Chapter 548
As soon as Leanna went downstairs the next morning, she heard the doorbell ringing. She thought that Aidan was
back, so she scurried over to open the door. However, she only found Aidan's subordinate standing outside. The
subordinate pushed the suitcase toward her. "President Pearson told me to send this to you, Miss McKinney."
Leanna took the suitcase and thanked him.
"You're welcome."
After the subordinate left, Leanna brought the suitcase upstairs and realized that it contained all the household
items and clothes she used regularly. She couldn't help but smile. That man is quite thoughtful sometimes. Then,
she took the items out of the suitcase, washed up, got changed, and left the house.
Not long after she arrived at the Crossley Group, Raymond entered the office and asked, "Are you feeling better,
Miss McKinney? Do you need to take two more days off?"
Leanna hadn't gone to the company for the past few days, and Freddie only told them that she was ill. She replied
with a faint smile, "Thanks for your concern. I'm fine."
Raymond then put down a document on her table. "You've come at the right time, Miss McKinney. Here's the
financial report for this month."
Leanna flipped through several pages and decided that she would take a proper look later. She then asked, "Did
anything happen in the company over the past few days?"
"Mr. Ollander…"
Seeing how hesitant Raymond was, Leanna said, "Just tell me right away. What's wrong with him again?"
Raymond explained, "Mr. Ollander is thought to have been involved in a murder case that happened in the past.
He's been making a scene for the past few days. Don't worry, Miss McKinney. The police are looking into the matter,
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtand it's said to be a personal grudge, so it won't affect the Crossley Group in any way."
Leanna replied, "I got it. Tell Richard to come in."
Raymond asked hesitantly, "Richard?"
Leanna looked up at him. "What's wrong?"
Raymond shook his head and smiled. "Nothing. I'll inform him now."
"Okay."
Upon reaching the door, Raymond turned to look at Leanna and squinted his eyes. She had been assigning the
most important tasks to Richard recently, so it was apparent that she had been avoiding Raymond.
All the same, Raymond knew that the tasks given to Richard were mostly about dealing with Jimmy. It would be best
that he didn't take part in any of those so that he wouldn't invite trouble for himself. After all, he had been making
use of them to deal with Jimmy. Once Jimmy was destroyed, no one else could threaten Raymond, and he'd be able
to leave this place as soon as possible.
Not long after Raymond left, Richard arrived at Leanna's office. With Jonathan's help, they acquired some evidence
regarding Jimmy's corruption cases. However, it wasn't enough to make sure Jimmy could never get back on his
feet.
Richard spoke up. "Miss McKinney, due to the murder case, Mr. Ollander has been scrambling to transfer his assets
somewhere else. As such, he has exposed many of his wrongdoings. We just have to keep looking into the matter.
I'm sure we'll acquire even more evidence."
Leanna nodded. "Just do as you say. Get a few people to keep an eye on Jessamine and make sure Jimmy won't be
able to approach her."
"Yes, I got it."
Leanna was drafting a design later that afternoon when the door was kicked open suddenly. Jimmy barged in and
barked, "You're finally back at work. I'll settle the score with you today!"
An unperturbed Leanna looked up at him. At the same time, Raymond and the other managers were trying to stop
Jimmy from approaching Leanna. "Calm down, Mr. Ollander! We can talk things out!"
It was obvious that Jimmy was incensed. "Are you telling me to calm down when I've been accused of killing
someone? If I do nothing to protect myself, I'll go to jail in no time!"
Jimmy pushed them away and adjusted his sleeves. Standing in front of Leanna, he landed his palm on the table
forcefully and pointed at her. "Are you the one who accused me of the murder? It must be you!"
Leanna leaned against the chair and refuted, "That's interesting, Mr. Ollander. I wasn't at work for a few days. How
was I supposed to accuse you of anything?"
"Stop using it as an excuse! Just because you didn't come to work, it doesn't mean you couldn't do that. You only
suffered a concussion from the car accident. It's not like your brain was damaged or something."
A surprised Leanna stared fixedly at him. "How did you know I was involved in a car accident, Mr. Ollander?"
The moment she finished speaking, everyone in the office fell silent. The managers appeared doubtful as one of
them whispered, "Wasn't Miss McKinney absent because she was ill? How did it become a car accident?"
Jimmy realized he had blurted out a secret, so he coughed and adjusted his tie. He was no longer as arrogant as
earlier. He said, "Well, someone told me that."
"Who was it?"
Jimmy barked, "How am I supposed to remember? I'm a busy man, and I only heard someone else mention it the
other day."
Leanna said with a smile, "I know who told you that."
A vigilant Jimmy questioned, "Who?"
Instead of replying to his question, Leanna uttered impassively, "What are you trying to achieve, Mr. Ollander? If
there's nothing else, you may leave now. I still have work to do."
Jimmy's expression changed as fury rose within him. "I haven't settled the score with you for slandering me!"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Don't worry, Mr. Ollander. We have a fair legal system in the country. You won't be charged for the things you've
never done," Leanna said slowly. "As for the things you have done, we'll get to the bottom of them sooner or later."
Since Leanna had found out his secret, Jimmy didn't dare to continue making a scene. After a snort, he turned
around and strode out of the office. After the other managers left with Jimmy, the office fell silent again.
Leanna held a pen and tapped it on the table. In the past, she believed that the collision was just an accident, but
now, it seemed that it was Jimmy's doing.
She flipped through the document and realized that other than corruption, Jimmy, who was the Crossley Group's
vice president for many years, had been involved in many wrongdoings as well. However, according to Jonathan,
there was a huge difference between the money Jimmy embezzled and the assets he had been transferring
overseas.
Furthermore, it took Jimmy a lot of money to sustain the connections he had. If he didn't have those connections, it
would've been easy to destroy him. As such, he must have a bigger source of income from somewhere.
Leanna placed the document in the lowest drawer and locked it. Then, she picked up the design drafts she had
been working on and stood up, ready to head to the studio. The moment she left the office, Raymond came over
and asked, "Are you going out, Miss McKinney?"
Leanna hummed. "I'm going to the studio."
"Why don't I send you there?"
"There's no need for that."
"We heard that you were involved in a car accident. To prevent the same thing from happening again, you have to
be careful."
Leanna replied, "I will."
Hearing that, Raymond stopped insisting as he walked Leanna downstairs. After Leanna was gone, he looked
around and headed upstairs.