No, is that what he wants to say?‘ The police officer became embarrassed after thinking about it. Then, the two went aside to a more private room.
“I suffer from severe insomnia. No matter what kind of medicine I take, it doesn’t help much. I have relevant medical reports, which I can provide you with,” Jared said with a straight face.
When the policeman analyzed Jared, he didn’t seem to be lying. Besides, with Jared’s identity, there was no need to lie.
“So you didn’t sleep last night. Can you provide an alibi for Ms. Watson?”
If that was the case, then that matter had nothing to do with Julia.
“No.” Jared replied, “I slept soundly last night.”
“Ah?” The police officer was stunned.
‘What does it mean? He slept soundly?‘
‘If he slept soundly, how can he provide an alibi for Julia?‘ The officer thought.
‘No, didn’t he say that he has severe insomnia? How did he sleep so soundly?‘ Another question was raised in the police officer’s mind.
Before the police officer could ask, Jared’s voice sounded. “There is a secret about me. If I sleep hugging Julia in my arms, I fall asleep. But if she’s not around, I find it hard to even have a blink of sleep,” he admitted.
“What?” The police officer was stunned again, staring straight at Jared.
If the person standing before him at this time were not the wealthiest man in Monroe City, he would suspect that the other party was playing tricks on him.
In the end, Jared took Julia away. Of course, that was mainly because the police station had no definite evidence to prove that Julia was the one who was in the photo.
After leaving the police station, Julia couldn’t restrain her curiosity and asked, “What did you tell him alone earlier?”
Jared opened the co–pilot’s door to allow Julia to enter before he spoke, “Silly. I talked to him alone for a reason. It’s natural not to let other people know.”
The more Jared was like that, the more curious Julia became. On the way back, Julia asked from time to time.
The man did not find it annoying; instead, he liked how she whispered in his ear, asking questions. Their day was so long, but he was happy.
As soon as Julia and Jared left, it was the same time that Conrad arrived at the police station. “May I ask what’s your business here?” the policeman asked.
Conrad rushed over in a hurry, and he was in a panic. Sweats were evident in his temple.
“I’m Julia’s brother!” He informed them.
“Are you Ms. Watson’s brother?”
“That’s right.” Conrad took out his ID card. After the police officer took the ID card, he checked it. “Where’s my sister? Has she been locked up?”
Conrad looked around, but he didn’t see even Julia’s shadow. He wondered if she had already been detained. Thinking of this, Conrad became anxious and couldn’t rest his heart out of worry. “President Brooks already sent your sister home,” one of the authorities told the panicking man.
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“President Brooks? Which Brooks? Why did he take my sister away?” Conrad looked at the police officer in bewilderment and asked.
When the police officers heard Conrad’s question, they looked at Conrad suspiciously.
‘Was he too anxious that his brain was not functioning?”
“It’s your brother–in–law. Mr. Brooks took her home.”
“Oh! Him!” Conrad naturally knew who his brother–in–law was.
‘Jared Brooks!‘
However, he wondered why the officers said that Jared was the President.
Meanwhile, Julia had been fidgeting over something. While thinking about everything that had occurred, a new message popped into her phone’s background.
Julia opened it and saw that Lincoln sent the news. She wondered if the man had already found a clue. Deep inside, she could not wait to see what it was.
From: Lincoln.
[Boss, quickly check Snapchat!]
Her eyebrows furrowed when she saw the message. She wondered what was on Snapchat.
‘What was in there? And what the hell is Lincoln doing?‘
Still, Julia decided to trust the man and clicked on Snapchat. That was when her pupils. brightened slightly.
Just earlier, she wondered why Lincoln seemed excited, but it turned out he was orchestrating something over the internet and spreading that the person in the photo was Yasmin. Not only that, Lincoln also spent money to buy the trending search, which was directly put on the top, and the posts about her were pushed to the very bottom.
Looking at the comments under the post, the people on the social media platform were already creating a mess.
[I can’t believe this! We’ve been with Yasmin through the years! She will never do such a thing! Her step–sister framed her!]
[Agree with the person above me! Yasmin has nothing to do with that case!]
Words like Yasmin’s fans posted those. But there were also many netizens with brains and rationality.
[One thing to say: I think the person’s back in the photo looks like Yasmin.]
