Mr. Billionaire Boundless Love

Emily covered her mouth. “If she really started the fire, she could be put away in prison for a long time.”

“Maybe she got someone else to do it. She wouldn’t risk doing it herself in case she gets caught. Dan could’ve asked someone he knows to do it.”

“So, she got someone else to do her dirty work?” Emily asked.

“Maybe she didn’t mean to kill me. Whoever set the fire didn’t know I was locked in the warehouse. If caught, whoever did it would be charged with manslaughter, not murder.”

“Even if that’s the case, you almost died because of her! If she really is responsible for the fire, she really needs to go down for it. Did she want to beat our faces tonight and possibly disfigure us? I didn’t see it. We need to take measures to protect ourselves.”

“Yes, Emily. You need to stay safe and keep away from her. But it’ll be trickier for me since we work in the same field, especially now that I’m working with JU Brand. She really hates my guts. She’s probably planning something else as we speak.”

“You need to be careful,” Emily said worriedly.

Austin started the car again and gave Selene a worried look. ”I’ll never leave you alone again from now on.”

“You want to be my bodyguard?” Selene laughed.

“Yes, I do.” Austin nodded, “You need protection.”

“Don’t worry about it, and just live your life. I’ll take care of myself. Besides, even if you’re with me 24/7, what will you do? You’re an engineer, not a UFC fighter or a military vet. Also, I doubt they’ll try to do anything to me during the daytime, and I just won’t go out alone at night.”

“Let me at least take you to work every day.”

****

In the next few days, Jennifer did not give Selene any more trouble.

One week later, however, Selene suddenly received a call from the police, who told her that the robbers had admitted to starting the fire.

Selene didn’t believe it for one second and rushed to the police office as quickly as she could.

When she arrived, Selene was surprised to see Clint Denovan there.

He greeted her with a smile. “The police just called me.”

He seemed to be in a good mood. Maybe that was because the crime was finally solved.

Selene nodded at him. She wanted to explain her doubts but chose to put them off until later. The police officer then led them into his office.

“The case has finally been solved.” The policeman smiled, letting out a sigh of relief.

“Did the suspects really admit to the fire?” Selene frowned.

“One of the two robbers admitted that he set the fire by himself. It’s just as I had expected; He was afraid of being charged with homicide.” The policeman explained.

“Then why did he admit to it all of a sudden?”

“I’m not sure. I guess our interviewing techniques wore him down.”

“So, the case is solved, right?”

“Yes. We’ve told you before that we would charge whoever started the fire with homicide. And we will do this on the basis of strong evidence that we have found.”

“What evidence?”

The security cameras on the shop’s side of the street were destroyed, but the ones across on the other side were not. So we checked the footage and found the suspect appearing at three minutes past 1 a. m., right about when the fire was started.”

Selene scanned the video. Just because he was there when the fire had started didn’t necessarily mean that he was the one who did it. But now that he had admitted to it, the police naturally closed the case as solved.

“What’ s wrong? Are you unhappy about the result?”

Selene shook her head but nodded after that.

“Miss Morris thought that someone else had started the fire, so she is now a little surprised to hear that the suspect admitted to it.” Clint chimed in.

“Yes. I’m surprised, indeed.” Selene nodded.Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

When they left the police office, Selene was laden with anxiety. She walked very fast and ignored Clint, who was following her. When Selene walked into the road, Clint pulled her back on the pavement. “Why are you so disappointed? He admitted to the crime.” He said.

Selene suddenly looked at him, expressionless, without saying anything.

Clint felt at a loss and waved his hand in front of her eyes. “What’s wrong?”

Selene turned to look at the cars driving past in the street. “He didn’t set the fire.” She said, her tone not betraying any emotion.

“How can you say that? He has admitted to the crime, and the police showed us the evidence. It must be him. Who else would burn your store and try to kill you?”

“Jennifer Keller.”

Clint’s face went blank for a while until he finally recovered and gave her a half-smile. “What are you talking about? She wouldn’t do anything like that. She’s not evil.”

“What about Dan? Would he do anything that Jennifer asks him to do?”

“Dan is just a playboy wannabe. He wouldn’t be capable of doing something like this.”

“Oh, really? They are your friends, so you must know them quite well.”

“Please be reasonable about this. I know you two have clashed a lot in the past, but do you really think she’d ask someone to start a fire and kill someone?”

“She didn’t intend to kill me. She just wanted to burn my dresses so that I wouldn’t be able to continue in the JU Brand competition. They didn’t know I was locked in the warehouse.”

Clint seemed full of doubt.

Selene looked at him and smiled. “You don’t look convinced.”

“Okay. You may be right, but is there any evidence for this?”

“No. It’s probably lost forever.”

“Regardless of your history with a person, you shouldn’t accuse someone of a crime like this without evidence.”

“So you don’t believe that the fire that nearly killed me had anything to do with Jennifer. Do you?”

“I believe in evidence.” Clint smiled helplessly.

“I see.”