Chapter 714
In the end, Leon nodded solemnly. “I understand that.” The word ‘understand’ almost broke his heart.
He thought he could give Heather his best wishes in an easygoing manner, but it seemed like he was
unable to do so since he still had wishful ideas. “I’ve looked into Matthias for you, Heather.” In reality,
he had already begun investigating Matthias when he met the latter, for he didn’t allow anyone to
approach Heather purposefully.
She was a little surprised by this, but what Leon said was understandable. Then, she looked at him
before turning her gaze to somewhere else. “Zayne has looked into Matthias as well.” Sometimes,
Heather considered herself lucky that the men protecting her were all exceptional—they’d entrust her to
someone else as long as they could see that she was happy.
“Matthias has really fallen in love with you, and he had no ulterior motives when he approached you.
Perhaps he hesitated because he didn’t know if he should go against his entire family for your sake.”
Leon felt as though he was being possessed by Matthias. At this moment, he took on the latter’s role
as he harbored an unspeakable love for the woman.
“Going against his entire family for my sake?” Heather hadn’t heard Zayne mentioning this, so she
suspected that this was merely Leon’s wild guess.
“This is just my guess, for Matthias has been doing things that are against his family’s interests these
days.” Leon didn’t dare to affirm that his guess was right, but he could put himself in Matthias’ shoes. If
Leon had the real power to control his family, he would probably choose to destroy this perverted family
as well.
“How is that possible?” Heather knew that Matthias was a successful businessman who would do
anything for profit, but she couldn’t believe that he wanted to destroy his family.
“Perhaps Matthias already had this idea a long time ago, and he became more certain of it after falling
in love with you,” Leon commented from Matthias’ perspective.
“Why would he want to destroy his family? Matthias will have nothing to his name if he destroys the
Locke Group.” Nonetheless, Heather couldn’t understand how he felt. She didn’t like her family either,
but it never crossed her mind to destroy them at all.
“Heather, not everyone protects their family like you and Tony do. For some, their hatred toward their
family members is already deep in their bones. In my eyes, my family is a concentration camp of
perverts too, and I’d definitely destroy them if I could.” Leon admired Matthias very much for this, for
the latter must have sacrificed a lot to climb to his current position in that kind of family.
“This is only your guess. We have no idea what Matthias truly thinks, though.” Heather could sense
Matthias’ attachment to the Locke Group, so she didn’t believe that he would destroy the company.
Needless to say, she found this really hard to accept.
“Time will prove everything, Heather.” Leon flashed a charming smile against the backdrop of fire.
Before their conversation ended, they heard several fire engine sirens. Not long after that, police car
sirens could be heard as well. What a crazy world this is, Heather and Leon thought to themselves as
they stood up and put their love affairs aside first.
They then retreated to a safe zone under the police’s guidance while the fire brigade and the police
bustled about. They seemed unusually calm and collected, completely unlike people who just
experienced such a horrifying incident. Now that the police had arrived, it was no longer necessary for
them to continue staying at the scene. Therefore, they were taken to the police station before those
reporters swarmed crazily to the place.
As they sat beside each other in the police station, Heather and Leon were unsmiling as they gave off a
powerful aura. Meanwhile, the police department arranged for a young and beautiful policewoman to
record their testimony. With her smart-looking short hair, the policewoman was brimming with
cheeriness, and Leon held back his usual casual attitude without flirting with her this time.
“Please describe in detail the process of how the explosion happened back then,” the policewoman
said in an authoritative manner.
Heather’s eyes fell on the policewoman. There was a sense of decadent beauty about her, and her fair
and flawless face gave a sense of holiness. “We were going down the mountain back then when I
found my car using my cell phone’s positioning system. Someone had covered the car with branches,
and Leon was about to move forward and remove the branches when I sensed danger and stopped
him. After that, I pulled him back to a safe area and threw a stone at the car. A minute later, the car
suddenly exploded.” She gave a simple explanation of how the explosion happened.
The policewoman looked doubtful, though. She then asked in puzzlement, “Someone covered the car
with branches? Why would such a strange thing happen?”
“Our car was stuck in a pit on our way here. I made a phone call to have someone deal with it, telling
them to tow the car out of the pit and park it somewhere conspicuous,” Heather answered while taking
out her cell phone and finding the phone number she had previously dialed. “It’s this phone number. I’d
suggest that you guys investigate this case by following this trail,” she added calmly like a detective.
The policewoman was slightly displeased by Heather’s tone of voice. “Please describe in detail what
happened to you two today,” she ordered while trying her best to sound polite.
Since she didn’t want to continue speaking, Heather shot a glance at Leon and signaled for him to tell
the policewoman the whole story.
The latter took Heather’s hint readily and smiled at the policewoman, causing her heart to flutter as she
had never seen such a handsome man all her life. “The story begins in the morning. We set out from
Spring Willow Hotel to Plymbiens Hill by car at 9.00AM, but it got stuck in a pit near the hill and could
no longer move forward. As a result, Heather called for someone to come over and deal with this,
whereas we entered the hill on foot. On our way back, she found the car using her cell phone’s
positioning system, but someone covered it with branches as simple camouflage. At the time, we
guessed this was done because the person feared that the car might be stolen. Heather has told the