For the two police officers, twenty-four hours was the limit that they could accept!
Upon hearing this, Amelia involuntarily let out a sigh of relief. "Thank you so much!"
After personally seeing the two policemen away, Amelia heard Daniel said meaningfully, "You sure know how to make the best possible use out of everything."
Understanding his implication, Amelia did not feel ashamed at all. "Don't talk nonsense! If it weren't for the fact that you still hold some value, I would have asked the policemen to bring you to their station for execution!"
Daniel suddenly laughed, "If I'm dead, won't Brittany and the baby in her belly become a widow and an orphan?"
Amelia sneered and said, "If you think I'll sympathize with you just because of that, you're wrong. I want you to find out all the information about the development before sunset tomorrow and give it to me, and it's your own business that whatever punishment you receive!"
Daniel narrowed his eyes. "You're so heartless, aren't you afraid that I won't give you the information?"
"Let me make this clear for you. You're about to be held captive, so you don't have the right to negotiate with me!" Amelia fixated her stare at him. "If you don't give it to me, I'll have someone knock you out and leave you on the outskirts of the development side. I'll then get those dead and injured employees' families to have a nice chat with you personally. How about that?"
Daniel's expression changed upon hearing this. If Amelia really did this, then she might as well have sent him to the police station.
Noticing the panic on his face, Amelia was secretly satisfied. "Also, don't try to pull any tricks on me. If Apex Construction Corporation fails because of this matter, it won't affect me. After all, I have The Hopper Family as my backer. However, you, Brittany, and your unborn child will be in huge debt and may even live a destitute life because of this. That's all I have to say. Think about it yourself. Do you want to redeem yourself, or do you want to make another mistake?"
Daniel closed his eyes and opened them after a few seconds. "When are we going back to the company?"
Amelia raised her beautiful eyebrows and said,
"Right now."
On the second floor.
Hearing the knock on the door, Huxton cracked the door open slightly. When he saw that it was Amelia through the narrow gap, he swung the door back and invited her.
Amelia did not enter and only asked, "Where's Aunt Alice?"
Huxton explained slowly, "She kept wanting to go downstairs, so I knocked her out."
Amelia panicked a little, hoping that Alice would not blame her after she woke up.
"Madam, who was it?" Huxton continued to ask.
Amelia said, "It's the police. They said they wanted to take Daniel away. I can only ask them to delay for a day because the company still needs him."
Huxton nodded.
Amelia added worriedly, "I'm afraid there'll be more trouble coming our way."
Huxton glanced at her. "Have you thought about how to deal with it?"
An idea came to Amelia, and she suddenly asked, "Do you have a pen and paper with you?"
"Yes." Huxton took out a fountain pen from the inside of his suit and a piece of tissue paper from
his trouser pocket, then handed them to Amelia.
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