"I'm sorry! I am the owner of the car." Annie was still in a state of shock. Her face remained pale.
"Could you tell us what happened? Please start from as far back as you can remember." The police officer took out his book and prepared it for note taking.
"Sure." Annie narrated the entirety of the incident accordingly as she remembered it. As for what would happen next, it could only be determined by the police.
"Do you mean to say that the perpetrator did it on purpose?" The police officer looked at her. He just wondered that how could such a beautiful woman be hated by someone, not to mention someone who would act on that hate.
"I'm not sure about that. So please do a more thorough investigation." Annie guessed that the people who came and tried to kill her might have had connections with the Ke family. That was what made sense for the time being. But since she had no solid evidence, she had no choice but to keep it to herself.
"Well, Ma'am, we will need your full cooperation during this investigation. We will be in touch with you again at any time before the case is finalized. So please keep your communication lines open." After writing down Annie's testimony, the police officer noted Annie's name and phone number. Then he turned to continue the site investigation.
And right at that moment, Annie heard a loud screeching of the brakes from behind. Her body shrank in fear. But when she saw that it was Rain, she heaved a sigh of relief and relaxed.
"Annie, are you all right?" Rain even did not have the time to close his car door. As soon as the car stopped moving, he quickly ran towards Annie and looked at her from head to toe to check that if she was okay.
"I'm all right. I am just a little scared, that's all," answered Annie. As it was winter, she was dressed in layers. Her thick clothing helped to soften the impact. So she was not seriously hurt when she fell to the ground. She did have a few minor scratches.
"Don't be afraid. It's all right, I'm here now," Rain said. He gently pulled her to his arms and gave her a tight embrace to comfort her. Unknown to her, he himself was also scared bloody cold after seeing the twisted and mangled metal of the two cars. If he did not arrange for people to protect her, he really dared not to imagine what would have happened today.
"Okay. I'm so glad that you're here." Leaning against his tight chest, Annie could finally feel a little warmth. Before this, the cold had crept through her clothes. It made her whole body shiver. Thinking about her escape from death was enough to chill her to the bone. She really did not know why someone would be so determined to want her dead.
Rain's eyes turned gloomy. Unless he guessed wrong, it was definitely not just a simple accident. Just at that moment, he saw several women from the Ke family walk out of a cafe nearby. It was too good a coincidence that they would happen to just be there, as if waiting for the crash to happen with a front seat view of the whole thing. He curved his lips into a grim smile. Since they were ruthless enough to come up with such an plan, he would give them a dose of their own medicine. If it was a game they wanted, then a game, they would get.
"Oh my god! What just happened here? What a disaster!" Sheena shouted out exaggeratedly when she saw Rain and Annie. She pretended to be relieved to see that Annie turned out to be safe, but her face couldn't hide the fact that she seemed annoyed and disappointed.
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