Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 856 Emelie Planned to Bring Them Down

"How could that happen?" Emelie paused her work. "Weren't we watching him the whole time?"

Jodie frowned. "We were, but he used a decoy. He swapped clothes with one of his men in the car, and our people didn't catch that. By the time the police showed up to arrest him, he was already gone."

Emelie twirled a pen between her fingers as a hint of admiration flashed in her eyes. "I've always known that lizards will sever their tails to escape danger, but I didn't expect a snake to do the same."

"The police are already searching for him," Jodie continued. "I've also deployed our own team. There's no way he can get far. We've got him surrounded."

"There's a third party involved now," Emelie said as she tapped her pen against the computer screen. The screen displayed the news about the hot spring hotel and its fake deaf and mute employees.

Jodie glanced at the screen and added cryptically, "If we or the police get to him first, he might at least stand a chance. But if those people find him... then he's as good as dead."

Exactly.

Emelie stood up and walked to the small bar in the corner. She grabbed a bottle of red wine and expertly uncorked it with a bottle opener.

red liquid into two glasses, she said calmly, "I'd always thought that it was odd for him to open that hot spring hotel. After all, a lawyer investing so much in a hotel didn't make sense.

high-profile individuals with sensitive identities. "That's when we realized Beathan's

handed one of the glasses

before saying, "Ms. Thornton was puzzled about how Beathan was able to get those forged medical records and bail, despite his situation. It turns out that these high-profile individuals were helping him because he had provided them

the bar, Emelie swirled the wine in her glass. "It was all smooth sailing until he went too far. You know about those deaf and mute employees, right? It turns out that they weren't actually deaf or mute, and

trust. No one

silence him before the police can get to him,

took a sip of her

she had told him that Beathan would meet his end at the hands of his own people. This was what

the "fastest

expose Beathan's disloyalty to the very people who had protected him. And eavesdropping was an unforgivable crime in their

she couldn't help but marvel at

Jodie preferred to believe that it was the

Mrs. Russo too," Jodie

hotel's staff weren't really deaf and mute. Emelie gave a quiet hum