SWNOVELS Chapter 239
Chapter 239 A Devious Plot
The living room had clearly been ransacked. All the drawers were pulled out. Whoever broke in must have been in a hurry that they had no time to put things back. Vases and bolsters strewn across the floor.
I stumbled into the bedroom, where I found all the drawers being forcefully opened. My belongings were all over the place.
The handover-related documents and my patent certificates were nowhere to be found.
I felt my head spinning. Jill quickly held me when she saw I was about to pass out.
She advised, "Hey, stop searching. We should stay away from the crime scene. Don't worry. Let's call the police for now."
She helped me onto the bed while calling the police. "Hi, is this the police? There was a break-in. Here's the address..."
Leonard and Amelia arrived almost at the same time as the police. He retreated in guilt when he saw me and Jill at home, but he never let go of Amelia's hand.
He faced the police with indifference. "Sir, I think we have a misunderstanding here. This is my home. I'm the owner."
The property manager entered the place with the police and quickly verified Leonard's identity.
Jill glared at him and raised her hand. "Sir, I'm the one who called the police. My friend is the
homeowner too. She's the wife.
"We came home to the mess. Even the security cameras were damaged. We suspect it was a break-in. My friend's important documents and patent certificates were stolen. The projects in question are billion-dollar projects!" While speaking, Jill seethed at Leonard. She highlighted the details in hope that the police would take the case seriously. I believed they would not brush off such a major case.
Anyone in the know surely understood the motive behind the break-in. Leonard was dead set on defending his first love.
"Sir, it's a misunderstanding. I'll explain everything to the ladies. Sorry for the trouble.
"I forgot the passcode, and I acted rashly because the company has run into some problems.
"Amelia here is my secretary. She came with a group to look for what I needed, and it was a great help to me."
Leonard turned to me and dropped some hints. He said to the police, "I didn't communicate well with my wife. The team failed to clean up the mess after they left. That's it."
He shouldered all the blame and painted Amelia as an innocent secretary who was taking orders. Despite my anger, I had no way of proving that I lost the important documents.
In the end, the police made some quick notes and told me to report my losses. But I had no idea how to even describe my loss and estimate the magnitude of it.
Amelia was close to tears after the police left. Leonard, feeling sorry, pulled her into a hug. It's fine now. That was no big deal. You must have been scared."
"No. I'm sorry for acting rashly," she said between sobs while shooting me a smug look
I coldly glanced at Amelia before turning to Leonard. "You ordered Amelia to steal the handover documents from my home, didn't you?
Leonard paused. Amelia quickly tugged at his sleeve, an action I found repulsive. I used to do the same to Leonard, thinking it was a sweet and romantic gesture. In the end, I realized I was a joke-useless and reliant on my CEO husband. I stared at Leonard without any expression. "Speak."
"You know very well whoever is in charge will be put in jail when her identity is exposed.
That's why you want me to serve the sentence on Amelia's behalf. Is that right? Wow, Leonard Harmon, you're a slick one!"