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.

said calmly, "I'd always thought that it was odd for him to open that hot spring hotel. After all, a

uncovered the real issue. 70% of the hotel's guests were high-profile individuals with sensitive identities. "That's when we realized Beathan's true purpose. The

one of the glasses to

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

"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

trust. No one will

silence him before the police can get to him, ensuring that he doesn't spill

a sip of

she had with William outside the courthouse. At the time, she had told him that Beathan would meet his end at

frenzy around the whole affair and the "fastest turnaround in history" were just surface

who had protected him. And eavesdropping was an unforgivable crime in their

Emelie's broader plan. Still, she couldn't help but

telepathic understanding or communicating privately, Jodie preferred to believe

Mrs. Russo too," Jodie noted, taking a small sip

the one who had told Emelie that the hotel's staff