As soon as the rational netizen said those things against Yasmin, he was immediately attacked by Yasmin’s fans.
[If you have problems with your eyes, go to the ophthalmologist. Is Yasmin that kind of person to you?]
[Look, we are old fans of Yasmin. We’ve been with her for years already. What right does a passer–by like you have to share such nonsense? Besides, it is impossible for her to drink and drive. Yasmin won’t do something like that.]
[He must be a troll Julia hired with money. Everyone, let’s file a complaint against him!]
Upon seeing all the attacks online, the only sensible netizen commented again.
[What do you mean a troll? I’m just an average netizen, too! And what do you mean by a complaint against me? I’m not even breaking the law! Let’s see! I’ll post photos of both of their backs, and you
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can compare them. It’s no use comparing since it’s so obvious, but for brainless fans like do it! In the end, you’ll realize who’s who.]
you,
let’s
As the netizen promised, he posted a picture of their backs, and as soon as it came up, many sensible people began to side with Julia one after another.
[Now that I see this, she’s more like Yasmin.]
[Nonsense, obviously looks like Julia!]
As Julia scrolled down the comment section, the more it became lively. People were debating who was who.
Just in time, Lincoln sent another message.
From Lincoln:
[Boss, I have prepared a surprise for you!]
Upon reading that, her heart thumped, and she became nervous. Julia typed aggressively with doubt.
To Lincoln:
[What did you do?]
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From Lincoln:
[Just wait and see.]
As soon as Lincoln sent the message, Julia received a call from Conrad. Seeing his name on the caller ID, she knew why he was calling her then. The man must have heard that she was taken to the police station.
“Hey, Conrad, I-” Julia spoke but was overshadowed by Conrad’s worried voice.
“Where are you?” He asked, anxiousness laced in his voice.
“I’m on my way back.”
“Mr. Brooks… picked you up?”
Hearing Conrad’s question, Julia was quite surprised. Then she turned her head to look at Jared.
When she did that, the man immediately noticed her reaction and glanced at her sideways. His pupils narrowed slightly, and Jared tried to guess what just happened.
“Conrad, have you… been to the police station?”
“Who is President Brooks?” Conrad asked without answering what she just asked. Curiosity, suspicion, and worry were already entangling in his heart.
In fact, Conrad had probably guessed something already, but he was still unsure, so he wanted to hear it directly from the woman.
To be exact, he was trying to push away his conclusions. After all, the Brooks he knew was someone hard to reach. Not that he was belittling Julia. That man’s identity was just something. Also, how could the two of them meet?
Maybe he guessed wrong; it was just that Jared happened to be named Brooks as well, and he was just a company General Manager.
Julia frowned. The matter even reached Conrad’s ears. She realized there was no need to continue hiding it from him.
After exhaling, Julia took a deep breath and opened her mouth to speak, “I’m sorry I lied to you. The truth is that Jared is not an ordinary employee of the Brooks Company. He is the head of the Brooks Family, that wealthy clan.”
The moment he heard that answer, Conrad’s expression became tense, and his heart was panicking. For a long time, Julia’s brother was eaten by silence. She could not help but frown and pursed her lips tightly. Deep inside, she was as nervous.
At this time, Jared’s low and mellow voice suddenly rang in her ears.
“Ask your brother if he’s free tonight. Let’s have dinner together if he is free,” the man uttered.
Now that Jared said that, she was grateful. So she smiled and nodded before she conveyed his invitation to her brother.
When Conrad heard that, he felt relieved. They ended the call afterward.
Upon hanging up the phone, he remembered what Jared had said to him when he and Jared went
to talk alone that day. He could still recall how serious Jared was, and somehow, he was relieved to hand Julia over to the man.
He did not care who Jared indeed was. Conrad did not care if he was the boss of a big corporation. He would be fine with that as long as he could make his sister happy.
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“What’s for dinner?” Julia habitually raised her hand and touched her chin, thinking. “I want to make it myself, but we lack time. Vegetarian dishes can be fried quickly, but meat dishes… I’m afraid it will be too late.”
“Then eat some steak?” Jared suggested.
Julia’s eyes lit up. “Yes! That sounds awesome! Now that the weather is turning cold and winter is coming soon, eating steak with corn soup is good. It’s also very convenient since we have left over. Gathering together, cutting steaks, and eating soup, can deepen a relationship.”
