Love You Can’t Say

After a while, he said, “Miss Kennedy, I’m sorry to ask you out so early.”

I nodded, looking at him faintly, waiting for his next words.

Seeing me like this, he said more nervously, “Do you know about Sam Bates being arrested?”

I paused for a moment and said unexpectedly, “Did Mr. Bates get arrested? What happened?”

Seeing this, he seemed to recover his composure and said, “To tell you the truth, I came to you this time to talk about cooperation.”

I took a sip of water and looked at him, nodding and raising my eyebrows. “About what?”

When the waiter brought the food, he paused for a moment. After the waiter left, he continued, “I’ll give you Luna’s transaction records. And details about how she managed to avoid being caught. And I have evidence that could kill her.”

I looked at him calmly, my eyes narrowed slightly, and I said, “How can I trust a man who betrayed his last employer?”

“Miss Kennedy, the game is ultimately yours. It looks like you’re doing nothing, but you’re doing everything. You’ve been laying this out since Steven was framed. Steven is just a trigger, and your purpose is Luna. The only thing you don’t have right now is proof that Luna made a deal with these guys, and I have that.”

I looked at him lazily and said, “I know you do, but again, how can I trust you?”

He paused for a moment, placed a document in front of me, looked at me, and said, “This is Luna and Sam Bates’ transaction through me. It’s all here. That’s enough to destroy Luna.”

My eyes fell on the file, but I didn’t rush to get it. I looked at Andy Lee and said calmly, “What do you want?”This text is © NôvelDrama/.Org.

“Freedom!” he said, looking haggard. “The police are looking for me. I know I can’t get away with my crime. I want nothing but freedom.”

I sighed and said coldly, “You’re giving me something that I could have gotten myself with a little effort, and not at your risk. Working with you is the riskiest option for me. You’re a businessman. You should know this better than I do.”

He probably didn’t expect me to say no. He paused a little and looked at me grimly. “What if I could disable Luna for good?”

Shrugging my shoulders, I looked at him calmly. “Luna’s fate is already decided, and I’m holding off on it because I think it’ll be more fun to make her wish she was dead.”

Seeing that there seemed to be no chance of persuasion, he said gloomily, “Why did you agree to meet with me when you already had a plan in mind?”

“I just want to know the truth about what happened when you kidnapped me.”

As if he did not expect me to bring it up again, he paused and said, “You have already asked me that question. Why do you ask again?”

I laughed, squinting at him. “Do you expect me to believe that? AC was part of it, but not many people knew about my pregnancy, and I’m curious how you found out. And that recording you showed me, I wonder who was playing with Olivia. Let’s talk about it, Mr. Lee.”

It had been six months, but I’d been feeling a little weird since Jackie mentioned it last time. I didn’t tell Mr. Pearson what I was trying to do with my fake abortion when we talked about working together, but Andy Lee clearly knew what I was trying to do when he kidnapped me.

I wanted to get to the bottom of it even though I had a hunch in my head.

When I squinted at him, he smiled with relief and said, “Are you willing to work with me once you know why?”

I raised my eyebrows. “I can think about it!”

He took a sip of his tea, but he didn’t seem to be in a hurry. He calmed down a bit and said to me after a pause, “Have you checked out Dr. Bennett?”

“Mario Bennett?” I asked, somewhat prepared.

He shrugged. “Actually, I didn’t intend to kidnap you at first, because it was expensive and unnecessary. After all, when it comes to bidding, all they needed was to let AC’s president talk to you, so kidnapping you isn’t the best option.”

I nodded and gestured him to continue.

“But Mario Bennett came to us and said he wanted to work with us, Luna, to be more precise. And I’ve been working with Luna for years. He offered me the Bennett audit for the next 10 years, so I got part of the George audit, and I got to work with the Bennett family for the next 10 years, so I agreed.”

This was to be expected, and I was more or less prepared for it. I looked at him calmly and said, “What was Mario Bennett up to?”

He thought about it and shook his head. “I don’t know. When he worked with me he just asked that you not get hurt. After I talked to you about my bid, he arranged everything else, and I wasn’t much involved.”

I pressed my lips together, more and more confused. Why did Mario Bennett set up a fake Olivia and Dennis scene for me, and what was his purpose? To force me to leave Dennis early?

But what good would it do him?

I calmed down a little now that I knew what was going on. I looked at him and said, “Mr. Lee, I really appreciate you telling me this, but I have to think twice about working with you, because I hold a grudge.”

He suddenly turned pale and his face was full of rage. “What do you mean?”

I looked out of the room, leaned slightly back on the couch, looked at him calmly and said, “You kidnapped me. Are you going to carry on as if it never happened?”

He said grimly. “But you didn’t hurt yourself the whole time, did you?”

“Physically, yes. But what about psychologically?” That disgusting recording that Olivia directed and played really took the fun out of my relationship with Dennis and that was a pretty big loss.

He tried to say more, but the door had already been opened. A group of police officers rushed in and tackled Andy Lee. “Andy Lee, you’re involved in trafficking and kidnapping. Please come with us,” the captor said.

Andy reacted and glared at me, his heart pounding with rage, “Clara, you set me up!”

I pressed my lips together and said faintly, “This wasn’t really part of my plan.”