Chapter 168 – After the One-Night Stand with a Heartless Billionaire

Anna still felt scared at the thought of two children trapped in the fire. She took a deep breath and then continued to watch the video.

Tammy and Matthew both had a sweet tooth. They immediately went to Mike‘s side after they entered the kitchen, and it looked like they did it very often. Mike pointed at the oven to them, and then to Kenny.

Then, the two children followed Kenny out. After that, Kenny was not in the picture again until the fire broke out.

According to the hotel‘s investigation, Mike had gone to the storeroom to smoke at that time. Mike was a chain smoker, and it was known to all the people in the hotel.

Anna first watched the whole video from the first minute to the last. Then, she skipped the beginning and end, and carefully watched the crucial part in the middle

However, she found nothing because everything looked perfectly normalm making he fire seem like an accident

After watching the camera footage in the kitchen, Anna checked the storage room video. However, she still found nothing.

The reason why the hotel put surveillance in the storage room was to prevent people from stealing things. So, the camera was only focused on the goods on the shelves and could not shoot the other few corners. And even if someone was there, they would not be captured by the camera

Anna thought she didn‘t even need to watch the video of the kitchen door because many waiters passed by there. She didn‘t see anyone suspicious except the two kids that strutted into the kitchen

But then, something suddenly occurred to Anna, When the fire happened, she went to the lounge to look for Tmmy and Matthew. Then, a waiter told her that Matthew had gone to the restroom with the head waiter. That was why she thought Matthew was not with Tammy.

But, even if she recalled for a long time, she couldn’t remember who that waiter was.

Moreover, she had a hunch that Kenny might have done something suspicious. After watching the videotape, Anna was sure that Kenny was in the kitchen with the two children. However, when he came out, he only that said Tammy was in there. Everyone in the hotel knew that Matthew was Wayne‘s son. So, Kenny should have said that Matthew was there first.

After that, Anna found a piece of paper and wrote down three suspicious points about the incident

First, the head waiter did not take Matthew to the bathroom at all; the waiter lied. Second, Kenny only said that Tammy was in the kitchen but did not mention Matthew.

Third, why was Matthew inside the cold room? While Anna was thinking hard about these three suspicious things, she heard someone open the bedroom door. Then, a person opened the door to the study and handed in a box of takeout food.

“Hey, Ms. Holmes, are you still solving the case? Don’t forget to eat.” Peace said at the door and pretended to be cold.

Anna immediately felt moved.

As they were eating, she told Peace about what she thought. Peace said thoughtfully, “Well, I think you can just ask them. About the first thing, you can ask the waiter who told you that Matthew went to the bathroom. Only Kenny knows the answer to the second question. About the last, you can just ask Tammy or Matthew himself! You can‘t know the truth even though you keep thinking about it.”

“Peace, I‘m going to Liverpool,” Anna said slowly and thoughtfully.

Peace was choked with water when she heard her words. She coughed and asked, “What? Anna, are you crazy? Why do you have to make things so complicated! You are going to Liverpool just to find Mike?”

“I want to ask him if he smoked in the storage room that day.”

Peace knew that Anna was a stubborn person and knew that Wayne had indeed pissed her off.

After realizing that Anna would go there no matter what she said, she said, “Oh, okay. Anna, if you really want to go there, just do it. I‘ll ask them these questions for you later, okay?”

“What? You can do it?” Anna asked, looking at her suspiciously.

Peace, however, smiled at Anna. She stroked her hair, raised her eyebrows proudly, and answered, “Yes, I can. You know, I‘m very popular among gentlemen. Besides, someone in the hotel had a crush on me.”

Anna felt resigned. She said, “Well, thank you. But, Karl should never know about this. Otherwise, that guy will be screwed.”

Karl and Peace were both flirts. When they first dated, Anna thought they were just having fun. But, Anna didn‘t expect Karl to change from a womanizer to a loyal boyfriend.

What surprised her even more was that Peace was the one who was not so faithful. So, Anna thought Peace could only meet that guy behind Karl‘s back. Otherwise, that poor guy might be fired

In the award of the hospital, the dark clouds outside the window blocked the light. It looked like there might be a storm later

The dim sky made the lights in the room look bright and a bit blinding The light shone on the shiny white walls as if everything in the whole room could be hidden

Charlotte stood by the window on the phone in a pink striped hospital gown. She had a bandage in one hand and a phone in the other

What‘s going on? You told me before that this would only be a small fire But how did it become like this? So, what am I supposed to do? Were you trying to hurt me on purpose?”

Then Ada said, “Gee, what makes you think that? I wouldn‘t get anything out of it if I harmed you I‘ve told you that the big fire was an accident Besides, I took precautions long ago. I assured you before that Matthew would not be harmed So, he wasn‘t even hurt in the cooler when you went in Charlotte, how could you say this to me? I gave you a perfect chance to let Wayne be grateful to you So, why are you blaming me?”

Charlotte immediately became gloomy Whenever she thought of that fire, she felt her heart pounding

She growled, “Humph! Don‘t think too highly of yourself I know that you helped me because you hated Anna I put my life on the line when I rushed in to save Matthew. But have you ever thought that what if I didn‘t have the quts to do that? Then, Matthew might be dead. You‘re so hornble!”

When Charlotte saw how big the fire was, she was terrified She felt that it was nothing like what she had expected before But she was terrified that Matthew would get hurt. So, she got all her nerves and rushed in At that time, she didn‘t even dare to think about what would have happened if she hadn‘t gone in and rescued Matthew

Charlotte thought to herself, it seems that Ada did it only to benefit herself. She didn‘t even care about Matthew‘s life! My God, she is so vicious!

“Ada, I‘m warning you, you should stop whatever you‘re doing. Also, I don‘t want them to spread rumors that Anna was involved in this. That‘s it! Our cooperation is over.” Although Charlotte said that in a grim voice, she was trembling She whispered those words as low as she could.

Ada gave a sneer and replied, “What? Charlotte, aren‘t you afraid I‘ll tell Wayne the truth? You know what he would do to you if he knows about it.”

“I don‘t want to go against you. As you know, ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend.’ Don‘t you think so, Miss Wilson?”

Charlotte suddenly felt that Ada‘s voice was like a black hole. Also, she knew that she had been pulled to the edge of the abyss by Ada. If she didn‘t stop, she would get herself into a lot of trouble

Charlotte took a deep breath and whispered, “I know you‘re doing this to get back at Anna and Wayne. You hate them because you think that you‘ve lost everything you could have gotten because of them. You want money, don‘t you? I can give you as much money as you want. But, I want you to end this nonsense immediately.”

Ada snorted right away and said, “I wish you could say that to Wayne, too.”

“What?! You…”

Ada said in a dominating tone, “Charlotte, do you still think you‘re still a kind woman after all this? You tried to get Wayne to pay attention to you before, and I‘ve helped you achieve your goal. Am I right?”

Charlotte froze and then started to think about how good Wayne had been to her in the past few days.

She thought to herself, Wayne was always so sweet to me before I got married. Unfortunately, I took all that for granted. Later, I went through a rough time in France. It was not until then that I realized how much Wayne had pampered me. Yet, even after I saved Matthew‘s life, Wayne would never be that good to me ever again.

Charlotte had mixed feelings when she thought about the past. She asked, “Ada, what the hell do you want from me?”

Hearing this, Ada gave a sneer as if she had expected Charlotte to ask this. She replied, “Hey, don‘t worry, I won‘t ask you to do anything illegal. All you have to do is carry out your original plan. So, figure out how to get Wayne to fall in love with you again.”

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