Chapter 167 - Extra Special Visit
"What are you talking about?" Zaria was mortified. She looked up at Kara and expected the latter to burst into laughter and tease her for falling for a prank. However, Kara looked like she was trying her best to control her anger, which baffled Zaria. "Why would you think that I have a child?"
"All I want is my goddaughter." Kara pushed her against her desk. "Miss Williams, I do not like violence. Think carefully before you do anything stupid."
"I don't know what you are talking about." Zaria could only deny the claim.
Kara sucked in a deep breath. "You leave with no choice." She pulled her gun from the side of her waist and pressed the barrel against Zaria's temples. "Do you need help opening your mouth?"
She obviously ant she was going to torture her. Zaria couldn't claim that she was not in the slightest bit bothered but there was nothing she could do about it yet.
"I promise, I do not have your goddaughter. You can investigate ." She stalled for ti.
"I would believe you but you are suspicious." Kara raised one eyebrow.
"Let's hear it." Zaria demanded, making the latter burst into laughter.
"Are you asking to tell you why I suspect you so you can hide your tracks?"
Although she found it ridiculous, Zaria realized that Kara didn't have a concrete reason to suspect her. If she did, they would not be rely chatting at gunpoint. Instead, she would probably be begging for her life in so dungeon. She forced herself to remain calm as Kara inspected her with her sharp gaze. In the end, she withdrew her gun.
"If I find out that you have anything to do with the disappearance of my goddaughter, I will blow your brains out."
"Okay." She smiled. "Would you like to see you out?"
"Did you say sothing?" Kara darted her eyes at her threateningly.
"Nothing at all. Feel free to use whichever exit pleases you." She sighed in relief when that devil left her office. She was lucky that it was Kara, whose priority was saving lives. It must be because as a doctor, she was reluctant to take lives. Otherwise, she might have fired the gun without any interrogation.
Forgetting about what happened just now, she prepared for the eting she had to attend. She only had five minutes left thanks to Kara's ambush. She rushed and t Lucy on her way to the conference room.
"What happened to you?" Lucy pulled her aside to ask worriedly.
"Nothing." She smiled and decided not to ntion Kara's visit.
"It's the Qins, right?" Lucy guessed.
"They think I have Leo's daughter. Do you know why they would think so, mom?" She asked, since Lucy had already figured it out.
"I will help you investigate." Lucy promised after thinking about it.
"Thanks, mom." Zaria hugged her briefly. "Though it is also possible that they are going around threatening every guest of that night to filter out those with a guilty conscience."
"It sounds sloppy, but it is not impossible." Lucy smiled, but she did not think so. The Qins would never do such a thing. They probably had a concrete reason to suspect Zaria. Of course, they were definitely mistaken—but she was curious to know just what they thought was suspicious about Zaria.
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In the evening, Zaria sent a text ssage to inform Theodore that she would be late before going out for dinner with Natalie.
"Zaria, are you okay?" Natalie asked when she realized how little Zaria had eaten. She was spacing out most of the ti and didn't seem to enjoy the food. "Do you dislike the food here? We can go sowhere else." She offered.
"I am alright." Zaria smiled and tried to eat a little. She couldn't even enjoy her favorite pasta no matter how delicious it was.
"What's wrong?" Natalie didn't buy her lie.
"Nothing serious." Zaria didn't want to talk about her personal matters so she dismissed the topic. "Do you have sothing to talk to about?" She asked. Natalie was usually busy and didn't have ti to ask anyone out for dinner, especially when they were not too close.
"I called you to talk about Ms. Roatta. You are her assistant now, right?" Natalie asked.
"Yes, what about it?"
"How is she as a person? Is she friendly?" Natalie asked.
Unexpectedly, it was about this. Zaria would never have thought that Natalie would call her to talk about Lucy but it was not too strange. She preferred to have as much information about her business partners.
"Well, yes she is. Although she might appear to be hard to please, she is not unapproachable." She tried to be as honest as possible.
"I am just afraid that she is cunning." Natalie sighed. The last thing she wanted was to fall into a ticulously dug pit when all she wanted was to get onto her own feet. It would be such a huge loss if she couldn't break away from her family business using this deal.
Zaria was speechless at Natalie's point of focus. "Aren't all business people sneaky and cunning? They each have their own tactics. However, with Ms. Roatta, you will never be able to guess what is dropping onto your table next. You'd best be prepared for the stickiest situations."
"Thank you for the heads up." Natalie made a ntal note to be extra careful especially when signing any contracts with Lucy Roatta. "I will et the two of you tomorrow in the morning. Can you please help keep our eting a secret?" She requested. "I wouldn't want her to think that I went to investigate her because I don't trust her."
"Don't worry. I will not breathe a word of it….if you pay handsoly." She winked through the last part which was a joke.
"Desmond infected you with the negotiating syndro, didn't he?" Natalie seed to have expected it. She took out an album and placed it on the table.
"Jupiter's autographed album! Deal." Zaria hurriedly accepted the bribe. When the excitent died down, her eyebrows furrowed.
"Can you give a second? I will quickly speak to Desmond." She decided to deal with the matter on her mind, lest it destroy the entire evening.
"It turns out you miss your Roo." Natalie's eyes widened in realization. "Go ahead. I will text Devonte as I wait." She took her phone to happily tease her boyfriend.
Zaria walked to the end of the corridor. She knew that this restaurant had strict privacy regulations so it was alright to make a private phone call as long as no one was within earshot. She called his number when she ensured that she was alone on the balcony.
"Des, have you arrived?"
"You miss ? That's sooner than I expected." He sounded pleasantly surprised, as though he had never thought that she would miss him.
"Of course I do. I miss you when you attend a eting without ." She smiled.
"You are flattering . Did you do sothing wrong?" He asked skeptically.
She giggled at his response. "Do you think I would only flatter you if I did sothing wrong?"
"You rarely take the initiative, don't bla for overthinking it." A deep chuckle vibrated in her ears.
"I hate to be the one dropping the bombshell but you are not going to have an excuse to punish . I only need your help." She teased.
"Oh?" He sounded more excited. "What is it that my queen needs?"
She was caught off guard. "Please. How cheesy." Although she scolded him for being cheesy, his words brought a smile on her face.
"Can you have Skeleton investigate sothing? I would like the surveillance of the entire night of Louis Fort's banquet." She explained. "I'd also like to know where Laia Qin was on that night."
"Honey, I can do it but why are you curious about the Qin family's matters?" He was taken aback by her request that ca out of the blue. "You should stay away from them. They are dealing with so many matters right now and you sure don't want to be caught up in any of them." He tried to talk her out of whatever it was that she was planning.
"I know." She slapped her forehead. "I swear, I wouldn't ever have them on my mind, much less on the list of families I want to investigate. However, Kara Williams paid an "extra special" visit earlier. "
"Why would she do that?!" He cursed. How dare they!
She explained the events this afternoon. "They have their eyes on . The only way to prove that I have nothing to do with the kid's disappearance is to uncover the real kidnapper. This is why I need Skeleton's help."
"Got it." He gritted his teeth. Once he proved that Zaria had nothing to do with their child's disappearance, she would pay them a visit and have a good "chat".
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