Chapter 299

Chapter 299

“That’s him! The man who is sitting and talking to Miss

Corinne is Chris Tate, the perpetrator who we arrested for attempted rape,” said one of the police

officers sharply at the point in the video.

The police officer then turned around and looked sternly at Corinne. “Miss Corinne, what do you have

to say for yourself?”

Corinne’s expression remained relaxed. She did not say

anything, though her lips were twitching. ‘My, my. Looks like they had pulled out all the big guns on

framing me. First, that devious Lucas asked me all those seemingly–irrelevant

questions, but he actually did it to establish my motive! I can’t believe he chalked it down as me being

jealous. Then, he hit me with concrete evidence in the form of this video.‘

Anya flung herself into Lucas‘ arms, trembling and crying, when she saw the man who tried to assault

her in the video. ” Lucas, that’s him! He ripped off my clothes and tried to…”

A murderous glint flashed across Lucas‘ eyes at the thought of Anya, the apple of his eye, nearly being

assaulted. He hugged her tightly and tried to console her, “There, there. I’m here. I won’t ever let

anyone hurt you again.”

However, Anya was not only afraid of the perpetrator but also could not comprehend why Corinne

would do something like this. “Lucas, how did things end up this way? Why does

Corinne want to hurt me so much? I just wanted to be her friend…”

Lucas gently stroked Anya’s hair. “Silly girl. Haven’t you heard of the story about the wolf in sheep’s

clothing? I hope you’ll choose your friend more wisely next time. Not all people are worthy to be your

friend.”

From all outward appearance, Lucas might seem gentle and humble, but he was actually a cold and

distant person. To

others, he behaved cordially only out of his good upbringing and the high demands he placed on

himself, but if one were to take a closer look, one would find that his smiles did not reach his eyes.

However, Anya was the only exception. The tenderness in his eyes was real. He looked at her with a

worried expression as he tried to soothe her. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. No one will dare to lay a finger on

you as long as I’m here.”

“Lucas…” Anya gradually calmed down as she listened to Lucas gentle coos.

Sunny, on the other hand, had been quiet until then for he

knew he would not get a chance to speak whenever Lucas was present. However, he could not hold

back his anger anymore when everything in the video pointed to Corinne as being the mastermind

behind the crime.

There was disappointment and rage in his eyes as he stormed angrily over to Corinne and pointed at

her. “How could you do this, Corinne? I trusted you to be a good person. That’s why I spoke up for you.

Why did you want to hurt Anya? You’re a woman, too…”

Corinne calmly looked up at the raging Sunny and decided she would be wasting her breath if she tried

to explain herself then.

Rosie pulled Sunny off to calm him. “Sunny, didn’t I tell you that Corinne is good at tricking other people

into thinking

she’s a good person? Yet you didn’t want to believe me. Well, I guess it’s better late than never,” she

said with a sigh.

Then, she turned to look at Jeremy, who was still seated quietly in his chair. Inwardly, she was happy to

be proven right, but outwardly, she shook her head ruefully and said, You too, Jeremy. You had been

taken in by Corinne’s seemingly -innocent act as well. It’s a good thing Lucas and this case opened up

everyone’s eyes. If not, I shudder to think just how long you’ll all stay deceived by her.”

Anya straightened herself up and, with teary eyes, turned to look at the silent and serious Jeremy. She

wiped away her tears and walked over to where he was seated. “Jeremy, please don’t be angry. I’m

sure Corinne didn’t mean to do it…”