Jean didn't say anything more, but his hands continued to caress her hand to calm her down. From Lilia's attitude, Jean knew that the woman that got arrested was soone important to his wife. He wouldn't let anyone interfere with their relationship!
anwhile, Lilia went back to thinking about what llie said before she was arrested. Her gaze automatically turned to Andrew who was sitting beside her. The Austin Family and the Irwan Family were great friends, so the man should have recognized llie if they t.
"Brother Andrew, does the Irwan family have anyone...?"
Unfortunately, Lilia's question was interrupted by Leonard's appearance. Andrew imdiately jumped up from his chair and approached the man, "How about it, Leonard? Do you need anything?" He asked worriedly.
Leonard walked up to them and hit Andrew on the back, "You are easily worried! It so happened that the victim in this incident was willing to withdraw his report, so that the woman and her n could be released." Leonard said.
Andrew laughed with relief when he heard that, "Thank you, Leo. I know you can always be counted on!" He praised him.
Even though Andrew said that, he didn't really believe Leonard's words. He knew this classmate very well, so he couldn't believe that the victim in this case suddenly retracted his report. Andrew believed that Leonard did sothing that made the victim change his mind.
At that ti, Leonard stole several glances at Lilia. Every ti their gazes t, Leonard's eyes always flashed with interest. But that man didn't say anything to Lilia.
"You don't need to thank ." Leonard said to Andrew, "The victim in this case reported to the police because he was scared to death of the debt collectors. After he cald down, he canceled the report. I hardly did anything." Leonard replied.
Andrew nodded, "Fine, but it doesn't change the fact that you help . If you have free ti, I'll treat you to a drink!"
As the two of them were talking, a police officer ca out of the interrogation room. He carried llie and his subordinates behind him. They all looked like ducklings trailing behind their mother.
Leonard turned around and his gaze fell on llie's figure. The man's eyes turned cold. Finally, he found the 'stray cat' he had been looking for! That night, llie managed to escape from him, but it turned out that they were destined to et again. If Leonard hadn't visited the interrogation room earlier, he wouldn't have known llie was here.
The inspector walked over to llie, who imdiately stopped walking and gave her a worried look. Leonard put on a worried face as he asked politely, "Is everything alright?"
Andrew followed Leonard's gaze and saw llie's figure. In an instant, the man's eyes widened. Andrew opened and closed his mouth several tis, but no words ca out.
After a while, then Andrew said in a choked voice, "... llisa?"
Both Lilia and Jean turned towards Andrew in surprise. They didn't know why Andrew looked so shaken. The suspicion in Lilia's heart turned into a conviction. So llie was indeed a mber of the Irwan Family!
But Andrew's next words took everyone even more by surprise.
"Aren't you dead ...?"
Five years ago, the Irwan Family lost their daughter. Everyone in the Irwan Family and Austin Family knew about that fact.
But no one thought that llisa was still alive today. Even Andrew, who t the woman here in person, had a hard ti believing it. He was sure that llisa had really lost her life five years ago.
Even so, the face of this woman in front of him was very similar to llisa that he rembered. It was true that these won looked bolder and wilder, but overall, they looked the sa.
Another thing that also surprised Andrew was the resemblance of llie's face to Lilia. The two of them looked so alike that the man would believe they were twins. He wondered if llisa had always looked like Lilia, or if that woman had deliberately changed her appearance.
Naturally, Andrew questioned his mory, because llisa's death made his mories of her blurry. In addition, Lilia and llisa's characters were a stark contrast, like two different rivers that flowed side by side but never t. Lilia was a calm and elegant woman, while llisa grew up to be a tomboy and freedom-loving woman. No wonder Andrew didn't notice their resemblance until now.
Lilia gave Andrew a quick glance before advancing towards llie. She felt that their current place was not appropriate to discuss their complex past. The model took llie's hand and said softly, "Let's go. We can discuss this matter elsewhere."
llie nodded and followed Lilia without protesting. She looked very submissive in front of Lilia, in contrast to her usual wild deanor. But when llie walked past Leonard, the woman deliberately lowered her head and accelerated her steps.
llie's attitude made Leonard smile coldly. So now that woman was trying to avoid him? Did she not rember how their burning passion collided that night?
*****
As they left the police station, Lilia had Clifford escort llie's n back to their base. anwhile, Lilia, llie, and Jean rode in Andrew's car.
In the car, the Austin Family's eldest son gripped the steering wheel and glanced at llie in the rearview mirror. The woman sat in the back seat with Lilia, but she refused to look at Andrew at all.
Andrew began to say, "llisa, how can you ...?"
The man's voice faded as he struggled to find the right words, 'How can you still be alive?' Sounded like a sentence a petty criminal would say. Andrew was still thinking about his words when llie opened her mouth.
"llisa Irwan is dead." She said in a cold voice, "Just call llie."
That was the first thing llie had said to Andrew since they t earlier. Andrew was visibly hurt by llie's cold attitude towards him. But he could only sigh and stop talking to her.
Andrew turned to Jean who was sitting in the passenger seat, "I have an empty apartnt nearby. Shall we talk over there?" He suggested.
Jean nodded, "Why not?"
*****
The apartnt that Andrew ntioned was located on the sa road as the Lilia and Jean hotels. It was one of the most classy apartnts in Jakarta, with a strategic location and guaranteed security.
Andrew and the three others entered the apartnt where the man lived when he was still single. The whole apartnt looked plain as the paint was dominated by monochro colors like black and white. It was obvious that Andrew didn't care about the design at all.
Lilia looked around with curious eyes. Even though Andrew didn't live here anymore, the apartnt's service always cleaned this place regularly. The marble floors looked clean and smooth, and there was not even a speck of dust covering the display of photos on the shelves.
Andrew threw himself onto one of the couches in the living room, followed by the other three. The man took out a cigarette before offering his cigarette box to Jean. Without saying a word, the two n started smoking a cigarette to help them stay calm.
The landlord folded his legs and looked straight at llie. He exhaled his cigarette smoke before saying, "llisa, tell what's going on."
Lilia took turns looking at llie and Andrew. The woman refused to return Andrew's gaze, as if running away from sothing, "Brother Andrew, do you know llie?" Lilia asked.
Andrew smoked his cigarette and exhaled again.. Then he replied, "She is llisa Irwan, the oldest daughter of the Irwan family who died in a car accident on Jakarta's toll road five years ago."
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