Dear Sweetheart novel

“You’re welcome, Ms. Garland. I didn’t really do much anyway. Right, I’ll be on my way now!”

“Bye!”

Rayna waited until Emerald hailed herself a taxi before getting into Ella’s car.

“What’s the progress on the investigation?” she asked while switching on her phone.

“Ms. Evans did manage to find something. The perfume that Egret Scents released last month wasn’t created by

their own perfumer,” Ella replied.

Rayna’s eyes lit up when she heard that. “Did their perfumer buy it from someone else?”

“No.”

“No? So, they didn’t create it, nor did they buy it from someone else. Then where did he get it from?” Rayna asked

in confusion.

Ella told her everything that Suzie had managed to find out about.

Suzie had contacted one of Glory’s employees and said she had breached the company’s non-disclosure

agreement by handing their perfume to a rival company. Suzie then said she would give that employee a second

chance to make things right.

In order to maintain a clean employment record, the employee contacted her sister, who was working for Egret

Scents, and asked for her help. As her sister was working in the production team, she was able to befriend the

perfumer rather easily.

Egret Scents profited greatly from the sales of that perfume. Because of that, the perfumer became famous and

ended up letting his ego get to his head. Two days ago, he got drunk at the company party and let it slip when the

sister asked about it.

The perfumer said he received a perfume sample in the mail last month. He didn’t know who sent it to him, but he

found its scent incredibly unique. As his higher-ups were pressuring him to come up with a new product, he

recreated that perfume sample and submitted it.

The perfumer was a little nervous when the product was first launched. However, he stopped worrying when

everything went smoothly after the launch.

After providing Rayna with the full story, Ella added, “Ms. Evans looked up that perfumer’s courier records and

found out that it came from a small town in Norwal City. After heading over to the location stated on the address,

Ms. Evans discovered that it was a vacant house with no telephone line. She then made a trip to the courier

company and asked a courier about the package.”

Rayna arched an eyebrow in response. “So many days have passed by now. That guy probably processes tons of

packages on a daily basis. Does he even know who sent it?”

“Apparently, he does. The courier said he remembered a married couple having an argument when he went to

collect the package. The woman even gave the man a slap across the face. According to the courier, the woman

looked extremely frail and seemed that she had been really ill. She wanted to mail the package out, but the man

kept trying to stop her. The woman was still yelling at the man even after the courier left with the package.”

That was when Ella recalled something and handed Rayna a few photographs. “Ms. Evans checked the surveillance

camera footage around that couple’s house. She managed to get us these photographs. Have a look and see if you

recognize them.”

As the pictures were taken from a surveillance camera, they were rather blurry.

Even so, Rayna could recognize Vivi and her husband almost instantly when she saw the photographs.

That was when Rayna finally understood everything. “I was wondering which one of our perfumers had betrayed

us. Who would’ve thought I was the one who caused all this?”

Vivi wanted to get her revenge on me, so she sent that perfume sample to Egret Scents’ perfumer and had him

launch it before us! If Glory launched its product afterward, Egret Scents would be able to accuse us of copying its

product. That would ruin Glory’s reputation as well as my own.

Unsure of what she meant, Ella asked, “Do you know this couple, Ms. Garland?”

“I do. This woman is the one who sued me for attempting to murder her,” Rayna replied coldly while tearing the

photograph to pieces.

That piqued Ella’s curiosity. “Why would she withdraw the lawsuit, then? Could this be another one of her tricks?

How about I send you home, Ms. Garland? We’ve already suppressed the news, and we now have the truth. Egret

Scents won’t be able to sabotage us even if they try.”

The look in Rayna’s eyes grew increasingly colder with each passing second. “No, take me to the office. I made this

mistake myself, so I will clean up after my own mess.”

“All right. As you wish.”

Upon arriving at the office, Rayna had Ella contact the perfumer while she washed up in the bathroom of her office.

There was a shower area in the police station, but Rayna had never used it for fear of being targeted again.

It had been over ten days since Rayna had last showered, so her body was all filthy and stinky.

She chose to come straight to the office because she knew she had toiletries and fresh changes of clothes in her

office. On top of that, she had a lot of work to take care of.

After Rayna cleaned herself up, put on a fresh set of clothes, and blew her hair dry, Ella brought their perfumer

over.

“Is there something I can help you with, Ms. Garland?”

Rayna handed him some test strips and pointed at the two bottles of samples on the table. “The one on the left is

the product that Egret Scents released last month. The one on the right is ours. Go ahead and test them both.”

The perfumer instantly understood what Rayna meant to say. “I’ve been following the news on this, but I didn’t dare

say a word as the company didn’t seem to be doing anything about it. I know the exact formula of our product, so

I’ll just test the one from Egret Scents.”

“All right.” Rayna nodded.

The perfumer proceeded to test Egret Scents’ product.

It wasn’t long before he realized something. “Egret Scents’ perfume smells just like ours, but there is a slight

difference in the base note.”

“Yes, I noticed that as well,” Rayna said.

She had tested Egret Scents’ perfume back then and noticed something different about it even though it smelled

the same. “So, the issue lies in the base note, huh?”

The perfumer nodded. “The three distinct elements that make up a fragrance are top notes, heart notes, and base

notes. Base notes are especially important to a perfume, and our perfume has a rather unique base note. It’s only

available in Faulkay and costs a lot. I’m guessing Egret Scents’ perfumer either didn’t notice it or replaced it with

something else because of its high cost.”

Rayna breathed a sigh of relief. “Regardless, we’ll finally be able to resolve this issue.”

Because Egret Scents had attacked first by accusing Glory of stealing their product, Glory had suffered huge losses

as its stocks had taken a direct hit.

She needed to resolve the issue as soon as possible, or the headquarters might fire her as punishment.

Rayna had the perfumer leave before summoning Ella. She had Ella contact Egret Scents’ perfumer and the person

in charge. She also told the press that they would be holding a press conference.

After that, Rayna ordered some food and listened to her babies’ heartbeat using the B-scan ultrasound device.

She hadn’t been eating or sleeping well during her stay at the police station. Her babies moved a lot less

throughout the past few days, so she was a little worried about their well-being.

However, with all eyes on her, she couldn’t possibly head over to the hospital for an examination.

Rayna breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that her babies were breathing.

A few moments later, Ella came into her office with a few bags of food in her hands. “Ms. Garland, I just received a

call from Ms. Brenn of Newfirm Media. Apparently, Ms. Brenn was rushing back to testify for you the moment she

found out about the lawsuit. However, the airport staff claimed there was an issue with Ms. Brenn’s visa and

detained her for a few days. They confiscated her phone and only gave it back to her when they released her

today. She called me as soon as she could.”