Husband With Benefits
Chapter 499: A Detective

Chapter 499: A Detective

Detective Davis scowled as she slumped into her chair, seething with frustration. "They took me off the case!" she exclaimed. Detective Reynolds shook his head in understanding. "Of course they did," he said calmly. "You’re too close to it, Davis. You’ve been chasing after them like a bloodhound, convinced that Olivia is the mastermind behind it all. Do you really think that Sebastian Frost would take that lying down?"

"But all evidence points to her..."

"What evidence? There is no evidence Davis! It is all circumstantial! You were not trying to investigate! You were trying to prove the Olivia Frost is responsible for it!"

"So, he got scared and had them remove me from the case? Is that it?"

"Seb Frost is not the one who had you removed from the case, Davis. It is me! I asked the superiors to take you off that." Detective Reynolds answered.

"You? But why?"

"Because you’re young and foolish, Davis! You revealed things that should not have been revealed!"

"What are you talking about?" Detective Davis asked.

"See, you don’t even realize it! When you were taking Vivienne Dempsey’s statement, you revealed that Olivia Frost was pregnant? Did you even consider that it could be Miss Dempsey who could be behind everything? Everything happened when she returned to the country. And she has a history of enmity against Sebastian Frost."

"And he has told us about having a stalker previously. Did you pull up the old files to look through them and check out if it was probably that person who had returned? And what about the oils? Did you try to investigate how those poisonous oils came to Emma?"

"Of course they could have been exchanged by Olivia..." Davis tried to speak but Reynolds cut her off," That is what I am saying! You’ve already tried and judged Olivia Frost as the culprit. So, all you have been doing is trying to prove that Olivia Frost is the one trying to scare all her husband’s exes. This is enough to prove that you are not right for this case. I am your partner and much more experienced about this. I know it."

"You had no right..." Detective Davis tried to defend herself but realized that she couldn’t...

Reynolds nodded," This case is on hold for now. Soon, it will be assigned to another partner and until then, you can move onto other cases."

"But, isn’t Seb Frost at risk..."

Reynolds scoffed at that," Do you think that man needs us to investigate? He has an entire army of private investigators at his command, Davis! Here take a look..."

With that, Reynolds threw the picture of a young woman taken from a surveillance camera onto the table.

"Who is this?" Davis asked in confusion.

"The woman who sold the essential oild and diffuser to Emma. She was employed in the mall but is missing at the moment. And you know what is interesting, she started working on that day itself! So, it was all pre planned! They’ve already found the name and address of the woman but she is not there either. How long do you think it will take them to dig her up? Not long."

Davis was confused. Had she really been mislead? Could it be that her source was wrong? Should she tell Reynolds about it? After all, when she’d first started investigating the case, someone had tipped her that the person responsible for Emma’s accident was someone close to Sebastian Frost. Who could it be?

She glanced at Reynolds and then at the picture on the desk. While she’d been asked to bench the investigation and forbidden from contacting Olivia Frost for any more questioning, she could still investigate until she was asked to hand over the files. It could take weeks for someone else to be assigned the case...Fine. This is what she would do. She would start looking at the case with fresh eyes.

***

"Detective Davis has been taken off the case, Ma’am."

The woman frowned. "Why? She was doing perfectly well. She was following our lead. Was it Sebastian Frost who..."

"No ma’am. It seems to be an internal decision. But now you need to be really careful. Until now, we could use her inexperience in our favour. However, if a new officer were to come in... our cover could be blown."

"We’ll have accomplished our mission until then. For now, create a diversion for Detective Davis. She won’t let go so easily. You have those bank receipts?"

"Yes ma’am."

"Good, then send them to Davis’s desk. She will see that Olivia Frost is responsible for hiring that salesgirl... that should be enough time for us... While she is poking around there, I will make sure to get rid of Olivia and her baby! How dare she get pregnant with Seb’s child? The gall of her! Trying to trap him. Also, use Vivienne Dempsey."

"As for the new investigative team, have you planted evidence against that womam like I asked you?"

"Yes, ma’am. If they give a clean chit to Olivia, their next person in interest will be Vivienne Dempsey."

"Good. Now, I just need you to arrange a meeting with Seb and...", the woman paused. "Have you made the arrangements for the drugs?"

"Yes, ma’am."

"Good. Then. That is good. Then go make the rest of the arrangements." As the man scurried away, the woman smiled.

Soon, she would have everything in place and Seb would be hers permanently. Once he had been with her, he would forget the rest...

With the man gone, she stood up from the shadows and walked outwards. Her eyes traced the shape of the moon, settling on the deep curve of it as she thought back to everything she had endured to be with him. Finally, she was so close to her goal...

***

Seb sighed and rubbed his head. Why were there no leads for him? Who was this person? How were they able to stay hidden so well and for so long? He needed to get rid of them at the soonest...

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