Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

With her as pale as paper, Anna did her best to walk towards the courtyard, although she seemed unable to stand still. Wayne immediately frowned upon hearing Anna’s voice and didn’t even dare to turn around.

Then Anna approached them and stood beside Wayne. She reached out to take his arm, then slowly said, “I’m Anna Wright. I can go with you.”

Tony, who was standing outside the door, took his handcuffs from his bag and approached her. However, he stopped right there when sensing Wayne’s glare at him.

“Give it to me.” Another officer said to Tony, took the handcuffs, and put them in his pocket. He continued, “Mrs. Wright, we’re not going to handcuff you. All you have to do is to go to the police station with us.”

Anna nodded and followed him to the police car.

When Tony was about to get into the car, he felt someone grabbing him by the collar and pulling him backward. And Tony became enraged right away. Before standing still, he saw a man moving behind him and getting into the car. By the time Tony came back to his senses, Wayne was already sitting in the car. He seemed imposing and intimidating, a total badass.

Dumbfounded, Anna asked Wayne in surprise, “What are you doing here?!”

“I want to be there with you.” He held her right hand tightly in his left hand as he stared straight ahead. 485 Not Guilty oF

As she glanced at his face, Anna wanted to say many things to him but eventually swallowed them back.

Meanwhile, Tony scratched his head and had no idea about what to do. He’d never been in this situation before and could only ask his colleagues for advice. Only after seeing several police officers nodding at him did Tony got into the car.

On entering the police station, Anna was led into a small interview room. She had come here to give a statement before, but she was the one being questioned this time.

in front of her. While the female officer was going through a pile of information, the male officer

killed a notorious criminal,” the female officer sneered as

a bit stressed and nervous, she still tried her best to remain composed and say, “I didn’t kill

who was taking notes, said, “| don’t believe he would kill himself just because he wanted to frame

anything because she couldn’t explain everything all at once.

an important clue. Seeing that Anna remained silent, she slapped

against the law to keep silent?”

you’ve done even if you don’t want tell us. You 485 Not Guilty af called the police three months ago and said Mr. Wright was in the hospital after an accident. We’ve been keeping an eye on this person for quite

this as a standard interrogation tactic. She knew the policewoman would look for anything suspicious and keep questioning her. They had been

the crime, but he had not been identified as the criminal. Even if | wanted to revenge, why would | kill someone | have no idea if he’s a criminal or not? You say I’m taking revenge, as if you’ve already decided he’s the one who unplugged my grandfather-in-law’s oxygen tube. Why

taken aback. They exchanged glances, and then the female officer said, “I just heard that the testimonies from your employees are all the same. They all said they saw you had a knife in your hand, and the deceased was lying

remember what had just happened. She paused for a moment before responding, “I did not murder anyone. | took the knife in self-defense, but | let it go when he ran toward me. It was him who

to prove your

said, shaking her

can’t provide evidence now, and you may not

won’t even be treated as self-defense.” The officer was clearly annoyed, and her fingers tapped heavily on

no evidence to back up her statements. And Anna believed she had a better chance of winning her case if she stopped telling the truth and instead admitted to killing someone. In that case,

and said, “Yes, you may have a point. Admitting self-defense is my best option. However, | cannot use that to