Raeleigh was standing about 10 metres away from the car. Santiago seemed to have a hunch that the car would explode and quickly reached out to shield Raeleigh from the blast. Thankfully, aside from Raeleigh being shaken up, both of them escaped unscathed.
By the time Raeleigh came back to her senses, Santiago had released her. He was staring at the bodies of the policemen who had been killed by the blast. Raeleigh immediately looked over at Santiago and said, "They were innocent!"
However, Santiago did not reply.
Raeleigh immediately called the police and the ambulance. When another team of police officers finally arrived, Santiago gave them a detailed breakdown of what had happened. Although the police officers knew that he was from the Richards family, that did not mean that he was not suspicious. In the end, they decided to bring both Santiago and Raeleigh to the police station for further investigation.
When they arrived at the station, Santiago and Raeleigh hurriedly gave them their deposition. However, midway through taking Santiago's statement, the police suddenly received a phone call. His original calm and composed attitude immediately changed.
"We did not find any trace of anyone breaking into your car. We are now suspecting that you have deliberate intent to hurt the police and that you're flouting the law. We are going to detain you."
Raeleigh, who was sitting beside him, suddenly stood up. "What are you talking about?"
"You heard us."
The policeman was very straightforward and stern to Raeleigh, especially the policewoman. When she saw Raeleigh was about to stand up, she hurriedly pushed her back down. Everything happened so quickly that Raeleigh did not have time to react. In addition, her heart was pounding wildly in her chest.
Raeleigh looked over at Santiago and saw that he was glaring at the policewoman as he walked towards her. If looks could kill, the policewoman would have already been dead by now.
"Apologize at once."
Santiago warned the policewoman. However, instead of apologizing, the policewoman said, "She's now one of the suspects for this case. She's not allowed to go anywhere without our permission and now you want me to apologize? She's the one who's supposed to be apologizing."
The policewoman asserted her dominance.
Santiago sneered before reaching out and grabbing her by the collar, lifting her up from the ground. "I'll repeat once. Apologise, now!"
The policemen, who were surrounding them, quickly took out their guns and pointed it at Santiago. However, Santiago remained unfazed.
"Do prefer to apologise or do you prefer to die?"
In an instant, Santiago shot a sharp glare at her.
The policemen had already pulled the trigger. If Santiago made another move, he would be shot.
However, deep down, none of the policemen actually dared to shoot him.
On the other hand, the policewoman burned with anger. In the end, she had no choice but to apologise to Raeleigh.
Raeleigh reached out and pulled Santiago's arm. "Santiago, you know what? Just forget it."
Only then did Santiago let go of the policewoman and threw her to the ground. Raeleigh suddenly heard a snap and moments later, the policewoman screamed in pain.
This caused a stir in the police station. Santiago cast a quick glance around the room and realized that some of the policemen were frightened down to the soles of their shoes.
Raeleigh pulled Santiago's arm again and said, "Come on, Santiago. That's enough."
"What are you talking about?" Santiago pulled out a chair and motioned for Raeleigh to sit down. She suddenly realised that Santiago had done this on purpose to show his dominance.
After that, Santiago sat down beside her and asked, "Does it hurt?"
Raeleigh blushed. How could it not hurt? The policewoman exerted force.
"Stop stirring up trouble."
"Come here, let me have a look." Santiago said as he lifted Raeleigh's coat, wanting to massage the sore spot on her buttocks. Raeleigh immediately slapped his hands away, "Don't you dare!"
When Santiago saw how angry she looked, he immediately pulled his hands back.
Santiago sat down while the rest of the policemen quickly went back to work. A few moments later, the superintendent appeared with an unpleasant look on his face.
When he saw Santiago, he immediately said, "We're going to detain the both of you."
"I want to call my lawyer."
The superintendent agreed and Santiago quickly made the call.
"Seibert..." "Yes, Mr. Santiago?"
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