Chapter 174: Chapter 175

Mike didn‘t say anything to make Anna stay. So, she walked straight out of the house.

It was noon, and the sun was very bright and scorching. But Mike‘s wife was standing in the sunlight feeding the chickens as if she didn‘t feel the heat.

As Anna came out, she found that Mike‘s wife was looking into the house. When she saw Anna, she immediately lowered her head and seemed to resent her.

As Anna walked past her, she clearly heard that woman curse, “What a troublesome woman!”

Anna looked back at her, frowned, and asked, “What? Who are you talking to?”

The woman looked up and snarled, “Ah, it‘s none of your business. I said that my chickens are troublesome.”

The chickens inside the coop were still small. Then, one chicken cooed a few times to express how discontent it was Of course, Mike‘s wife would not scold her own chickens for being troublesome, unless she‘s crazy. So, she must be cursing me.

Besides, there is no one here but the two of us. Anna thought to herself, Anna looked at her and said, “Mike is such a good baker. It‘s such a shame that he retired after the incident “Humph, I don‘t know what you‘re talking about.”

“The hotel suffered huge economic loss because of the fire. And someone has to be responsible for that matter. I think that even if the hotel only let him pay for a small part of the money, it is still a lot. You can‘t solve that just by retiring and leaving. So, do you know anything about this?”

Hearing that, the woman‘s face immediately turned pale.

“Anyway, I‘m staying at a nearby B&B tonight. You can find me there if you have anything to say to me. I will be waiting for you.”

After saying this, Anna left Smith‘s house without looking back Anna thought to herself, it appeared that Mike‘s wife obviously knew something about the fire. Or maybe, she knew the truth about it!

Anna had some thoughts in mind, but she still needed someone to confirm that.

“Hello. Did you find Mike?” Anna had just arrived where she was staying when the owner‘s wife warmly greeted her.

Anna stayed at the fisherman‘s house. That small village had a beautiful view, and many people would travel there every summer. So, almost every family turned their house into a B&B hotel.

Anna smiled and replied, “Yes, I‘ve found him. Did your husband go out?”

“Yeah, right. He took our son to the beach to fish. A guest just ordered seafood from us, and he will pick it up in a few minutes.”

“Is that so? It seems that the seafood here is very popular.” Anna sat by the window and drank her coffee. She looked out the window and felt that the sea breeze was brushing her face.

Not long after, a car pulled up in front of the door. As soon as the assistant got out of the car, he saw Anna. Then, he asked warily, “Hey, it‘s you again? Are you following us?”

Anna didn‘t know why this assistant was so hostile to her. She rolled her eyes at him and slowly said, “I was going to ask you about it too! I stay here, so I‘m not stalking you. Anyway, it seems to me that you‘re the stalker.”

“You stay here?” A man asked.

The assistant was startied at that voice. He turned around and said respectfully. “Hi, Mr. Wilson.”

“Yes! You can ask this lady if you don‘t believe me.” Mr. Wilson did not ask more questions but walked up to her and asked, “Can I sit here?” “Yeah, why not?”

Before Wilson could sit down, his fussy assistant said, “Mr. Wilson, wait! Please don’t sit down yet. I‘ll go get you your cushion.”

The assistant then immediately ran out. Anna looked at his back, sighed, and said from the bottom of her heart, “Mr. Wilson, your assistant is more attentive than a secretary! He even cares about whether you can sit comfortably or not.”

Mr. Wilson nodded and then sat down in front of Anna. He said, “Well, I found an antique chair made of valuable wood at Smith’s house later. That’s a great piece of furniture and more valuable than that cabinet.”

“Really? Congratulations!” Anna said.

“Thanks. But, I think it’s all thanks to you. Can you tell my assistant your bank account later, please? He‘ll give you the reward you deserve.”

Anna waved her hand and said nonchalantly, “No, thanks. I was just there to do my own thing, and I didn’t seem to help you, so you don’t have to be so polite, Mr. Wilson.”

The assistant returned after only a short time. When he saw that Mr. Wilson was already seated, he clutched that cushion with an aggrieved expression.

Anna surveyed the two of them for a moment and suddenly understood something.

Mr. Wilson looked like he was just in his forties. He was handsome, very composed and seemed like he had been through many things. So, he seemed a bit older and more mature than Wayne. However, he and his assistant look like two completely different kinds of people. The assistant was young and energetic. He looked like an elite, but he sometimes talked like a fool. Moreover, he had an inexplicable hostility towards Anna Oh, a calm president and his sassy assistant. Interesting combo. Anna thought to herself.

After they made small talk, the fisherman returned with his son. They then gave Mr. Wilson and his assistant a box of seafood.

The assistant opened the box and took a closer look before carrying it to the car.

