Soon, the next day arrived.
The assistant presented Henry Stevens with two pieces of news.
First, there was no need to announce that Jack Jones had been fired.
Jack had been killed.
Second, Jack's killer was the person who'd had a quarrel with Jack in the office yesterday.
Henry listened in silence.
His handsome brow furrowed slightly.
Hadn't that woman come to the Stevens Corporation specifically to seduce him?
How could she have killed someone?
He didn't believe it.
The butler had said that woman was vain and worshipped money. All she did was spend money and bully the servants.
How could such a woman kill someone instead of enjoying life and risk spending the rest of her life in jail?
Henry didn't believe it in the slightest.
He stood up. "Where is that woman? Bring me to her."
At that moment, the sunlight projected from the floor-to-ceiling windows shone on Henry's body and shrouded him in a halo, like a deity.
The assistant's eyes flashed with disbelief.
The woman was a mere employee, so why did the President want to see her in person?
...
Henry arrived at the police station.
Everyone there immediately welcomed him. They had never expected that the dignified male idol of the Imperial City would deign to come here.
Henry didn't mince words and went straight to see Charlotte.
Charlotte was locked in a cell at that moment.
The interrogation the night before had left her feeling listless and gloomy.
When she saw Henry, Charlotte was taken aback.
She hadn't expected that this man, whom she had only seen a few times and who was seemingly insane, would come to see her.
"What's the matter?" A dark expression flashed across Henry's face.
Charlotte shook her head and said, "I didn't kill anyone."
Henry turned his head and said to the police officer following him, "Let her out."
The police officer said nothing at first.
Although Henry had a lot of power, Charlotte had committed murder.
They couldn't simply let her out that easily.
Tentatively, the police officer said, "Mr. Stevens, she is a suspect in this murder case. It wouldn't be wise to let her out right now."
As Henry's face fell, he suddenly heard Charlotte say, "Don't let me out."
She wasn't stupid. She could tell that the man in front of her was not an ordinary person.
Although she didn't understand why he wanted to save her, this man was using his power to pressure the police into releasing her. Even if she was released, she would still bear the stigma of being a murderer.
She wouldn't leave.
She had a clear conscience, so she wasn't afraid.
The investigation would reveal what had happened, and she would emerge with a clear conscience.
Henry was displeased.
He had taken the initiative and come all the way here, yet this woman was unwilling to leave?
This made it seem like his presence was superfluous.
Well, if this woman wanted to stay in prison, then he would let her stay!
Henry turned around to leave, but he suddenly heard Charlotte's voice say, "Sir, thank you."
Henry paused.
His face was stiff and his tone was unnatural as he asked, "For what?"
"We don't know each other, and I offended you, but you still came to see me and want to help me," Charlotte said.
Henry stared at her.
They didn't know each other?
They had slept together, but this woman had the guts to say that they didn't know each other?
"Stop your wishful thinking!" Henry snapped. "I have no interest in you! I don't want to help you! I only did it because we spent the night together."
Charlotte hesitated.
She thought for a moment, but in the end, she pointed to her head. "Sir, thank you very much, but I think you'd better go to the hospital to get your brain checked."
Charlotte swore that it was just a kind reminder, but Henry suddenly turned pale.
He turned around, took a step forward, and stared into Charlotte's eyes. "Woman, when are you going to stop pretending? That night four years ago, didn't you keep begging me to be gentle? Why do you act like you don't know who I am now?"
Charlotte felt like her mind had exploded.
Was he the man from that night four years ago?
How could that be?
She trembled, wanting to reply, but Henry turned around and left.
...
Quarto arrived at the police station.
He said he was there to clear his mother's name and asked to see the crime scene and the body.
Normally, if such a small child were to come to the police station and make these requests, the police would kick him out.
But the police officer agreed to Quarto's requests.
The reason was simple. When Henry had left, he had said that he would send someone to assist with the investigation.
As soon as Henry had left, a little kid had arrived.
Everyone thought that Henry had sent him.
Still, the President of a multinational corporation had sent a four-year-old child to investigate the case. Who was he kidding?
...
After inspecting Jack's body for a full hour, the little kid put an impassive expression on his face. "The wound of the deceased was one millimeter deeper than the position where the fruit knife was inserted," he said, "so the fruit knife did not cause the death of the deceased. This is because someone wanted to frame the accused.
The weapon that actually caused the death of the deceased has been taken away by the real murderer!"
...
None of the police officers believed what Quarto said.
It wasn't until they saw the person Henry Stevens had actually sent that the police officers realized that they had made a mistake.
What was even more incredible was that the detective said the same thing as the kid had. Only then was the police officer convinced. The detective, also amazed, looked at Quarto.
This kid was only four years old, but his thinking was so rational and meticulous, and he had shocking observation skills as well. The kid inexplicably reminded him of someone.
...
Noel Harrison.
He was the heir to the Imperial Corporation, but he had no intention of taking over the family business and was obsessed with solving various murder cases. He had serious talent.
Because the family business at home restrained his freedom, he had simply gone abroad and become a well-known detective.
Even the child's appearance was somewhat similar to Noel Harrison's.
If the detective hadn't known that Noel Harrison was unmarried and single, he would have thought that the little kid in front of him was Noel Harrison's son.
...
After the police confirmed that the real murder weapon wasn't a fruit knife, they released Charlotte Johnson.
Of course, she was still listed as the prime suspect.
Because Henry had been there, out of deference to him, they had released Charlotte for the time being.
After Charlotte was released, Quarto chased after her to ask why her fingerprints were on the fruit knife and with whom she had been in contact.
Charlotte told Quarto that she had bought the fruit knife in the supermarket, but she had somehow lost it afterward.
There was one more thing she didn't tell Quarto.
She had bought the fruit knife for self-defense.
