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."

enabled those outside to have a clear

supposedly dead, stood outside.

William had said he was incredibly difficult to deal with. His experience as a lawyer had gave him the composure to sit in an interrogation room stoically. Born with a secretive and ruthless personality, he continued to contend and test the police even after

the room, Jace asked again, "Jake has no grudge against Emelie. Why would he

I know? You should

phone signal. When Felix called him, the location

frowned slightly. "Was that also on the 16th? Let me

late at my place on a case. But just because he took a call at my house

remained silent for a moment. With that, Beathan realized that

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

we have more questions for you." Jace dropped the topic for now and switched gears." Where were you

the day, I was probably working at the firm. If it was at night, I might have been at home or out

he asked, "What happened on January

Sheldon Suites, harming one person. The driver claimed to be a new driver who