Mr. Wilson handed Anna a business card before he left. He said, “I don‘t like to owe people Anna thought it was a little funny when she took the card. She had never seen anyone so insistent on giving others money.

Looking at the name on the card, Anna read it in her mind: Randal Wilson Nice name, Anna thought to herself.

Anna shoved the card in her pocket as she only took one look at its name. Because, she saw a person walking towards her in the distance.

That was Mike‘s wife.

She came faster than I expected, Anna thought.

“I‘m sorry. But, do we really have to pay for the accident?” Mike‘s wife asked nervously. She didn‘t look at all like the overbearing person she had been just then.

“Oh! Actually, I‘m not sure about that. It depends on whether the company will file a lawsuit or not.” Anna said – She was telling the truth. The company had suffered a lot of money loss, and they indeed couldn‘t let the one who started the fire go. They would definitely find someone to take responsibility for it.

Upon hearing this, the woman suddenly panicked. She stumbled and said, “Oh God! But, we can‘t afford it! We don‘t have that much money, so we can‘t afford to pay.”

“Hey, Mike caused this. If he hadn’t smoked there, the fire wouldn’t have started!”

“Oh, my goodness! But, the fire extinguishing device was clearly broken! We shouldn‘t be the only ones to take the blame for this.”

Anna frowned and asked warily, “Wait, how do you know that device was broken?”

Anna had let John handle the information online when the fire had just occurred. So, no more than five people in the entire hotel knew that the fire extinguishing device was broken, including Anna and John. So, they claimed on the public notice that the fire extinguishing device didn‘t function as it should because the fire was out of control.

So, Anna found this woman‘s firm attitude very suspicious.

Anna asked her a few more questions. Finally, she admitted, “Oh, fine. Mike did it! He was afraid that he would trigger the fire extinguishing device every time he smoked, so he broke it. But I could swear to God he really didn‘t start the fire! He told me that he was cautious every time he smoked. He would put out the cigarette, wrap it up, and put it inside his pocket to bring out. He also did so this time!”

“Is that so? Then, why didn‘t he tell us about it?”

“That‘s because...” The woman‘s expression became embarrassed. She only said the words halfway and then became silent.

“That‘s because of Kenny, right?”

Anna finished the rest of her words for her. Her voice was very calm, like the cool sea breeze at night “I guess that you guys must think of Kenny as your own son. Mike knew that he had broken the fire extinguishing device and could not get away with it. So, after weighing the pros and cons, he intended to take responsibility himself. Then, Kenny would be innocent and can continue to After Anna finished, the woman looked like she was on the verge of fainting. She stumblec and asked, “What? You know all about it?”

1/6 Waiting For You TU PINTU Me “Well, how much I know depends on how much you are willing to tell me. But, I don‘t know what the final outcome of the lawsuit will be. I was the person on duty the day of the fire, and I did nothing. But, I was still fired.” Anna stared at Mike‘s wife and deliberately made her words ambiguous.

It seemed like Mike‘s wife had been building up her anger for a long time. As soon as she heard Anna‘s words, she couldn‘t help but imagine the worst scenario. So, she told everything she knew about the truth to Anna.

Everyone familiar with Mike knew that he was a chain smoker. To smoke in the kitchen, he deliberately broke the fire extinguishing device in the storage room. Otherwise, the device would directly alarm every time it detected smoke. Of course, Mike was very cautious about that. Each time after smoking, he would bring out cigarette butts. So, the fire could not have been started by cigarette butts or sparks.

That day, Mike smoked in the warehouse and took the cigarette out. And Kenny was also at the warehouse at that time.

Then, Mike suddenly discovered that Kenny was going to set a fire deliberately. The two were arguing when Mike accidentally dropped the cigarettes on something flammable, which started that large fire.

After the fire started, Kenny knelt down in front of Mike and pleaded for mercy. Seeing that how miserable his adopted son was, Mike decided to take responsibility for the fire alone. So, he quit his job and went back home.

Mike and his wife treated Kenny as their son, because they hoped that he would take care of them when they were old. But, Kenny was an ungrateful person. After Kenny was promoted to a full–time employee of the hotel, he became afraid.

He was worried that because he was close to Mike, he would be held accountable by the company for the fire. So, he called them to talk about it, and his words made the Smiths sad.

“He‘s such an ingrate! He called and threatened Mike. He said that if Mike dared to tell the truth, he would tell others that Mike broke the fire extinguisher on purpose. He also said that in that case, we would have to pay for the loss in that kitchen.”

Anna frowned, thinking. If Kenny is such a jerk, then it‘s not surprising that he set the fire. He probably did it because someone paid him a significant amount of money.

The first thing that came to Anna‘s mind was the woman she saw as she walked out of the kitchen with Tammy It was Charlotte Wilson.

After thinking about it for a long time, Anna realized that Charlotte would benefit the most from this incident. Also, she had enough motive, too.