FreeNovelChapter 969
| pursed my lips and thought for a few seconds before getting into the car.
In the car, they took away my phone.
| looked coldly at them and said, "This is kidnapping."
"We're going through formal procedures to carry out a n investigation against you."
I sneered and said no more.
The car drove to a lawyer's office, and | was taken into an enclosed room.
The women kept questioningabout which company sentbut | had no way of answering them.
After an hour, | lost my patience and said to them in a cold voice, "This is illegal imprisonment. You have no right
to interrogateeither. | want a lawyer."
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtOne of the women said, "You don't need a lawyer, Ms. Lane. No one will give you trouble if you're honest with
us."
| was so furious that | laughed. "Alright, | won't call my lawyer now, but can | at least contact my family to let
them know that I'm safe?"
The woman said with a frown, "Of course, but the documents you stole are extremely confidential, so for
the safety of your family, | suggest that it's best you don't contact them right now."
"I don’t need you to be so considerate about me. | need to tell my family whether I'm safe or not. | hope you
know your place. You have no right to detainnor stopfrom contacting my family."
| had only been in Riverbank City for less than a month. No one except Horton knew about my past, so who
exactly set such a huge trap for me?
Why did that person do that?
Seeing that | was insistent about contacting my family, the women agreed but did not passmy phone.
Instead, they toldto wait a little longer.
| waited until dawn, and a man walked in holding a plate.
He walked up toand handedthe plate, on top o f which were two buns.
I did not take them and asked him, "Can | call my family now?"
The man nodded and pulled out a phone from his pocket, handing it to me.
| was stunned, not expecting him to handa phone so readily. After all, this seemed more like a kidnapping
case than anything else.
However, | had no tto think and quickly called Horton.
He was the only person | knew in Riverbank City.
The call was answered very quickly and a sleepy voice cthrough. "Yeah?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm| pursed my lips. "Our company’s lawyers tookaway, saying that | stole our company's top secrets. They
refuse to letleave their office. Can you cwith a lawyer?"
Horton was struck dumb and only cback to his senses after a very long time. "I'll be there with a lawyer
immediately."
When | hung up, the man asked for his phone back.
He put the plate on the table in front ofand said indifferently, "Have something to eat. Don't worry. No one
will give you any trouble if you can be completely honest with us."
| pursed my lips, not responding to him.
Since last night, these people had seemed very interested in knowing who orderedto steal the company's
top secrets, but in fact, this was merely a pretense to detain me. 1
| still had no idea why they were detaining me, though.
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The man left and locked the door once again.
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