Beathan knew that was a part of his tactics. The police would never reveal how much they knew, leaving him to guess on his own. They were hoping he'd slip up and expose himself.

Beathan cautiously probed, "This is a serious case. How could I dare to speculate? But since you've brought me to the station, does that mean Jake said I ordered him to do this?"

Jace calmly countered, "Shouldn't you know the things that your secretary has done?"

Beathan shrugged. "He's my secretary, not my clone. Let's be honest, parents can't always control their children, so how can I control him?

"He's merely my employee. Maybe I can keep tabs on him during work hours, but whatever he does after work is his own business. He doesn't need to report those to me. So, honestly, I have no idea."

glass windows of the interrogation room only enabled those outside to have a clear view of the inside. Those inside could not see what

moment, Emelie, who was supposedly dead, stood outside. She was

to sit in an interrogation room stoically. Born with a secretive and ruthless personality, he continued to

Jace asked again, "Jake has no grudge against Emelie. Why would he hire someone to

would I know? You

signal. When Felix called him, the location was pinged at your house. Are you saying you knew nothing

"Was that also on the 16th? Let

for a moment before saying, "I remember now. That day we were working late at my place on a case. But just because

a moment. With that,

long as 24 hours, surely you won't keep me here until the time's up before letting me

Jace dropped the topic for now and switched gears." Where were you on January 23rd? What were

was so long ago, so I can't remember clearly. If it was during the day, I was probably working at the firm. If it was at night, I might have been

he asked, "What happened on January

driver who mistook the gas