My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

Chapter 62

My temples were throbbing. After comforting Monique, I left the interrogation room. Josiah was waiting

for me in the hall. He spotted me and approached me. He asked, "Is she okay?"

"How many years will she be sentenced if she's convicted?" I questioned with a heavy heart. I was

having a migraine.

"Either fifteen years of imprisonment, lifetime imprisonment, or a death penalty. It depends on the

amount of methamphetamine that was found. The bigger the amount, the heavier the penalty," Josiah

replied after leaving the police station with me.

My head was buzzing and my visions blurred. Andrea was cruel. She had ruined Monique's life with a

bar.

"Don't worry, the police are still investigating. There's still hope." Josiah helped me to the rest area and

comforted me.

I grabbed him and stared at him. "What hope?"

"She'll be released if the police find out that she’s not involved. Also, they ran a test and it proved she

was not taking methamphetamine. Her wardrobe is in the bar, so it's possible that someone had This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

planted it. After the police find the person who messed with her wardrobe, it would be less likely for her

to be the culprit."

"That's right. We should check the bar's surveillance cameras!" I stood up abruptly and wanted to rush

to Telepathy Bar.

However, Josiah grabbed me. He seemed a little helpless and explained, "The police thought of the

same thing too. You should worry about someone meddling with the surveillance cameras."

My brows twitch at his words. I yanked at my hair irritably and stared at Josiah, saying, "You should

leave, I need to be on my own."

Josiah wanted to speak but he paused when he saw that I was annoyed. He then reminded me, "Call

me if you need me."

He left after that.

I stood at the entrance of the police station for some time before getting into the car.

In a phone call with Kelsy, she informed me that she had compiled the comparison report for the

auditing companies. She proceeded to email it to me and asked me to look through them. I replied to

her briefly as my head was in a mess.

After hesitating for a while, I drove to the villa. Recently, I had been staying away from the villa to avoid

Hendrix. However, there were things that I could not escape.

It was still early when I returned to the villa, thus it was empty. The bedroom door and bathroom door

on the second floor had both been replaced with new ones.

I knew that panicking would not help. Therefore, I went to the study and checked Kelsey's report. I

knew that Alford Audit had a high chance of getting it. Surprisingly, Brilliant Audit was second after

Alford Audit.

Brilliant Audit was a relatively new company but it was able to compete with a group of experienced

companies. It had even managed to beat a lot of firms in the competition.

Hendrix had probably chosen Brilliant Audit because he saw its potential.

Recalling the previous occurrence in the basement, I denied Alford Audit and made a phone call to

Kelsey.

The phone rang twice and was connected swiftly. Kelsey greeted, "Miss Reid."

"Inform everyone that Brilliant Audit will handle Roberts Group's annual audit."

Kelsey seemed to be a little surprised. She asked hesitantly, "Miss Reid, but Alford Audit won. If you

hand the project over to Brilliant Audit, I'm afraid that Alford Audit will make a fuss."

I knew about that. Michael had abducted me from the basement and forced me through an ordeal to

threaten me. In the end, he had only requested me to hold a tender.

He also wanted me to choose the victor. Yet, I had never intended to let the winner take charge of

Roberts Group's annual audit!