After all, although she had planned this encounter, she was still afraid of unexpected incidents. Before going out, she had bought the knife at the supermarket. But when she had taken the bus to the hotel, the fruit knife had disappeared and somehow ended up being used to kill Jack.
In response to Quarto's repeated questions, Charlotte said helplessly, "This is adult business, so please stop asking, Quarto."
Quarto was serious. "Mom, I want to help you clear your name, prove your innocence, and expose the real murderer!"
Charlotte touched Quarto's head. "You are still young, and you don't understand anything. A powerful uncle hired a detective for Mom. He will help me clear my name. Mom was released because of him."
The police had mistaken the little kid for the detective Henry had hired to investigate the case. Of course, the police officer had been embarrassed to say that, so he had only stated that the President of the Stevens Corporation had hired a detective for Charlotte.
As for Quarto, the police didn't mention him.
And Charlotte had only now found out that the seemingly insane man was the President of the Stevens Corporation!
She was a little confused.
No wonder she had encountered him on the 28th floor. Still, she hadn't thought that he was the President!
Also, that night...
Charlotte couldn't believe it.
He was the dignified President of a huge corporation and so handsome. Had it really been necessary for him to r*pe her?
Any woman would willingly throw herself at him.
But why had he mentioned that night four years ago?
"Mom, it was actually me."
Charlotte interrupted Quarto and held his hand tightly. "Quarto, don't run so far to find me in the future. Many people outside want to kidnap children. If you get kidnapped, Mom will cry."
Quarto rolled his black, grape-like eyes.
Get kidnapped?
No way!
He was smart, so who would be able to kidnap him?
After Charlotte returned home, Yolanda held her and cried bitterly. "Daughter, I will no longer tell you that you can't do anything but have babies. Don't do anything foolish like that again."
Charlotte didn't say anything.
Eight children, with Quarto in the middle, gathered in the room. The other children looked at Quarto with gleaming eyes.
Quarto said, "I will continue to investigate, and I will find out the truth."
The other seven children stretched out their small fists. "Investigate the truth! Prove Mom's innocence!"
...
The next day, Charlotte went to work as usual.
In her free time at work, she opened the Stevens Corporation's employee system.
If one searched the name of anyone in the company in the employee system, the person's photo and position would appear.
Charlotte hesitated for a long time. Finally, she entered the name "Henry Stevens."
...
The extremely handsome profile photo caught Charlotte's eye.
This was the best ID photo she had ever seen in her life!
Under the photo, a line of text read, "President of Stevens Corporation."
Charlotte's heartbeat wildly.
That was him?
No wonder each of the eight children was smarter and more beautiful than the last.
They were either praised for their looks or their brains.
She had been so narcissistic to think that they had inherited her good genes.
Now that she thought about it, she hadn't been very good-looking or very smart when she was a child.
They had inherited their looks and brains from their father!
...
At the same time, the secretary of the General Manager's Office of the Stevens Corporation had finished sending information to Charlotte's department manager.
When she passed by Charlotte's desk, she caught sight of Charlotte staring at Henry's photo.
Merry's face contorted.
She was just a lowly clerk. How dare she covet the President!
She should take a good look in the mirror.
Merry hissed, "What are you doing? Who gave you permission to stare at the President's picture? How can someone like you covet the President?"
Charlotte didn't reply at first.
She didn't covet him.
And even if she did covet him, it wasn't any of this woman's business, so why did she have to speak so harshly?
Charlotte said, "If I can't covet the President, what about you? Can you covet him?"
Merry's face was stiff. "What a joke! I don't covet the President!"
That was a lie.
She did covet him. She was going crazy from lust for him!
The President was so handsome. He was a golden bachelor! Who among the women in the company didn't covet the President?
Anyway, if she didn't covet him, why would she deliberately wear clothes with such low necklines every day?
It was a pity that she looked so beautiful and sexy all the time, yet the President still wouldn't look at her.
"Of course you covet him. If you didn't covet him, how would you know that I was staring at the President's photo? If I look at his photo and you say that I covet him, then since you saw the President's photo as well, you also covet him," Charlotte said confidently.
Merry was furious.
She said, "Do you know who I am? I am the secretary of the General Manager's Office. You are just an entry-level clerk, so how dare you?"
Before she finished speaking, Charlotte interrupted her. "I came to the Stevens Corporation to make money," she said. "I didn't come to meet you."
Merry bristled.
She said angrily, "Just you wait!"
She thought Charlotte was too brazen.
How dare a little clerk talk to her like this? Didn't she know that she was the secretary of the General Manager's Office and could meet the President directly?
...
Five minutes later, Merry delivered documents to Henry.
Afterward, she said boldly, "Mr. President, I was in the office below and saw a woman openly coveting you!"
Henry did not understand.
He glanced at Merry indifferently.
Merry continued, "She was looking at your profile photo! By the way, I noted her name. It's Charlotte Johnson!"
A sinister expression flashed across Henry's face.
It was that woman again?
He knew that woman had entered the Stevens Corporation to seduce him!
On the surface, she played hard to get and pretended not to care about him, but secretly, she drooled over his photos.
It was just that...
If he were to find out that other women were drooling over his photos, he would have felt sick.
But why was it that when he heard it was that woman...
He didn't even feel the slightest bit of disgust?
"Let her come up," Henry said after a while in a deep voice.
Merry immediately returned to Charlotte with a look of excitement. "Just you wait," she said haughtily. "The President knows that you were coveting him. He won't let you off the hook! The President hates women who covet him. Wait until you get kicked out of the company!"
"Really?" Charlotte said coolly. "When I get kicked out of the company, I will tell the President that you were also coveting him."
Merry just looked at her.
Why did she suddenly feel like she had shot herself in the foot?