Her Fake Lover

Chapter 56

"All right," said Emmeline. She looked at Justin mysteriously. "I'll give you a chance to prove your innocence. Two people who confessed to rioting under your orders, you have the right to interrogate them. Do whatever it takes until you can prove to me your innocence."

Justin smiled happily at Emmeline's words. "This is really a relief, Miss. Thank you. I'm sure you too must think that someone seems to be just trying to pit the two of us against each other at this point. I know you have very critical and sharp thoughts. I believe that. You're just like Vin."

Emmeline flinched for a moment when Vin's name was called, though she didn't make it obvious. Emmeline looked away for a moment. She then cleared her throat.

"Justin," said Emmy. She looked back at Justin, "can you tell me, what do you know about Vin?"

"Oh?" Justin gasped for a moment at the question. He immediately seemed to think.

"I just wanted to know how close you really are to Vin," Emmeline added. "Do you know his family? What do you know about his private life?"

Justin looked at Emmeline intently. In that gaze, there was a wandering contemplation. Justin was probably recalling his past memories of Vin. Emmeline wanted to know.

Justin sighed. "Which part should I tell you. I'm sure you know a lot about Vin. But if you want me to talk about something about him, then one thing I can never forget about Vin, is that I, once saw him fight with Howard Silas Asbluff. It happened when he was still working for Silas HA. Before he resigned. That's ... that was how my relationship with Vin started, actually."

Emmeline frowned. "Are you serious?"

"I mean, Miss Karfis, if you mean that we know each other, then it's true we know each other. But Silas HA is a big company. And we're in different divisions. I'm in Silas' jewelry and diamonds, and Vin, as you know, he was a watch designer. Silas HA's pre-eminent designer at the time. Vin was such a nice person, and he had great respect for other people. He easily appreciated other people, and that's mainly what made him know a lot of people almost all over Silas. I have liked that person for a long time. He is not arrogant even though he has expensive skills. He knew about me well from my track record in the company, just as I knew about him, but to be honest we never really got to know each other that well, until that day."

Justin's eyes looked cloudy.

"On one occasion, during lunch at a restaurant, I found him fighting with Silas HA's boss. I'm not sure what they were arguing about. But Vin came out with a face full of anger. He passed me by then. And we just stared at each other for a moment. He left after that without a word. The next day, we met at the company. Our experience the previous day couldn't be ignored, so we ended up talking to each other. Then we became close quickly."

Emmeline was still listening to Justin, while Justin was still talking.

"He never wanted to say what he had had a fight with Silas's boss. And instead he said, 'Life can be full of challenges, Justin; Besides we have to be prepared, we also have to be alert, and careful'. The sentence that made me think that he did seem to have a problem with Silas's boss. But I'm not surprised if someone like Vin can get into trouble with Silas HA's boss. Howard Silas Ashbluff, can sometimes get out of hand. He doesn't hesitate to fire his subordinates whenever he wants if they are caught against his policies. Only Vin what I saw was not threatened with any punishment at that time, even though I saw them fighting. But I guess that's because Vin is Silas HA's mainstay designer. But after that, it was Vin himself who resigned. I'm sure Vin really resigned without coercion. I see, Howard Silas doesn't seem happy with Vin's resignation."

Emmeline nodded her head. The information was new to her, though not entirely, because as for what Howard was like, Emmeline already knew it. But there was something else Emmeline really wanted to know.

"There's nothing else you want to say about Vin?"

Justin raised his eyebrows slightly. "What other part would you like to hear? About Mr. Piers? Vin's only family? Em—I mean like his family." Justin smiled lightly. "Um—I don't think there's much to say, Miss Karfis. You're very close to Vin yourself."

At this point, Emmeline let out a disappointed sigh. Apparently Justin was nothing more than herself, not knowing that Vin had family in Italy. Vin really had hidden everything tightly. With the help of Mr. Piers, of course. But for what purpose?

"Um, alright, Justin. I know what kind of person Howard is. I'm not going to try to defend him from the label you just gave him. At the beginning of Karfis & Vin's existence, while Vin was still alive, Howard had attempted to sabotage the diamond delivery process for Karfis & Vin. No one knew this. Even Vin kept this matter a secret from me at the time, so as not to worry me. He solved the problem quickly at the time, and I only found out about it after a while."

"Oh?" Justin sighed in surprise. "Be careful, Miss. Howard Silas Ashbluff can be very dangerous. Even in our current predicament," Justin gave Emmeline a good look, "I can't let go of my suspicions on him."

Emmeline didn't respond, though she gave Justin a good look. Emmeline didn't even look away as she slowly got up from her seat, as if it was a sign of approval from Emmeline that she allowed Justin to investigate based on his suspicions. Justin quickly understood it.

"Okay Justin, keep in mind that for the time being, you won't be doing your job at Karfis & Vin according to your title. Instead, you'll have to do an internal investigation into the matter. You don't think I'm on your side. I'm just giving you time to prove yourself."

"Thank you very much, Miss Karfis," Justin bowed excitedly. He walked Emmeline to her car, and stared at Emmeline's car with a smile until it left his house.

Emmeline, contemplating in her car while driving it. She was still contemplating her meeting with Justin, thinking about Vin, and about everything. Then also about Foxxtar's bravado. Emmeline felt as if her head was about to burst. She turned her car for a moment into a cafe. She knew she had a lot of work at the office, but she was really feeling emotionally drained.

Emmeline got off carefully after she had parked her car properly. Her tired mind made her body feel even more tired than usual. She was standing unbalanced when she had only walked a few steps after getting out of the car, and it made her sprain, but someone caught her.

"Emmeline, are you all right?"

Emmeline turned to the person holding her, and she suddenly widened her eyes in surprise.

"Waylon?" said Emmeline.

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