Chapter 351 No Intention of Running
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just woke up. Someone sent them to me.” Emelie’s voice was <b>raspy </b>from waldog, <b>up</b><b>, </b><b>and </b>she was feeling a bit scared.Content (C) N?v/elDra/ma.Org.
Those photos were a huge problem. They looked too much like she had arranged for someone to hurt Elena, and afterward, the other party had sent her the photos
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Her hand holding the phone was shalding. It <b>was </b><b>a </b>kind of fear that felt like riding blindfolded <b>at </b>the edge of <b>a </b>deep pool in the dead of night
Despite her fear, Emelie wasn’t panicking. She checked the timestamp of the message <b>again</b>. “It <b>was </b>sent <b>at </b>400 <b>am</b>, <b>and </b>when I tried <b>calling </b>back, the <b>number </b><b>had </b>already been shut eft.”
Ashley honed in on the enicial detail. “Are you sure it’s not <b>a </b>bummer or a disconnected number? Is it a regr number?”
Emelie pressed her lips together. “<b>Yeah</b><b>, </b><b>a </b>regr number, from Capebatt City.”
<b>“</b><b>This </b>is diery,” Ashley said, twisting open a bottle of mineral water “<b>Send </b>me the number; I’ll ask around. I’m on my way to Weston for a flight.”
The high–speed train to Weston would have been more convenient, but since there were no tickets avable, she had no choice but to take a flight.
she copied the phone number and sent it to Ashley <b>via </b>WhatsApp while still on the call. <b>Suddenly</b>, Ashley eximed, “Emelie.”
“Yeah, I’m listening.” Emelie replied.
Ashley sterly questioned, “Are you <b>sure </b>these photos, <b>this </b>whole thing, has nothing to do with you?
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Emelie understood Ashley’s need for reassurance. She closed her eyes, calming down after the initial shock of seeing the photos upon <b>waking </b>up. “<b>I </b>assure you, it has absolutely <b>nothing </b>to do with me,” Emelle beplied firmly.
“Good. Theodoassay–contact <b>the </b>police immediately and band over the photos, Ashley instructed.
Emelie hesitated for a moment. It felt as though she had unexpectedly found stolen goods in her possession. She feared she might not exin herself clearly and could be mistaken for the culprit.
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Ashley reassured her, “If you’re innocent, thew will dear your name. No one can harm you. But if you don’te forward now, it will only get more if ites to <b>light </bnes.”
Emelie sighed, “Lunderstand.”
“Keep in touch if anythinges up,” Ashley said before ending the call
Ashley felt increasingly suspicious about the situation, especially since the phone <b>number </b>wasn’t a virtual or inactive one.
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Emelie looked at the photos of lena again, she had thought that the water’s timely intervention spared Elena from <b>the </b><b>worst </b><bst </b>night. Little did she expecti two men would take photos of her. If these were to spread, Elena would be even more devastated.
Emelie found the <b>phone </b>number of the police officer who <b>had </b>asked her toe to the station yesterday and called him.
The call connected.
“Hello, Mr. Hond, I wanted to talk to you about something this morning
“Ms. Hoven, I <b>was </b>just about to call you,” <b>Judas </b><b>Hond </b>interrupted.
Emelie was out off mid–sentence. Her eyelids twitched with a sense of ease. “What’s the matter?”
“We need you toe down to the Weston print right away.”
<b>“</b>Now?” Emelie hesitated. “<b>I </b>have to work today, cane in after finish in the evening?
Judas replied firmly, “We’ve apprehended those two men. They confessed that you instructed them to harass Ms. Allen. Therefore, you muste in immediately for questioning.”
Emeletelt aightening in her throat. “it wasn’t me. I didn’t instruct anyone to do it I <b>don’t </b>even know them,
She was at <b>a </b><b>loss </b>for words.
The police were no longer seeking her cooperation but were now demanding her presence for questioning<b>. </b>It felt entirely different fromst night.
She even had a foreboding that going to the police station today might not end as smoothly<b>.</b>
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After getting out of bed, Emelie didn’t put on <b>a </b>coat or wrapped herself in a nket. She sat on the bed in her thin nightwear, feeling an icy had been drained from her body.
She messaged Ashley about the situation
Ashley replied shortly, “Don’t in. The police don’t have cute evidence yet. If they did, they wouldn’t be calling you, they’d be locking on your door.” Emelie had no intention of numing. Yet, he now understood the anciety of those who fled when in trouble.
The unknown was indeed the most frightening<b>.</b>
She dialed ryan for the third time that moming “Mr. Swanson, something hase up. I need to take a leave today.”
Bryan’s cal voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction. “Ms. Hoven, have you forgotten about our moming meeting? hized you to assist me in my work. Do you think you’re up to the task?
“ME Swanson, I’m sorry, something unexpected came up. I’ve got all <b>the </b>meeting materials ready, I’ll send them to Ms. Lean Indiately. She’ll be hilly capable of assisting you.”
Bryan said nothing foether and promptly ended the call
Chapter 351 No Intention of Running
Emelie let out a sigh. She got out of bed, freshened up, changed clothes, packed bread and milk into her bag, and then left the room.
As she descended the <b>stairs</b>, she suddenly wondered why nothing seemed to go smoothly since arriving in Weston.
William caught sight of her hurriedly leaving the hotel. His dark eyes were inscrutable, revealing nothing beneath their ck depths.