Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
“Okay, Mr. Clement.” Matteo made a few phone calls. Then, he looked at Cornell with layers of sweat on his forehead. “Mr. Clement, she’s still detained at the police station.”
Cornell raised his eyebrows and asked, “What happened?”
“Cary Blake, the CEO of Sino Entertainment, accused her of drugging him. She’s being held there for interrogation.”
Cornell clenched his fists tightly, his face cold. He said firmly, “Turn the car.”
“Okay, Mr. Clement.”
Matteo then made a U-turn.
As soon as Matteo and Cornell entered the police station, Matteo saw Stefan in the lobby, pacing back and forth anxiously.
Audrey was still in the interrogation room. She had been there for quite some time. No one knew what was going on inside. Stefan wondered why the interrogation took so long.
With Erick out of the country and no connections in Ardlens, Stefan was on edge, his mind full of worries for Audrey.
Stefan’s unease didn’t go unnoticed by Cornell. When he passed by Stefan, Cornell raised his chin and taunted, “Now you know you can’t protect her.”
After saying this, Cornell walked straight in without even giving Stefan a chance to respond.
Audrey’s interrogation had already ended. Since she hadn’t done anything illegal, she naturally denied the accusations. She recounted in detail everything she remembered that day.
However, Cary had concrete evidence with Audrey’s fingerprints on the paper bag containing the drug.
Audrey was baffled. She was the victim of the drug and would do anything but drug Cary. But she couldn’t fathom why her fingerprints were on the paper bag.
At this moment, the interrogation room’s door was pushed open from the outside. Then, a policeman poked his head in and announced, “Miss Foster, your lawyer is here.”
The lawyer negotiated until Audrey was allowed to get bailed out.
However, she was restricted from traveling abroad until the matter was resolved.
Audrey didn’t bother to ask about the arrangement of the lawyer. This eloquent lawyer was probably hired by Erick.
As soon as Audrey stepped out of the interrogation room, another well-dressed gentleman approached her. “Hello! Are you Miss Foster? I am Mr. Foster’s lawyer. He entrusted your case to me.”
Audrey was surprised to hear this. She turned to the lawyer who had just helped her and asked, “If you’re not my brother’s lawyer, who are you?”
The lawyer smiled and said, “I am from the legal department of the Clement Group.”
Audrey was stunned for a moment. She didn’t expect that the man who helped her was one of Clement Group’s lawyers. After all, she had misunderstood Cornell and sent him to the police station. But he went out of his way to help her.
While Audrey was lost in thought, a masculine voice sounded behind her. “It’s okay. You don’t have to worry about it.”
Audrey looked up in astonishment, only to see Cornell’s tired but still handsome face. Complicated emotions surged in her heart.
As soon as Stefan received the news that Audrey had bailed out, he rushed over. Since the temperature in the hall was low, he immediately took off his coat and wrapped it around Audrey’s shoulders, thinking she must be cold.
When Cornell saw this scene, he clenched his fists tightly again.
Audrey turned to Cornell and said gratefully, “Thank you.” She felt obligated to express her gratitude. After all, she couldn’t deny the fact that he had helped her.
“Audrey, you don’t have to be so polite with me,” Cornell said in a low and magnetic voice. But he sounded a little hoarse due to sleepless nights.
Cornell’s tightly clenched fists behind his back slowly relaxed. This series of subtle gestures was never noticed by others.
Cornell smiled self-deprecatingly. Never did he think that one day he would become so cautious in concealing his emotions. But he didn’t mind. He was already happy that Audrey didn’t reject his help. She even thanked him.
After thanking Cornell, Audrey turned to Stefan and asked, “Did you buy me a new phone?”
“Yes,” Stefan replied, handing the new phone to Audrey. It was the same as her previous one.
Audrey took it and worked on it for a while.
Then, Audrey turned to Cornell and said, “Mr. Clement, I have just transferred one hundred twenty thousand dollars to your bank account.”
Cornell’s handsome face instantly turned pale. He pressed his thin lips into a straight line. Then, he asked in a low voice, “What do you mean?”
Audrey curled her lips and quickly lowered her gaze. Then, her expression returned to normal. “I calculated based on the annual salary of the legal department of the Clement Group. Although it’s less than an hour, I accounted it as an hour. Thank you very much for your help.”
As soon as she said this, the spacious room suddenly fell silent.
Cornell froze for a moment. Sadness and embarrassment filled his deep eyes. He didn’t expect her to draw a clear line between them. Audrey was willing to let Stefan buy her a phone. But when it came to him, she had to meticulously account for such a trivial matter.
