Caught In His Embrace A Second Chance Romance novel Chapter 406

"Ugh," Sienna clutched her head in pain, her emotions spiraling out of control.

The door was pushed open and Conner rushed in. Both of them approached her with quick steps.

Conner asked, "What are you doing here?"

Cedric replied, "What did you say to Sienna? Why is she acting like this?"

"Sienna," Cedric sat down on the edge of the bed and hugged her. "It's me, it's Cedric. I told him to leave. He's gone now."

"You're still not leaving?" Conner said, not bothering to hide his disgust for Josiah. "Sienna doesn't want to see you."

Josiah pursed his lips, clenching his jaw. He glanced at Sienna, then suddenly turned around,

The ward door closed behind him, and Josiah squeezed his eyes shut.

It turned out Sienna was unwilling to even meet Josiah...but while she could ignore him, that doesn't mean he could just ignore her.

Josiah looked at Gilbert, frowning. "Mr. Hardin, I need to discuss something with you..."

"Go ahead," Mr Hardin replied.

"There's no surveillance footage, but what about a witness?" Josiah asked.

"A witness?" Gilbert froze. "Where would we find a witness?"

He had gone over the entire incident in detail, and there was no...

Josiah curved his lips upwards, "If I say there is one, then there is one."

"This..." Gilbert was taken aback before it dawned on him. "You mean..."

"Why are you so surprised?" Josiah gave him a sideways glance. "Gilbert, you didn't come this far in your career without using some tricks of your own, right?"

Gilbert couldn't refute that. Still, he was curious. "You trust her that much? She and Reyna fought; she might have pushed her..."

"If she says she didn't, then she didn't," Josiah interrupted him impatiently. "I'll take care of it. If anything goes wrong, just pretend you know nothing. It's on me."

"Don't be too hasty. If it doesn't work out, you'll be charged with obstruction of justice. It might be tricky, but we won't lose this case..." Gilbert said.

"I can't wait any longer," Josiah said firmly.

"Sienna is scared out of her mind. Besides, I promised Joyce that her Sienna would be home by tomorrow..." he continued.

Josiah couldn't break his promise, disappointing Joyce.

"The door to the ward behind them opened suddenly. Cedric walked out, his expression monotonous. "Sienna's IV drip is almost empty, I'll go get the nurse."

"Oh, okay." Gilbert hurriedly stepped aside, then glanced at Josiah, asking, "Do you think he overheard us?"

"So what if he did," Josiah raised an eyebrow, nonchalant. "When it comes to Sienna, he's one of us."

"That's true." Gilbert agreed.

*****

The next morning, Reyna woke up to Tania helping her wash up and drink water.

There was a knock on the door and Gilbert walked in with his assistant. "Mrs. Fischer and Ms. Fischer," he said.

Gilbert's face was expressionless, his emotions unreadable. His voice, however, was cold and menacing. "I'm here to ask if you two know that making false accusations is a crime."

"False...false accusations?" Reyna froze and looked up at Tania.

Tania panicked, swallowing nervously. "We didn't make any false accusations."

"No?" Gilbert raised his voice and shook his head, smiling. "But the eyewitness said otherwise."

"Eye...eyewitness?"

"Yes," Gilbert said, still smiling. "That day, when you were talking, someone happened to pass by and saw everything."

The smile faded from his face, replaced by a solemn look.

"Sienna never pushed you. You fell on your own. This is a false accusation, which is a crime."

Without missing a beat, he asked his assistant, "Tell her how long the prison sentence is for false accusations."

"According to the law, false accusations lead to three years of imprisonment, criminal detention, or public surveillance. In severe cases, the sentence can be three to ten years of imprisonment."

"Did you hear that?" Gilbert stared at Reyna's pale face, satisfied.