His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1245 Scapegoat

Suddenly, Holley and Rachel heard loud noises coming from the outside, accompanied by footsteps

approaching them.

The door was kicked open.

"Freeze! Hands Up! Put your hands where I can see them!" Dressed in uniforms, a crowd of police

officers broke down the door. One of them showed his badge, while the remaining two grabbed a hold

of the two women.

Rachel and Holley were caught off guard by the scene. Needless to say, they were both in shock.

'What's going on? We didn't do anything wrong, so there's nothing to be afraid of, right? Perhaps

they're here for Lance...If it's not us, then it must be him. Did he do something wrong? Lance runs a

business in the entertainment industry, so it is possible that he'd get into some type of trouble along the

line. In fact, it's very likely that he did. Even if he thought he'd managed to get away with it, it doesn't

mean he'd remain lucky forever, ' they speculated, relieved about the idea that it was him the officers

were looking for and not them.

However, what was about to happen next, would completely catch them off guard. Several officers

walked up to Lance, and one reached out his hand and placed it under Lance's nose to see whether he

was still breathing.

Then another officer walked towards them and said coldly, "We received a call and were informed that

someone got killed. You are now the suspects of this case and are permitted to come with us."

It was Miranda who instructed an anonymous person to call the police. It was her intention to set

Rachel up.

"What? What are you talking about? I did nothing wrong," Holley and Rachel exclaimed in shock at the

same time as they tried to process the officer's demands.

"Sir, there must be some sort of misunderstanding. Lance agreed to meet us ten minutes ago. How is it

possible for him to get killed in such a brief period? Besides, we just arrived here. Even if he's dead

now, we have nothing to do with it. We...we're innocent," Rachel explained in a trembling voice. Her

anxiety got the better of her.

She immediately felt uneasy. Holley backed up Rachel's words, as she stood up for herself and her

boss. They weren't about to accept the consequences for something they didn't do. They were involved

in a homicide case, after all.

"It doesn't matter what you say now. We'll investigate the case and find the culprit, but until we do,

you'll have to go to the police station with us and cooperate with our investigation," the police chief

began. Without giving them the opportunity to respond once more, he ordered his men to take Holley

and Rachel away and block the scene.

Under the cold, bright lights, the cold sweat dripped from Holley's and Rachel's foreheads. They were

sitting in an interrogation room in the police station.

The police continued asking them how they murdered Lance, and ignored their previous claims, which

suggested their innocence. Both Holley and Rachel felt like they were losing their minds. They had no

idea how they had gotten themselves involved in a murder case. They continued stating that they were

innocent.

"So, the victim died exactly around the time you arranged to meet him. We currently have the security

camera footage, which was taken in Silver Corporation. It shows that you were arguing with Lance. As

it stands, you're the most likely suspects in our case," an officer said calmly. In fact, he was furious with

the two women, who seemed as though they were completely oblivious. However, to make them

confess, he had to control his anger.

As the two women remained silent, he changed the topic immediately. "Since you're still claiming

innocence, tell me why you arranged to meet with the victim today. As far as we know, Ms. Bai, you are

experiencing serious problems in your company. Shouldn't you be busy solving problems? How come

you had the time to meet with the victim unless it was to discuss a serious matter?"

"We... we've never had any problems with Lance before. We met up with him to discuss business. My

company is currently experiencing a crisis, so I intended to turn to him for help. However, we never got

to meet up with him. He was already dead when we arrived," Rachel replied, forcing herself to remain

calm.

Holley nodded her head several times.

"Sir, I'm telling you now, we are both innocent. Please believe us. We're women and we think we might

have been framed. It's impossible for us to have killed Lance," Holley added.

"Well, according to the employees of Silver Corporation, you requested to come over to the victim's

company several times before. However, he refused to meet with you. Perhaps that's why you got

upset with him. Both of you had a motive," the officer continued.

"Stop. This is just you making an assumption and not stating a fact. You don't have any proof to

support it. I'm telling you that we have nothing to do with it," Holley extricated hurriedly as she glanced

at Rachel, who was sitting dead silent with a terrified look on her face.

At this point, Rachel only had one thought in her mind and that was to hide the sex video footage from

the police. That video would ruin her entire reputation. What was worse, it might even be mistaken for

evidence to prove that she threatened or blackmailed Lance.

Since both she and Holley were innocent, she didn't think they would be sent to jail. There was no

evidence to support the police's claims.

"How do you know we don't have any evidence, Miss Ye?" the officer countered, observing the facial

expressions on the two suspects' faces.

His question left Holley and Rachel shocked.

"Well, I told you I had the surveillance video showing you meeting with the victim at Silver Corporation.

It shows you two being the only ones who entered the victim's office and even fought with him this

morning. We're just not sure who beat him to death, or whether both of you played a part in his death.

You don't believe me, huh? Would you like to watch the video yourselves?" he went on.

The two were dumbstruck as they heard what the officer said. He then proceeded to show them the

video. Sitting back in his chair, he watched their perfectly painted faces turn extremely pale. 'What the

hell is going on here?

We didn't kill him. So, why does the evidence suggest that we're the murderers? Did someone set us

up? Who would do this to us?' A million questions ran through their minds. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

The two felt puzzled and completely helpless at the sight of the video.

"Sir, please listen to me. We didn't do this. We are innocent and that surveillance video... It must be

fake. Please, you must believe us. We would never in a million years do such a thing," Rachel cried out

desperately.

Holley's mind started racing. 'It's impossible for both Rachel and me to leave here together. All of the

existing proof is against us. I don't know who framed us...All I know is that neither of us did it.

I'd rather take a chance and admit guilt for this than having both of us ending up in jail. Rachel can get

out of here and try and figure out the truth. Since we're innocent, the truth is bound to come out

somehow, ' she brooded.

The next second, another thought popped into her mind.

In fact, she started speculating about Lance's death. She suddenly thought of a person, whom she

believed had something to do with it.

'If I take the initiative to take the blame, Rachel will be grateful towards me and trust me again. I need

to be trusted by her once more.

If we were to be put behind bars together, no one would be able to help us, nor prove our innocence.

Then it would be over for the both of us...There's no other way.

However, I might have to spend some time in prison, ' she lingered.