My Pretty Sweetheart novel Chapter 169

I was brought to the interrogation room. A middle-aged woman sat in front of me and said sternly, "Miss Reid, I'm sorry to have brought you here. We would have to record the conversation for legal purposes, and I hope you can cooperate with us."

I nodded. I was frightened when they held me in the airport. But right then, when I was in the interrogation room, I had already calmed down.

The woman looked at me and said, "According to our investigation, the Roberts Group had just wrapped up their auditing under the public's observation. You had already reported the result as well."

I nodded and didn't say anything else.

She continued, "I've seen the report and audit results, and most of them are approved by you. Miss Reid, are you aware of the financial deficit in Roberts Group?"

I frowned. Without answering the question directly, I asked instead, "Madam, the things you asked me, are they illegal?"

She shook her head and smiled, "Nope, it isn't, but the illegal issues are related to this. Six months ago, a technology company under the Roberts Group, Advancer Tech, covered up the accidental death of four factory workers. They died because of safety problems that arose in the factory. However, your company didn't compensate nor give an appropriate statement regarding this, and unfortunately, a family of three committed suicide last night because of this."

"Four workers died in an accident?" I was so shocked that I stood up from my seat, "How could it be four people?"

Noticing the panic on my face, she sneered, "Stop with the act. You're the person in charge. You should know better than us."

I stared at her. I didn't understand what she was saying. I had no idea what to do, so I said, "I'm not putting up an act. I've only taken over Advancer Tech's project for less than two months. And the southern district factory incident took place half a year ago. I wasn't even the person in charge at that time!"

She scoffed, "Miss Reid, I expected you to say this. What you said was true. However, when you were promoted to the company's director a year ago, you have already become the person in charge of Advancer Tech. We found out that Master Roberts had transferred fifteen percent of the company's shares under your name in private to avoid prying ears, and Advancer Tech was among those shares."

I couldn't believe what she said. I didn't even know how to defend myself.

My heart was in a mess, I shook my head vigorously and said, "I was never in charge of the southern district branches! I didn't even know what happened until recently."

"Miss Reid, stop with the baseless talks. You have signed and approved all the related documents to Advancer Tech for a whole year. We can easily present these documents as evidence against you. To be frank, you aren't the legal entity of the company. You are only at fault for not handling this appropriately. This is a case targeting the operation procedures in the Roberts Group. You would only face the risk of being fired from your position, so it does you no harm to admit to this," She continued.

I looked at her as I processed her words. It wasn't a criminal case. It was just a matter regarding a company and its employees.

After I calmed down, I looked at her and said, "Sorry, I can't answer your questions. Your current behavior can be considered as illegal detention. I have the right to sue you for violating my rights."

In the end, they shouldn't have the need to involve me in the investigation process regarding the Roberts Group's problem. Moreover, I was concerned that someone might have deliberately framed me for the case regarding Advancer Tech.