“Then I’ll drive to the supermarket for more ingredients.”
“That will do!”
Meanwhile, on Yasmin’s side, she was looking at Snapchat while holding her phone. Her expression could not be explained. It was distorted.
“Damn it!” She gritted her teeth in anger. Yasmin let out a low growl with her eyes tearing apart.
It was initially a one–sided situation, but now, some people have come forward, thinking that she was the one who committed the crime.
“Yasmin, don’t worry. Most people still support you,” Assistant Cindy said from the side, but she stopped again and continued, “Well, although I said that, I’m still a little worried.”
Yasmin looked at the photos posted by netizens on the current page. One was her back view, the other was Julia’s back view, and the middle one was the secretly photographed photo from last night.
Honestly, even she felt that this photo looked more like her.
“Don’t worry, just keep filming your scene. There won’t be-” Before assistant Cindy could finish her last words, she saw uniformed police officers walking towards them.
“Ya–Yasmin!” Cindy shook Yasmin’s hand.
“What’s wrong? You’ll wrinkle my costume!” After Yasmin said that unhappily, she followed Cindy’s line of sight suspiciously. She was so startled when she saw who was coming that her heart almost dropped to the floor.
Thanks to her heavy makeup and thick foundation on her face, she looked confident. Otherwise, they would see how she paled upon seeing the authorities.
“Miss Yasmin, we just received a report. You were the one who committed hit and run last night.” Even the police officers were having a headache knowing they received two reports consecutively. But to be honest, comparing the backs of Yasmin and Julia, they felt that the person in that photo looked more like Yasmin.
“It’s not me! How could I do that kind of thing? My sister did it!” Yasmin hastily pushed all the responsibility on Julia.
“Whether it’s you or not, please come with us and record a statement.”
Yasmin was anxious. She could feel that everyone in the film crew was watching her, which made her so ashamed and indignant that she wanted to be swallowed whole from where she was standing.
All of that was Julia’s fault. She could not understand why that woman could not just admit to the crime for her sake. From what Yasmin knew, Philip already promised Julia that as long as she would plead guilty, he would take the woman home after serving her sentence.
Julia didn’t even agree, with such a condition, so Yasmin didn’t know what to do!
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Soon, the news that the police took Yasmin away spread all over the Internet.
Yasmin’s fans exploded!
[Julia is too useless! It’s all her fault!]
[I want to say hehe, this Julia just proved that someone can be the exact definition of ‘shameless.“] [Take it easy. You forgot that the last time someone insulted Julia, he was silenced and banned.] [I don’t care, and I am not even afraid! Why is Julia has been shamelessly getting away from everything wrong she does? She did a lot of things already! Why can’t she just kill herself so she wouldn’t drag Yasmin and her family into her mess!]
After commenting so harshly, the netizen was immediately banned. She was picked out in a
second.
[Fuck! What kind of influential person did Julia suck up to? Awesome! Someone spoke ill to her, and they’re immediately taken down! Everyone, take it easy!]
Following the closure of this netizen’s account, the anger of Yasmin’s fans soared to unprecedented heights in an instant, and a storm brewed by Yasmin’s fans was about to unfold. At the North Villa, Julia, Conrad, and Jared sat around eating steak and corn soup together. Conrad looked around the villa. Until now, he still could not believe that his brother–in–law was the president of the Brooks Clan and that he was also the wealthiest man in Monroe City. -Now that he thought of it, since the establishment of his company, it had been smooth sailing. He
knew it was because of Julia’s connections, but now, he realized Jared must have helped. Conrad thought he had figured it out, but in fact, he was thinking wrong.
Indeed, Julia helped his brother through the shadows. Otherwise, J&C Limited would not have developed so fast and smoothly. But there was another truth: Julia didn’t ask Jared for help. She could easily handle it just because of her status as a healer.
“Conrad, try the soup.” Julia picked up the serving spoon and poured corn soup into his bowl. After Conrad nodded, he tasted it and put the spoon down again. He looked at Julia, “How did your and Mr. Brooks know each other?”
Before Julia could answer, Jared’s voice sounded first. “You don’t need to call me that. Just call me brother–in–law.“
