LOGINElara gazed at him with wide eyes, her breath getting shallower by the second. Her thoughts spiraled in various directions, yet none could provide answers to her questions.Julian's brows furrowed even more.“Elara, what—” Julian raised his hand to feel her cheek, but before it could come in contact with it, Elara hurriedly left the room.She made her way to the kitchen and immediately grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.Thankfully, everyone in the household had retired to bed.Chugging down the water in heavy gulps, she dropped the bottle on the counter, heaving out deep breaths as she tried to steady her emotions after this huge discovery.Julian had died... Or more correctly, Julian will die. But why?Was it an accident?Did he have an underlying sickness she wasn't aware of?Was he murdered?The more she thought about the various possibilities that presented themselves, the quicker her heart raced.How much of her knowledge could she trust at this point when the past she wa
Elara's eyes twitched as she looked at Sebastian, who was now laughing at something Lorraine said.Her gaze returned to her phone. Blurred pictures of Richard, hanging from his cell window, were being displayed.Her stomach immediately churned in disgust.She knew Sebastian was someone to be wary of... But never in her wildest imagination did she imagine him being capable of taking it to this extent.Her fists folded tightly the more she thought about it. Without thinking twice, she jerked up, her chair screeching backwards.Her burning gaze remained on Sebastian as she marched towards him, but just when she was two steps away from him, Julian intercepted her.“Come with me.”“Julian —”Before she could utter another word, Julian pulled her to the side.“Your mood changed,” Julian commented.“Sebastian killed him,” Elara gritted her teeth, glaring at Sebastian, who was far away from them.Her gaze returned to Julian. “Richard is dead, hanging in his cell, but I'm sure it wasn't ordina
Evening...“C’mon, guys...” Gwen pouted as she dragged Tristan’s arm.“Gwen is right. It’s been a while since we’ve had a team dinner night since our former teammate quit. The night is still young, after all,” Alex said, then looked at Elara for an answer.Elara let out an awkward smile. “Umm...”“Tonight won’t be possible. I had a little accident, remember? My head is aching so badly right now,” Tristan replied.Gwen sighed, slowly releasing his arm.“I’ll get going then. Gwen, let me drop you off,” Alex said, and Gwen nodded with a smile.They all looked at Elara.“You guys should go without me. I’ll be fine,” she smiled.“Let’s go. I’ll drop you off,” Tristan muttered, taking her bag from her.“I’m fine.” Elara stopped him. “I already booked a ride. It’s on its way.”Tristan frowned. “Are you sure you’ll be fine?”Gwen and Alex exchanged glances with raised brows before looking back at them.“I’ll be fine. Now go. It’s so weird having you worry about me,” Elara smirked.Tristan sta
Tristan let out a soft moan as he opened his eyes, squinting them back at the contact of the ceiling's light.A blurred voice echoed in his head until it became clearer.“Tristan? Can you hear me? Tristan.”Tristan opened his eyes again to see Elara's face close to his, observing him with furrowed brows.“Where am I?” He groaned.“Thank goodness you're safe,” she sighed.Elara cupped his cheek, scanning his face. “Are you feeling hurt? Anything broken?”“I'm fine.” Tristan pulled away from her grip before rubbing his throbbing temples.“What actually happened? Who are those guys?” He asked.Elara bit her lips and looked away.“Richard Davey, the finance director at NovaEdge. He's the one who orchestrated Mr. Harrison's arrest,” Elara explained.Tristan furrowed his brows.“So if I'm getting you correctly, that man framed Mr. Harrison and you found out about it,” he said.Elara nodded with a smile.“Are you dumb or something?”Elara's smile immediately fell.“Because you found out abou
Elara frowned, “What are you even talking about? We need to get Andrew out of there as soon as possible.”“No, we won’t,” Julian muttered, leaning back in his chair.“Huh?” Her brows furrowed.“Let’s say I pull some strings and prove his innocence. That would be us walking directly into Sebastian’s trap. We will definitely get dragged into this mess, especially since the product suspected of using illegal raw material is gallium,” Julian replied.Elara sighed as she sat down on the sofa.“So what do we do now?”“We simply lay back and handle the case behind the scenes,” Julian muttered, picking up a file before handing it to her.Elara flipped through it. It contained a list of people with their faces, names, and other personal information.“One thing is certain — the evidence they have against Mr. Harrison is very clean, which can only mean one thing…”He turned towards the window.“…there’s a spy in his company working for Sebastian, and that spy must have a certain degree of power.
“Your hand, sir.”Andrew bared his handcuffed hands to the male officer for him to uncuff him. He smiled as he rubbed his wrist, glaring at the other officer who sat in front of him, casting an intimidating look at him too.His gaze traveled across the interrogation room, with cameras at the four angles of the room.“Mr. Harrison,” the officer began, skimming through the document in his hand, “I believe you know why you’re here.”Andrew smirked. “I believe you know you’ll be in serious trouble for arresting a busy person like me over some silly claims,” he replied.“Silly claims, you say?” The officer let out a brief laugh. “You business moguls are all the same. Shameless till the very end,” he spat.Andrew slammed his hands loudly against the table, standing up.“How many times do I have to tell you? I’ve never purchased anything like that. Check my company’s records!” He snapped.Andrew glared at him. “Once this case is settled, you’ll have my lawyer to answer. Believe me,” he sneer







