MIDNIGHT Bride The CEO's TEMPTATION

There must be a catch in it.

"Do you know where did Officer Black went after he resigned?" Savannah leaned forward and asked.

"It was said that he went to Chicago." The policewoman had a good memory.

Officer Black went to Chicago?

Savannah's heart was beating fast. The color went off her face.

"Miss Schultz, what happened?" The policewoman noticed her pale face.

"Nothing… Is Officer Black from Chicago?" Savannah held her breath.

"Oh no, his son is working in Chicago, so he moved to live with his son."

"His son must be something? What does he do?" She held her breath.

The policewoman had been ordered to treat the young lady with courtesy, so she explained patiently.

"I'm not very clear, but it was said that he went to a big company under the MTN group in Chicago, and he was given the job. Later he bought a house and a car there. His position is getting higher. That's why his father left and enjoyed the rest of his life there." The policewoman admired her former colleague's good fortune

However, her words chilled Savannah's blood.

That was it.

The report of the car accident on the file had been redacted.

The officer left his job after this case and went to his son, who was given a job in the MTN group in Chicago and promoted all the way.

It all added up to the Rowe family relating to her father's death!

When the Rowe family learned that Officer Black was in charge of the case, they found him and asked him to change the case from murder into an accident; then Officer Black resigned, and they promised his son a bright career in return. And the horror car accident would be concealed forever!

Why did the Rowe family do this? The reason was obvious.

Because the Rowe family was the murderer that dominated her father's car accident, they did that to escape punishment for their crime!

She wasn't sure whether the one who planned everything was Ethan Rowe or not, but that person was definitely from the Rowe family!

That year, in order to let her mother, the lady from the Morton family, be willing to marry into the Rowe family, they sent people to LA and damaged the brake in her father's car, and then her father died in a car crash!

Her poor dad...

"Miss Schultz? Are you all right?" The policewoman asked in a hesitating worried tone. The young lady was trembling slightly in front of her as if she would faint at the next moment.

"Nothing... Thank you, officer. I have to go." Savannah said as calmly as she could be, crushing her nails into her palms and grinding her teeth to subdue her anger and sadness. 

She knew her father's death was related to the Rowe family, but what could she do now?

Even though Officer Black's son was working for the MTN group and the file on the case had been tampered with, she had no evidence that it was done by the Rowe family.

No one would believe it. With the status and prestige of the Rowe family, they could easily get a strong team of lawyers to fight with her, and she didn't think she had a chance to succeed.

* * *

The sky was bright when she went to the police station, but it turned gloomy when she arrived at the graveyard where her father was buried.

Lightning flashed, and thunder rumbled in the black clouds over the graveyard. The storm was coming.

Savannah kneeled down in front of her father's grave, watching his father's black and white photo. A tear, larger than an ocean pearl, fell from her vacant eyes.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I didn't know your death was a terribly atrocious crime…" She cried, her voice shaking with sadness.

The sky turned darker, and suddenly, rain poured down.

Savannah didn't move at all, still sitting in front of the grave. The cold rain beat down on her pale face, mixed with her tears.

Was god feeling wronged for dad, too?

"Dad, don't worry. Though I don't have hard evidence against the Rowe family, I will make them pay for your life!" Her eyes turned bloody-red with hate and vehemence in them.

The thunder continued to rumble.

She touched her father's picture on the stone, resolution in her eyes.

Finally, she wiped the tears away and got up.

No more tears.

Weakness wouldn't do help. The Rowe family should get its punishment.

She couldn't live a life without care before that.

* * *

Kevin tried to phone Savannah several times today, but nobody answered.

He asked Dan to drive him to her house. Then, supporting himself with a cane, he took the elevator up and knocked on her door.

No one answered the door for a long time. He was about to open it with the spare key when it suddenly opened. Savannah, wearing a loose bathrobe, was wiping her hair behind the door, and she seemed to just have taken a shower.

"Kevin, what are you doing here?" She asked in surprise and led him in.

"Where have you been today? Why not answer the phone?" Kevin sat on the sofa and sighed with relief when he saw she was safe.

"I visited my father's graveyard today. It rained suddenly, and I got wet when I came back. I was taking a bath just now." Savannah said, but her voice was not soft as usual.

"Oh, well, we're going back to Italy soon. I really need to pay a visit to your father's graveyard with you." Kevin smiled.

Savannah froze for a moment.

"Kevin, I'm sorry, but I want to discuss something with you." She put down the towel and looked at Kevin.

"Go ahead." Her words caught his heart in suspense.

"I can't go to Italy with you for the moment. I still have something to do…"

"What's it?" Kevin caught his breath.

"I just met my mother again, and I want to spend more time with her. Wait till she's better." She said quietly.

"Is that really why you want to stay?" Kevin stared at her.

"Yeah. I've thought about it. Though I was a little angry with my mother at first, we're still mother and daughter. So, I decide to spend more time with her."

The sudden change in Savannah's attitude made Kevin quite upset. He didn't know why, but he felt there must be another reason.

"Kevin, don't worry, I'll take care of myself. You can just go first and wait for me in Italy, and I'll fly to Italy to live with you soon." Savannah's voice was still calm.

"But Savannah..."

"I feel a cold coming on, and I want to get some sleep." Savannah, however, didn't want to explain more.

Disappointed, Kevin had to get up, "okay, have a good rest."

When he left, and the door slowly closed in front of her, Savannah's eyes turned red.

Sorry, Kevin. Please forgive me. I promised to go back with you right away, but I stood you up.