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Chapter 548
As soon as Leanna went downstairs the next morning, she heard the doorbell ringing. She thought that
Aidan was back, so she scurried over to open the door. However, she only found Aidan's subordinate
standing outside. The subordinate pushed the suitcase toward her. "President Pearson told me to send
this to you, Miss McKinney."
Leanna took the suitcase and thanked him.
"You're welcome."
After the subordinate left, Leanna brought the suitcase upstairs and realized that it contained all the
household items and clothes she used regularly. She couldn't help but smile. That man is quite
thoughtful sometimes. Then, she took the items out of the suitcase, washed up, got changed, and left
the house.
Not long after she arrived at the Crossley Group, Raymond entered the office and asked, "Are you
feeling better, Miss McKinney? Do you need to take two more days off?"
Leanna hadn't gone to the company for the past few days, and Freddie only told them that she was ill.
She replied with a faint smile, "Thanks for your concern. I'm fine."
Raymond then put down a document on her table. "You've come at the right time, Miss McKinney.
Here's the financial report for this month."
Leanna flipped through several pages and decided that she would take a proper look later. She then
asked, "Did anything happen in the company over the past few days?"
"Mr. Ollander…"
Seeing how hesitant Raymond was, Leanna said, "Just tell me right away. What's wrong with him
again?"
Raymond explained, "Mr. Ollander is thought to have been involved in a murder case that happened in
the past. He's been making a scene for the past few days. Don't worry, Miss McKinney. The police are
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtlooking into the matter, and it's said to be a personal grudge, so it won't affect the Crossley Group in
any way."
Leanna replied, "I got it. Tell Richard to come in."
Raymond asked hesitantly, "Richard?"
Leanna looked up at him. "What's wrong?"
Raymond shook his head and smiled. "Nothing. I'll inform him now."
"Okay."
Upon reaching the door, Raymond turned to look at Leanna and squinted his eyes. She had been
assigning the most important tasks to Richard recently, so it was apparent that she had been avoiding
Raymond.
All the same, Raymond knew that the tasks given to Richard were mostly about dealing with Jimmy. It
would be best that he didn't take part in any of those so that he wouldn't invite trouble for himself. After
all, he had been making use of them to deal with Jimmy. Once Jimmy was destroyed, no one else
could threaten Raymond, and he'd be able to leave this place as soon as possible.
Not long after Raymond left, Richard arrived at Leanna's office. With Jonathan's help, they acquired
some evidence regarding Jimmy's corruption cases. However, it wasn't enough to make sure Jimmy
could never get back on his feet.
Richard spoke up. "Miss McKinney, due to the murder case, Mr. Ollander has been scrambling to
transfer his assets somewhere else. As such, he has exposed many of his wrongdoings. We just have
to keep looking into the matter. I'm sure we'll acquire even more evidence."
Leanna nodded. "Just do as you say. Get a few people to keep an eye on Jessamine and make sure
Jimmy won't be able to approach her."
"Yes, I got it."
Leanna was drafting a design later that afternoon when the door was kicked open suddenly. Jimmy
barged in and barked, "You're finally back at work. I'll settle the score with you today!"
An unperturbed Leanna looked up at him. At the same time, Raymond and the other managers were
trying to stop Jimmy from approaching Leanna. "Calm down, Mr. Ollander! We can talk things out!"
It was obvious that Jimmy was incensed. "Are you telling me to calm down when I've been accused of
killing someone? If I do nothing to protect myself, I'll go to jail in no time!"
Jimmy pushed them away and adjusted his sleeves. Standing in front of Leanna, he landed his palm on
the table forcefully and pointed at her. "Are you the one who accused me of the murder? It must be
you!"
Leanna leaned against the chair and refuted, "That's interesting, Mr. Ollander. I wasn't at work for a few
days. How was I supposed to accuse you of anything?"
"Stop using it as an excuse! Just because you didn't come to work, it doesn't mean you couldn't do
that. You only suffered a concussion from the car accident. It's not like your brain was damaged or
something."
A surprised Leanna stared fixedly at him. "How did you know I was involved in a car accident, Mr.
Ollander?"
The moment she finished speaking, everyone in the office fell silent. The managers appeared doubtful
as one of them whispered, "Wasn't Miss McKinney absent because she was ill? How did it become a
car accident?"
Jimmy realized he had blurted out a secret, so he coughed and adjusted his tie. He was no longer as
arrogant as earlier. He said, "Well, someone told me that."
"Who was it?"
Jimmy barked, "How am I supposed to remember? I'm a busy man, and I only heard someone else
mention it the other day."
Leanna said with a smile, "I know who told you that."
A vigilant Jimmy questioned, "Who?"
Instead of replying to his question, Leanna uttered impassively, "What are you trying to achieve, Mr.
Ollander? If there's nothing else, you may leave now. I still have work to do."
Jimmy's expression changed as fury rose within him. "I haven't settled the score with you for slandering
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"Don't worry, Mr. Ollander. We have a fair legal system in the country. You won't be charged for the
things you've never done," Leanna said slowly. "As for the things you have done, we'll get to the bottom
of them sooner or later."
Since Leanna had found out his secret, Jimmy didn't dare to continue making a scene. After a snort, he
turned around and strode out of the office. After the other managers left with Jimmy, the office fell silent
again.
Leanna held a pen and tapped it on the table. In the past, she believed that the collision was just an
accident, but now, it seemed that it was Jimmy's doing.
She flipped through the document and realized that other than corruption, Jimmy, who was the
Crossley Group's vice president for many years, had been involved in many wrongdoings as well.
However, according to Jonathan, there was a huge difference between the money Jimmy embezzled
and the assets he had been transferring overseas.
Furthermore, it took Jimmy a lot of money to sustain the connections he had. If he didn't have those
connections, it would've been easy to destroy him. As such, he must have a bigger source of income
from somewhere.
Leanna placed the document in the lowest drawer and locked it. Then, she picked up the design drafts
she had been working on and stood up, ready to head to the studio. The moment she left the office,
Raymond came over and asked, "Are you going out, Miss McKinney?"
Leanna hummed. "I'm going to the studio."
"Why don't I send you there?"
"There's no need for that."
"We heard that you were involved in a car accident. To prevent the same thing from happening again,
you have to be careful."
Leanna replied, "I will."
Hearing that, Raymond stopped insisting as he walked Leanna downstairs. After Leanna was gone, he
looked around and headed upstairs.
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