Chapter 5: At the police station

Jackson wore a look of apathy as he gave those cruel instructions to the guards and Leah lowered her gaze to conceal the look of sadness in her eyes.

"Is Jackson's heart made of stone? I've never let him down in any way throughout our five years of relationship and three years of marriage. Why is he so cruel to me?" she thought.

"Three years ago, Jackson had sent me packing with nothing to my name. Now that we're meeting again for the first time in three years, he's going to send me to the police station without even bothering to get his facts right."

Men were the cruelest creatures in the world and Jackson was one of the leaders of the pack.

"I must have been blind to have fallen in love with such a cold-blooded and heartless man back then," she thought.

Leah was adamant not to apologize and was eventually brought to the police station.

Just when the police asked her some basic questions, Leah's phone rang — it was a call from Billy. After Leah answered the call, Billy yelled in exasperation,

"Leah, where the hell are you? Didn't I tell you to wait in the lounge?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Stallone!" Leah apologized repeatedly.

"Something unexpected happened and I'm currently at the police station."

"What? The police station? Why are you in the police station?"

"Well... Well..." Leah was at a loss as to what to say. She knew that couldn't possibly tell Billy that she had bumped into the mistress who ruined her marriage and was sent to the police station by her ex-husband because she lost her temper and got into a conflict with the mistress.

Billy became impatient when he noticed how hesitant she was and yelled,

"You could stay in the police station if that's what you like. I don't need an assistant like you anymore. I'll call Henry right away!"

She then heard the sound of a beeping tone on the other end of the line. Billy had hung up the phone. Leah's heart sank when she realized that she had gotten herself into legal trouble and would soon lose her job a well.

The police felt sorry for her when they saw how pale she seemed and kindly reminded her, "Miss, of all the people in the world, why did you offend this couple? Mind you that the lady is Mr. Riverss precious daughter while and the man, Jackson, is a business tycoon. Be sensible and apologize to them. You'll be able to resolve the matter with an apology. I have Mr. Lee's number if you need it. Why don't you call him and put in a good word for yourself?"

Leah's lips curled up into a smile and she replied,

"Thank you, sir. Now that I've lost my job and have nowhere to go, being locked up here might help me to tide through things for the time being since I wouldn't have to worry about food and shelter. Forget about the apology."

Seeing how resistant she was towards the idea of apologizing, the police sighed and left. Leah knew that Jackson would not let her off the hook and she decided to make the best out of her situation and wait to see what tricks he had up his sleeves.

She doesn't think that Jackson would be able to abuse his power and dictate the law.

As the thought crossed her mind, she heard the sound of heavy footsteps at the door. After the door was pushed open, she saw Billy standing by the door with a furious look on his face.

"Leah, how dare you!"

"Mr. Stallone!" Leah greeted in a low voice.

"I've never had an assistant like you who not only fail to be of help but even cause trouble for me!" Billy lectured her fiercely. However, he quickly fell silent when he saw how pathetic state Leah seemed.

"What happened? How the hell did you end up in such a state?"

"Someone poured wine onto me but it's no big deal."

"Who did it?" Billy spat out the question through his gritted teeth.

"It's someone whom I don't know!"

"I'm so ashamed of you! How could you be bullied like this?" Billy asked and picked up his mobile phone before he called someone and instructed,

"Send me two men. Someone bullied my assistant and we need to teach them a lesson."

"Mr. Stallone! That person is now in the hospital, there's no need to teach her a lesson. She's the one who's going to teach me a lesson now."

"Good job!" Billy praised and he instantly brightened up.

"It's okay. Now that I'm here, nobody would dare to punish you. Get up, we're leaving."

"Leave?"

"Do you want to stay here?" Billy said. He then turned and walked out. After a moment of hesitation, Leah stood up and followed after him.

No-one stopped her as she followed Billy out of the police station. When they reached the parking lot, Billysuddenly burst into laughter at the sight of her.