Mr. Billionaire Boundless Love

She no longer had to whisper, but her voice came out hoarse. But she soon realized that it was Clint standing there, with his eyebrows furrowed.

“Why are you working so late? You still haven’t recovered.”

He had had a meeting very late that night, and on his way back, he drove past Selene’s apartment. When he saw that the lights of her apartment were on, he decided to confront her.

He knew of Selene’s current health situation, and he knew that she should not have been staying up late.

Selene gave him a dismissive look. “There are only three days left, and I haven’t even finished one dress. How can I possibly finish three on time without staying up?”

She didn’t want to let him in, but he pushed past her before she could stop him. As soon as he entered, he started picking up the mess off the ground. He then noticed the designs on her laptop screen and closed it.

“Are all materials here?” Clint asked, pointing at the various fabrics and cloth on the floor.

Selene nodded, unsure of his intentions.

Clint picked up all the materials and her laptop and then simply walked out of her apartment.

“What are you doing?” Selene asked, walking after him.

“You need to be smart about this. JU Brand is looking for designers, not tailors. You’ve designed the dresses; now I’ll find some tailors who will make them for you in two days.”

Selene had a sudden look of realization and said nothing. She hadn’t even considered doing this, as she believed that the designer and the tailor should be the same person. But now, she had no other choice but to go along with it since she was running out of options.

“Don’t worry, I’ll find some tailors as good as you.” Clint glanced at her.

Clint put all the things in his car, then drove away, leaving a surprised Selene behind.

To Selene, it felt like a large weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and she had a great sleep that night.

Her phone ring woke her up the next morning. She looked at the screen. It was Mandy.

“Have you checked Twitter?” Mandy asked with urgency in her voice. ”Jennifer has just posted pictures of the new dresses that she’s designed. Some of these dresses look very similar to the ones you originally made for the JU Brand competition. How is this possible?”

Selene wasn’t surprised at all by the revelation. “Someone hacked into my email, and the design drafts were lost. It was probably Jennifer.”

“What? And if you hand in your designs to JU Brand, will they think you’re copying her work?” Mandy asked worriedly.

Selene smiled. “I was totally expecting this to happen after having known her for so long. After Austin helped me recover my designs, I sent them to Mike and told him that some hackers had stolen my designs. If she had only released them earlier, I would have been in trouble.”

“Great job! Do you think you’ll win?” Mandy asked after letting out a sigh of relief.

“I don’t know.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll work with Austin to rebuild our store. Soon we’ll be able to take orders again.” Mandy grinned.

“That’s great! Thank you.”

Then Selene hung up and received a new call. This time, from the police.

“Hello, is this Ms. Selene Morris?”

”It is.” She replied.

”We’ve found the robbers. Please come to the police station.”

“Good. I’ll come right now.”

When she arrived at the station, a policeman led her to an interview room to identify the robbers.

The robbers sat in the room, lined up, so their faces were visible. Then, when they saw Selene, they lowered their heads.

“Miss Morris. You told me that the robbers wore masks and one of them had a scar on the corner of his eyes. Do you recognize any of them?”

Selene nodded confidently without missing a beat. “Yes. It’s them. These are the robbers.”

One of the accused men raised his head. “Miss,” He pleaded. ‘We only took the money. We didn’t start the fire.”

“Shut up.” The policeman demanded. “Miss Morris. Would you mind following me? We want to record a statement from you.”

Selene followed him to a different room. “We’ve acquired security footage from the bank. At 11:30 p. m. on that night, they took out some money from your bank account. The next morning, they took some more. The two both admitted to the robbing, but they denied having started the fire.”

“I think it was around 1:00 a. m. when the fire started. Do they have alibis?”

“No, they don’t. That’s why we don’t believe them.”

“I know there’s no evidence for this, but I truly think that it’s not them who set my store on fire.”

“What makes you think that?” The police officer asked with furrowed brows.

“While I was locked in the warehouse, I heard some light footsteps just before the fire started. It didn’t sound like these two robbers. Whoever it was, the person ran away when I made some noise. The two robbers would not have run away since they both knew I was locked in the warehouse.”

“Really? Why have you not told us this earlier?”

“I was in the hospital, and I couldn’t speak. It was just a suspicion of mine, and it wasn’t based on hard evidence, so I didn’t tell you in case it would interfere with your investigation.”

The policeman nodded. “We will look into it. But, right now, the only evidence we have is the robbers’ confession. If they deny starting the fire, there’s no way to convict them. We will continue our investigation.”

“Thank you, sir,” Selene answered.

After she walked out of the police station, Selene saw a familiar car parked by the roadside. Clint stood by the car.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Hi, Why are you here?” Selene asked.

“The police called. They told me they’d found the robbers, so I decided to come by.” He opened the door on the passenger side. “I’ll drive you home.”

Selene frowned and hesitated.

“Don’t worry. I have no hidden intentions.” Clint joked with a smile.

Selene thought for a while, then got into the car.