Yet, just as he turned around, the young woman ran to him and grabbed his collar.
“You bold thief, how dare you run after stealing my phone? Come on, keep running!” the young woman snarled at Harold as she glared at him.
Harold was bewildered.
When did I become a thief?
“Miss, when did I steal your phone?” he asked in confusion.
“Still playing the fool, are you? I've seen this so many times. You pretended to knock me over and had someone else help me up to my feet. Then, while I was still reeling in from the shock, you stole my phone!” the young woman rambled on. For a moment, even Harold thought he had really stolen her phone.
“Miss, your deduction is sound, but if you're that familiar with this trick, how did someone still manage to steal your phone?” Harold pointed out, arching a brow.
“Well, I let my guard down for a moment. Hurry up and get your accomplice to return my phone, then come with me to the police station to turn yourself in. Otherwise, I'm going to let you experience what it's like to be on the receiving end of grappling!” the young woman warned as she grabbed Harold's collar.
“Miss, you've really made a mistake. I'm not with the guy who stole your phone!”
With that, he started to pry the young woman's fair hand finger by finger off his collar.
“Do you think I won't be able to deal with you just because you're stronger than me? Help! Someone help me with this thief!” the young woman started screaming.
There were plenty of people in the airport, and the screams of a pretty young woman soon attracted the attention of most.
Righteous men who wanted to play the hero to the damsel in distress, especially, charged over and stopped Harold from escaping.
Not long after, they were surrounded by people. There was no way Harold was going anywhere any time soon.
“Let's arrest him together! Get this douchebag to the police station!”
“Young people nowadays would rather resort to lowly deeds like these instead of finding a proper job.”
The bystanders were all pointing fingers and making comments about Harold, their contempt visible in their eyes.
All of a sudden, Harold noticed a familiar figure at the gate—Autumn Linnell.
Harold was pleasantly surprised to see her.
He tried to shove the bystanders aside to get to Autumn.
The young woman seemed to have noticed Harold's attempt to break free from the crowd, so she lunged at him and wrapped her arm around his waist from the back as she shouted, “He's trying to run! Stop him!”
“Let go of me. I have something urgent to attend to. How much is your phone? I'll pay for your phone once I'm done settling my matter,” Harold said anxiously.
“So you're finally admitting to stealing my phone! How can I let you go? Do you think I'm a three-year-old who can be easily fooled? Hurry up and come to the station with me right now!”
The young woman did not believe a single word Harold said; she thought he was trying to trick her to get out of the situation.
After all, thieves were particularly good with their words nowadays. She was not going to let Harold go no matter what he said.
Hearing that, the bystanders launched themselves over to hold Harold down.
Harold tried to push the people away, but he was afraid of hurting them if he were to exert too much strength.
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