Dear sweetheart novel (Rayna and Julian)
Dear Sweetheart Chapter 480

Dear Sweetheart Chapter 480

Chapter 480

Once Rayna was done giving her instructions, Suzie took the documents and turned to leave.

Right then, someone knocked on the door and turned the doorknob.

“Pardon me for the intrusion, Ms. Garland.”

Ella entered with a few uniformed men behind her.

Rayna stood up. “How may I help you?”

“We’re the police from Norwal City,” one of the men solemnly said as he showed her his badge. “Ms.Rayna Garland, we suspect that you’re involved in an attempted murder of a pregnant woman. Pleasecome with us to the station.”

Attempted murder of a pregnant woman?

Rayna was baffled. She had no idea when she was involved in an attempted murder.

“Ms. Garland,” the man continued, fishing out his handcuffs when he saw no response from Rayna,“please come to the station with us. We’ll have to resort to force if you don’t cooperate with us.”

“Sorry. I was lost in thought just now.”

Rayna was genuinely dumbstruck. However, as she was in the office, she did not want to blow thematter up. It would be troublesome if she ended up going out cuffed.

“Could you give me a second to hand my work over to my coworkers?”

At the men’s silent agreement, Rayna then gave instructions about work to Ella.

At the same time, she asked Suzie to replace out where Egret Scents had gotten their perfume blend.

Ella asked worriedly, “Ms. Garland, will you be fine?”

“It’s all right. They’re just taking a statement from me,” Rayna reassured with a smile. “I haven’t doneanything, so there’s no need for me to be afraid.”

After that, Rayna left with the men.

Once Rayna was out of the office building and in the police car, she could not help but ask the manbeside her, “May I know who the person is who said I’m involved in the attempted murder?”

“Be still. You’ll replace out when you’re at the station,” the man snapped.

Rayna pursed her lips.

Dozens of minutes later, they arrived at the station.

Upon entering the station, Rayna was reminded of what had happened in the past—about Meredith’sdeath. Back then, she had woken up at the police station and had been interrogated. She had beenlocked up for a handful of days before she was finally released.

Then, the thought of how Julian had died shielding her from the bullet crossed her mind, and her heartached.

If she had not chosen revenge and gone to Heavenly Palace when she found out about Julian andMeredith’s relationship, she would not have crossed paths with Curtis, and the second half of her lifewould not have been deterred from its course.

One of the men brought Rayna to an office desk and pointed at the chair in front of it.

“Have a seat, Ms. Garland.”

Rayna pulled the chair back and sat down.

It’s a good thing we’re not in an interrogation room, I guess. I won’t be able to stand the glaring lightsinside.

As the man opened his book, he pushed a few photos toward her. “Were you the one who gifted thisduck stew to Vivi Louden?”

Duck stew?

It was only then Rayna realized what was going on. As it turned out, Vivi was the target in the case.

What’s going on? Did Vivi call the cops?

At Rayna’s silence, the man yelled, “Ms. Garland, answer my question!”

“Yes,” Rayna started, about to give him her explanation, “I was the one who gave her this, but there is amisunderstanding here. I—”

“You were the one who gave her the duck stew, so how could this be a misunderstanding?” the mancut her off. “You intentionally placed herbs that boost blood circulation into the stew and gave it to Ms.Louden in an attempt to induce a miscarriage.”

“That’s not it.” Rayna clenched her fists and forced herself to calm down. “A friend gave this stew tome, but I was too full to drink it. When I saw Vivi’s grandmother, I asked her to bring it back for Vivi. Ididn’t know there were such herbs in it!”

“Even if you didn’t know that there were such herbs inside, you were still the one who passed this stewto Ms. Louden. Am I right?”

There was no way Rayna could deny that, so she answered, “Yes.”

The man proceeded to make some notes in his book before returning his sharp gaze to Rayna. “I heardthat Ms. Louden was good to you when you were at the homestay. Why did you want to kill her and herchild?”

“I didn’t! I didn’t know there was something wrong with the duck stew. If I did, I wouldn’t have given thisduck stew to Vivi’s grandmother.”

Then, all of a sudden, the man asked Rayna, “Ms. Garland, are you pregnant?”

Rayna fell silent.

Knowing that she could be charged with the crime of perjury if she were to lie and say no, she pressedher lips tightly together and said, “Yes, I’m pregnant.”

“You’re pregnant, and you didn’t drink the duck stew. That means you knew there was somethingwrong with the duck stew. That’s why you gave the duck stew to Ms. Louden because you want her tohave a miscarriage.”

Frustrated and panicking, Rayna uttered, “I told you I didn’t know there was something wrong with theduck stew. I simply thought that duck stew was nutritious and suitable for pregnant women, and thatwas why I gave it Vivi.”

The man did not seem to be listening. He asked impatiently, “Who gave you the duck stew?”

Rayna turned quiet again.

At her silence, the man tapped his book loudly with his pen. “Ms. Garland, please answer my question!”

Rayna narrowed her eyes. “Curtis Faymon.”

The man seemed to know who Curtis was, for his hands shook for a second before he returned toasking her questions.

Rayna tried her best to remain calm.

Regardless of how the man was trying to bait her into admitting that she wanted to kill Vivi and herchild, Rayna adamantly insisted that she had no idea there was something else in the duck stew.

Approximately ten minutes later, the man ended the interrogation and brought Rayna into a room full ofglass walls before telling her to wait there.

The babies in Rayna seemed to be ill at ease, for they kept kicking her.

Rayna furrowed her brows in pain and caressed her stomach in resignation to console her babies.

I’m already tired from all the things that happened today, but the babies still aren’t making it easy forme…

A minute or two later, Rayna finally saw the door across from the glass wall open.

The policeman who had interrogated her earlier came in, and behind him was a woman.

The woman was dressed in thin clothes. Her eyes were dim, and she seemed weak.

Rayna rose to her feet as she stared at that woman in shock and guilt.

Ever since she had indirectly caused Vivi’s miscarriage, Rayna had not been able to bring herself tosee her. She went back to Norwal City instead and asked Ella to head to Summerbank to discusscompensation with Vivi. However, Vivi had chased Ella away.

Now, Rayna could see for herself how badly the miscarriage had affected Vivi because she could seeno hint of joy on Vivi’s face at all.

Vivi lifted her head, and their eyes met.

At that very instant, Rayna saw Vivi’s eyes narrowing as hatred seeped into them. Vivi looked asthough she wished to kill her there and then.

Vivi parted her lips, but she could not say a word at all.

The man leaned closer to Vivi and asked her what she was trying to say. In the next second, Vivi liftedher arm to point at Rayna.

Rayna knew that Vivi was accusing her by reading her lips. She walked over to the glass pane hastilyand said, “Vivi, I’m sorry. I didn’t know there was something wrong with the duck stew.”

Unfortunately, the side where Rayna was on was soundproofed, and the two people outside of theroom could not hear anything the anxious Rayna said.

Soon, they left the area.

Rayna forced herself to remain composed, but her hands kept shaking.

After a while, the man came back to Rayna’s side.

He said coldly, “Ms. Louden has testified that you murdered her and her child. We have overwhelmingevidence for the case. Ms. Garland, you must stay here before the trial begins. We will provide you witha lawyer, but of course, you can make a call to hire a lawyer of your own.”

Rayna closed her eyes.

By the time she opened them again, she had recollected herself. “Okay, I understand.”

It was nothing strange for Vivi to take this to court.

After all, she could not deny the fact that she had indirectly made Vivi lose her child.

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