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Cornell couldn’t help asking, “Do you really have to draw a clear line between us?” His voice trembled as he tried to suppress his emotions.
“Mr. Clement, please don’t say that. Why should I draw a line? I never had any relationship with you, so there is no need to draw any lines.
Please stop getting ahead of yourself. My family can afford to pay for lawyers. Besides, I haven’t done anything wrong, so there’s really no need for you to do that,” Audrey replied calmly.
The implication of Audrey’s words was clear. Cornell should mind his own business.
Audrey was level-minded. She had to thank Cornell for helping her out and she ought to pay for it. That way, they would be even and owe nothing to each other.
Still, Audrey sensed something was amiss. She had never drugged anyone. So, even though her fingerprints were on the paper bag, it didn’t matter. She believed that the police would be fair in their investigation and prove her innocence.
The reason Cary accused her of drugging him remained a mystery to Audrey. With this question in mind, she walked out of the police station, paying no heed to Cornell’s displeased expression.
After a momentary pause, Cornell furrowed his brow and followed Audrey.
Outside the police station, Stefan quickly walked to the passenger seat and opened the door for Audrey.
Watching them from afar, Cornell realized that he didn’t feel much pain at the sight after his heart underwent the turmoil. He was almost numb.
Cornell told himself to endure it. After all, he had waited so long for Audrey to come back to his life. He should avoid doing things she detested. He would never let her disappear again.
Audrey was about to get in Stefan’s car when her phone rang. It was Annis calling.
Audrey pressed the answer button and said cheerfully, “Annis, I’m on my way home now. Have you picked Janey up from kindergarten?”
On the other end of the line, Annis could no longer control her panic. “Janey is missing!”
Upon hearing Annis’ words of Janey’s missing, Audrey’s legs turned to jelly. “Annis, what do you mean by that? Where was Janey last seen?
What exactly had happened?”
Annis said between sobs, “Back then, the driver and I were already outside the kindergarten before the bell rang. We were waiting for Janey to go out. But the gate of the kindergarten was crowded with people who kept saying they were looking for the child of that bad woman. The bad woman they were referring to was you. They said there were videos on the Internet to prove it.
I had no idea what was going on. When I finally squeezed through the crowd and got into the kindergarten, the teacher told me that Janey probably hid somewhere in the kindergarten out of fear. Those teachers said they couldn’t find Janey yet.”
When Audrey heard this, she felt like she was struck by lightning.
Her face instantly turned pale, and her legs went limp. But she tried her best to speak. “Annis, keep looking for her. I’ll be right there.”
Stefan overheard Audrey’s conversation with Annis on the phone. He didn’t ask any questions and started the car without hesitation. He turned to Audrey and comforted her, “Calm down. Janey will be fine.
Let’s go and see what exactly is going on.”
Behind them, Cornell was standing in front of the vehicle. Although he didn’t hear anything, he saw how Audrey freaked out and exclaimed something on the phone. Even from a distance, he felt how anxious she was. He wondered what had gone down.
Then, Cornell saw Stefan’s car dash away. His face instantly darkened.
He quickly got in the car and ordered, “Follow them.”
In the car.
“Mr. Clement, something’s up!” said Matteo after checking on the latest news.
When Cornell saw Matteo’s solemn expression, a bad feeling surged in his heart. He asked nervously, “What is it?”
“The video of the dinner party Miss Foster attended last night has gone viral. They are saying…” Matteo paused. He didn’t know whether he should continue or not.
Cornell’s face turned cold. He questioned, “What did they say?”
Wiping off the sweat on his forehead, Matteo answered cautiously, “Some netizens asserted Miss Foster attempted to seduce Cary, the head of Sino Entertainment for the sake of business. They speculated she drugged Cary and took a video she could use to blackmail him and thus seal the cooperation. Worse, they even argued that this was not her first time playing a trick like this.”
After a pause, Matteo uttered the rest of the sentence with difficulty, “They… They call her a slut.”
Upon hearing this, the expression on Cornell’s face changed dramatically.
Matteo continued, “The public opinion has fermented in just two hours. It seems that someone is behind it. Cary’s wife had made a statement, accusing Miss Foster of being…”
Matteo’s voice trailed off. He felt like the words were stuck in his throat. Those baseless accusations were so harsh that he didn’t dare to say them. It was as if those words could kill him if he spoke them out.
But in the end, Matteo had to bite the bullet. “Cary’s wife called Miss Foster a social butterfly. She said Miss Foster has many little tricks to seduce men.”
As he spoke, Matteo didn’t even dare to look at Cornell’s face.