Dear Sweetheart novel

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. Please come 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 the matter 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 find 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 done anything, 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 man beside her,

“May I know who the person is who said I’m involved in the attempted murder?”

“Be still. You’ll find 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’s death. Back

then, she had woken up at the police station and had been interrogated. She had been locked 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 heart ached.

If she had not chosen revenge and gone to Heavenly Palace when she found out about Julian and Meredith’s

relationship, she would not have crossed paths with Curtis, and the second half of her life would 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 lights inside.

As the man opened his book, he pushed a few photos toward her. “Were you the one who gifted this duck 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 a

misunderstanding here. I—”

“You were the one who gave her the duck stew, so how could this be a misunderstanding?” the man cut 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 to me, but I was

too full to drink it. When I saw Vivi’s grandmother, I asked her to bring it back for Vivi. I didn’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 stew to 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 heard that Ms.

Louden was good to you when you were at the homestay. Why did you want to kill her and her child?”

“I didn’t! I didn’t know there was something wrong with the duck stew. If I did, I wouldn’t have given this duck 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 pressed her 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 something wrong with the

duck stew. That’s why you gave the duck stew to Ms. Louden because you want her to have a miscarriage.”

Frustrated and panicking, Rayna uttered, “I told you I didn’t know there was something wrong with the duck stew. I

simply thought that duck stew was nutritious and suitable for pregnant women, and that was 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 to asking 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 her child, 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 of glass 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 for me…

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 to see her. She

went back to Norwal City instead and asked Ella to head to Summerbank to discuss compensation with Vivi.

However, Vivi had chased Ella away.

Now, Rayna could see for herself how badly the miscarriage had affected Vivi because she could see no 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 as though 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 lifted her arm to

point at Rayna.

Rayna knew that Vivi was accusing her by reading her lips. She walked over to the glass pane hastily and 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 the room 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 overwhelming evidence for

the case. Ms. Garland, you must stay here before the trial begins. We will provide you with a 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.