Female Novel
Chapter 176
Chapter 176 I Will Not Give Up
Half an hour later, Jonathan pulled over at the entrance of the ecological park’s construction site!
He saw countless patrolling cars and a few fire engines. Although things were under control, the entiresite was a mess with smoke gushing out from the burned down buildings.
Thankfully, it was just an ordinary constriction side; if it was a chemical plant, it might be a catastrophicdisaster capable of wiping out the living beings nearby.
“Mr. Goldstein!” Immediately after Jonathan alighted from the car, Harrison rushed over.
He had a disheveled look. It was evident he had been trying his best to make sure everything wasunder control as well.
“What’s going on?” Jonathan queried with a frown.
“It was my fault! I’m so sorry for disappointing you! I’m ready to bear the consequences of mynegligence!”
Instead of making excuses to defend himself, Harrison kneeled in front of Jonathan seconds after heconfessed and indicated his will to bear the consequences of the arson.
As a soldier, he was conscious of Jonathan’s pet peeves—he couldn’t stand others making excuses fortheir mistakes.
Instead of reprimanding Harrison, Jonathan queried in return, “Now isn’t the time to hold youaccountable. Have you found the mastermind?”
Harrison shook his head and answered with his face puckered in wrath, “No! We can’t get anything onthem because they’ve destroyed the surveillance camera beforehand! On top of that, they did a greatjob covering their presence shortly after fleeing the scene!”
Needless to say, Harrison was equally frustrated because no one had ever challenged him when hewas known as the most ruthless man in Jadeborough.
He was aware that his reputation would be at stake if words of the incident made it to the rest of hispeers.
“It seems like they’ve been planning this for quite some time. Has anyone informed Josephine?”
Harrison couldn’t fathom the emotions associated with Jonathan’s indifferent look.
He answered while shaking his head, “She’s not aware of the arson because I haven’t had the time totell her!”
“If that’s the case, keep her in the dark for as long as possible,” Jonathan instructed nonchalantly.
“Yes, Mr. Goldstein!”
Another cab showed up at the entrance when the duo was about to wrap up their conversation.
Josephine rushed out of the cab and hurried her way to Jonathan when she saw him.
She asked, “What’s going on? Why have the buildings been burned down?”
Afraid she couldn’t take the truth after the series of incidents she had gone through over the past fewdays, Jonathan made something up to deceive her and said, “Maybe it’s the weather! It has been quitehot recently. Don’t you think so?”
“Seriously? Do you think I’m going to fall for something so absurd?” Josephine wasn’t convinced at allbecause it was almost winter.
On top of that, there were strong gusts everywhere throughout the past few days. In short, it wasimpossible the weather was the reason behind the fire.
When she was about to say something else, a few firefighters approached them and asked, “May Iknow if the person in charge of the construction site is here?”
“Oh, I’m the person in charge!”
Josephine approached them and asked, “Sir, how is it? Is the fire under control? Are there anycasualties?”
“Thankfully, there are no casualties. With that being said, we found a lot of gasoline in the pile ofrubble. Can you please tell us the rationale for having such a large amount of gasoline on theconstruction site?”
“Gasoline?”
Josephine gaped in disbelief when she heard the firefighter. She slurred her question, “I-I’m not evenaware of the presence of gasoline in the construction site!”
The firefighters exchanged glances and came to another conclusion. One of them announced, “If that’sthe case, then it is highly likely that this is a case of arson. However, we can’t rule out the possibilitiesof the ones in charge setting the fire as well. We’re going to carry out a series of investigations toensure justice is served.”
Josephine recalled the conversation she had with Timothy about a day ago once the firefighter sharedtheir hypotheses with her.
Gosh! I’m sure the Turner family is behind this! I can’t even think of anyone else apart from Timothy!
“Thank you so much, and I’m so sorry for the inconvenience!”
“We’re merely trying to carry out our duties to keep the civilians safe.” The firefighter and the policeofficers departed once they had everything sorted out with Josephine.
Josephine returned to Jonathan’s side and wondered, “It has nothing to do with the weather; it’s theTurner’s family’s doings, isn’t it?”
“Yes! I can’t think of others apart from them since they are the only ones who stand to gain from ourfailure!”novelbin
Initially, he thought of keeping her in the dark for as long as possible, but it was a mission impossiblesince Josephine had made it to the scene.
“This is too much!” Josephine didn’t even bother to conceal her frustration anymore. The Turner familyshouldn’t have resorted to something so extreme when Josephine was ready to surrender the project.
She had spent countless sleepless nights to ensure everything was fine with the construction of theecological park.
It took her a long time to snap out of the state of bewilderment when there was nothing but a pile ofrubble left after the fire.
“It’s really not a big deal. We’ll just have to build everything from scratch again.” Jonathan ran hisfingers through her hair, trying to console the upset woman.
Out of the blue, Josephine looked at Jonathan in the eyes and announced with a determined look,“Jonathan, I’ve made up my mind! I’m not going to give up just yet! You’re right—they don’t get to call
the shots when they’re nothing but members of the upper echelon! There’s no way I’m allowing them toget things their way! It’s time for them to bear the consequences of their actions!”
Jonathan was surprised in a pleasant way when he heard Josephine announcing her next best courseof action. He added, “Now, this is the Josephine I know! I knew there was no way you would allowothers to take advantage of you!”
This is the courageous woman who has insisted on getting married to me in spite of the disagreementfrom the rest of the Smith family! She’s finally back!
“Jonathan, I’m so sorry for throwing a tantrum at you…”
All of a sudden, Josephine muttered to herself with her cheeks blushing in embarrassment when sherecalled the time she vent her frustration on Jonathan.
“What is it? When did you throw a tantrum? Why can’t I recall anything of that sort?” Jonathan couldn’tcare less. Since he had made up his mind to keep her company for the rest of her life, he would haveto deal with her emotional breakdown from time to time.
“Jonathan, thank you.” The indifferent Josephine felt her heart skipping a beat for the first time in quitea while.
A few seconds later, she heard her phone buzzing.