Female Novel
Chapter 192
Selena turned and stared at Pierre whose dark eyes emanated a unique gleam; there was no signof teasing or mockery, merely sincerity. “Really?”
“Do I need to lie to you?” Pierre sneered.
“But everyone else is saying that it was deliberate on my part. And you know I’m the kind of personwho allows no wrong against me to go unavenged, so it’s entirely possible that I wanted to kill heramidst the chaos.”
“If you truly wanted to kill her, there wouldn’t be such an uproar.”
Lowering her head, Selena smiled. Although we’ve only known each other for a short time, heknows me quite well. Looks like I’ve bagged a good one.
“Do you need my help?”
“No.” Selena shook her head. “Just hold me like this. I want to sleep for a bit.” Online abuse was akind of invisible violence, and this was her first time encountering it, so she had difficulty coping.
When she woke up the next day, she was lying on the bed, while Pierre was gone some time ago.She stared at the ceiling for several seconds, her gaze filled with determination. Getting out of bed,she then had breakfast with Juniper before taking her to the office.
At the company, Selena reminded all employees to be mindful of their safety and gave them time offduring this period, closing all shops. She also assured them that she’d think of a way to sue thosewho were kicking up trouble and settle this issue as soon as possible.
After the meeting had ended, she called Linda into her office. “Linda, I need to investigatesomething during this period. It might not be convenient for me to bring Juniper along, so I’ll beentrusting her to you.”
“Sure, no problem. But President Yard…” Linda hemmed and hawed, no words forthcoming.
“What is it? Just give it to me straight.” As Selena straightened her table, she lifted her head andcast her a glance.
“President Yard, we all think you should leave for now and go back to the headquarters atSpringvale. The headquarters haven’t been affected in any way. Time dilutes everything, so you canjust return after some time. I don’t mean anything else, President Yard. It’s just that you haveSpringvale citizenship. If they truly obtain any evidence and want to convict you, they can’t doanything if you’re not here. I’m not trying to imply anything here. I just think that it’ll be safer if yougo back.” Linda looked at her sympathetically.
Selena’s movements stilled. Leave? It’s not that I didn’t think of it, but I can’t leave. “If I leave, I’madmitting defeat.”
“President Yard—”
“I’ll never admit defeat. There’s the word ‘failure’ in my vocabulary, but never ‘defeat.’ The personwho planned this wants to chase me away, no? In that case, I’ll never allow it to happen! Don’tworry. I know you guys are thinking of me, but this is my homeland. Staying or leaving is my choice,and I won’t allow anyone to decide it for me.” Selena’s eyes shone with resolution.
Never had she been this determined to stay. When she was successful in Springvale, she onceconsidered staying there and never coming back. However, why shouldn’t she come back? Thiswas her homeland, and everything she missed was here.
Familiar with Selena’s temperament, Linda could only nod. “Tell me if you need anything, then.”novelbin
“Don’t worry. Go and get busy.”
Selena then left after handling all business matters. I must find evidence to prove my innocencewhile I’m still on bail! Linda is right in that I’ll very likely be convicted if the police find anything sinceI’m staying here. Therefore, I can’t just sit around and do nothing. The incident happened at thehospital, so I’ve got to make a trip there and naturally start with the surveillance tapes.