Chapter 64

Leo's last words made Arthur smirk.

Arthur chuckled. "You better hope it has nothing to do with you, or else..."

He kicked the chair, and it shattered into pieces.

Leo gulped. trembling. "I wouldn't dare, I have a fiancée!"

The interrogation wrapped up.

Ella stood there, looking annoyed, waiting for Arthur to explain.

After a bit, the phone rang, and Arthur hit the speaker button.

"Mr. Smith, a lot of the surveillance cameras are busted, and we checked the takeout but found nothing weird! And the takeout was ordered by Ms.Davis..."

The person on the other end trailed off, knowing Arthur would protect Ava.

Sure enough, under Ella's mocking gaze, Arthur said, "No need to investigate Ava! Keep looking into that restaurant!"

'Letting the real culprit go, what's the point of investigating?' Ella thought,rolling her eyes and turning to leave.

Arthur grabbed her wrist. "What do you mean? Are you suspecting Ava?"

"Not suspecting, I'm sure she did it!"

Ella ignored his angry glare. "Forget it, you wouldn't believe me anyway."

"You don't suspect Leo but suspect Ava? You're clearly targeting her!"

"I'm really annoyed; I want to go back and rest now!"

Not wanting to argue anymore, she struggled to get free.

The phone rang again, and Arthur answered.

"Mr. Smith, we found some clues and are heading to the basement right away. Please wait a moment."

"Okay!"

The call ended, and Arthur held onto Ella's wrist, not letting her go. "Just wait a bit longer!"

"Do I have another choice?"

Ella glanced at him, then looked at the tied-up Leo. "Shouldn't you untie him first?"

"You really know how to care for him!"

Arthur said sarcasticaly, then roughly untied the ropes.

Once free, Leo instinctively stood beside Ella. "Ms. Worry-Free,you have to protect me!"

Ella rolled her eyes. "Can you, as a man, be a bi stronger?"

"It's not that I'm not strong, it's that they are too scary!"

Footsteps approached, and it sounded like quite a few people.

Sure enough, Alan, Arthur's assistant, and Lily all walked in.

Lily ran to Ella's side. "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Ella shook her head. "Let's wait for the results!"

"That's all we can do!" Lily glanced at Leo beside her, dissatisfied."Why are you standing here? Stay away from us, it's not certain if you're innocent yet!"

Leo felt so wronged.

Arthur's assistant came over, showing a bag to everyone.

"This is the aphrodisiac, found in Leo's room! And we also found the purchase records!"

"What?" Leo screamed in fear, "Impossible, I'm young and strong,why would I buy this stuff!"

Ella's voice carried sarcasm, "Yes, could it be a mistake? The surveillance is gone, you can't fix the surveillance but even can find his purchase records!"

Alan's gaze swept over Arthur and Ella, and he cleared his throat,"This was investigated by professionals, there can be no mistake!"

"It really has nothing to do with me!" Leo was almost in tears.

He had just graduated from college and finally found the job, but didn't expect to get involved in these things.

Leo pleaded, tugging at Ella's sleeve.

But before he could beg, he felt a chill on his back.

Turning around, he met Arthur's icy cold eyes, and he trembled all over,letting go of his hand.

Ella sighed. "Don't worry, I believe you!"

"Thank you. Ms. Worry-Free!"

Arthur shot a cold glance. "Why do you believe him and not Ava?"

"What about you?"

The tension was thick.

Arthur sneered, "Fine, I'll find the evidence myself!"

With that, he stormed out.

Ella rolled her eyes. "The evidence is long gone!"

The broken surveillance was the best evidence.

She gave Leo a cold look. "Be more careful next time!"

'How can you be so easily framed?

Back in the room, Lily couldn't wait to ask, "How did you explain the Ms.Worry-Free thing? Should we get our stories straight?"

Ella sighed. "I haven't said anything yet! Help me come up with something?"

Lily scratched her head. "Arthur's too smart, we need to think this through.

Ella's phone rang.

Seeing the number, she answered.

"Come home, I don't know why you're willing to be Ms. Worry-Free's

stand-in, but you won't make much money. I'll give you a secondary card,use it as you please!"

Ella laughed angrily at this.

Maybe in Arthur's mind, she was always insignificant, just a decoration at home.

She shouted, "I want to be a stand-in, what's it to you!"

She hung up, fuming. "No need for us to think of a reason,he came up with one himself!"

Lily burst into laughter. "Arthur has a really peculiar way of thinking!"

They had made love once at noon, and Ella hadn't showered yet. Feeling annoyed,she went into the bathroom.

Arthur's face was gloomy as he listened to the laughter in his ear. He shot a cold glance. "Is it funny?"

Alan covered his mouth, stifling his laughter. "Of course not! It's just that.Ella would rather be a stand-in for someone else to make money than be your wife."

Arthur sneered, "You, a single man, wouldn't understand!"

"Yeah, I don't get it!"

Alan leaned closer. "So you've been cozying up to Ms. Worry-Free because you know she's Ella. No, wait-Ella is Ms. Worry-Free's stand-in,so where did the real Ms. Worry-Free go?"

With Alan's chattering voice in his ear, Arthur felt annoyed. "They must have a special way of contacting each other!"

Thinking of Ella usually wearing a hat and mask, it wasn't a problem to put on earphones to contact Ms. Worry-Free either.

His long fingers tapped the table irritably. "If Ms. Worry-Free's fans find out Ella is a stand-in, who knows how much trouble it will cause!"

"But, are you sure Ella is Ms. Worry-Free's stand-in, and not Ms. Worry-Free herself?"

"What do you think?"

Arthur lit a cigarette. "She's been a housewife since graduation,long forgotten her profession!"

"Alright!"

Alan stretched. "I'm going back to play games!"

With the door closed, the room returned to silence.

Arthur thought of the lovemaking at noon, savoring the memory,he lightly licked his lips.

He took out his phone, his fingers quickly tapping on the screen.

[Come see me tonight!]

Just as the message was sent, a call from Robert's butler came in.

"Mr. Arthur Smith, something's wrong, Mr. Robert Smith is unconscious and on the way to the hospital!"