Page 33 of His Undercover Wolf

Betty pointed to Xavier and Cillian. “I was attacked by wolves and I want those men charged because they did nothing to protect me from the growling beasts.”

The police officers, one on each side of Betty and gripping her upper arms, looked to me for an explanation for what they perceived as an outrageous statement.

“I didn’t see any wolves. Did you, Zarina?”

“Nope, nothing.”

“Xavier, Cillian?” I asked.

Both men shook their heads.

“They broke down the door and one had its paw on my throat and was growling,” Betty screeched.

“Zarina and I broke down the door,” I explained. “Ms. Lowe was holding a gun on the men, we confirmed the door was locked, and broke it down.”

“Do you have tapes?” One of the officers directed his question to Xavier and Cillian.

Fuck…I hadn’t stopped to consider there would be security cameras recording.

Xavier nodded and I was scrambling to think of how I could prevent the officers from taking them.

“Betty disabled the cameras. She wanted to stage our deaths to make it look like we’d killed each other,” Xavier explained and I breathed a sigh of relief.

“Is that correct, Ma’am,” one of the police asked Betty.

“Yes, but I’m telling you, it was wolves that broke down that door,” Betty insisted.

“Of course, Ma’am. We will have someone talk with you about that at the station.”

The police, with the security guard following, escorted Betty away and Zarina made for the coffee machine.

“Anyone want coffee, because I sure need one?” Zarina asked.

We all agreed coffee was needed and Cillian handed me the gun he’d been holding and crossed the room to help Zarina. Xavier handed me his gun and I bagged both to log into evidence at the station before placing them on his desk.

Xavier stepped closer, gathered me into his arms, and we shared a bruising kiss before he whispered how grateful he’d been when Zarina and I broke into the office.

“Enough you two. Come and sit down. I have questions…A lot of them,” Cillian put two of the mugs onto a small round table that was surrounded by four comfortable chairs. Zarina put the two she’d carried on the table and we all sat.

I pulled a notebook, pen, and small recorder from my pocket. “Before we start answering questions, I need to take both your statements while events are clear in your minds.”

I ensured both men were okay after their ordeal, and when they assured me they were, I hit record and taped both of their statements which were identical. Obviously, they left out the part about the wolves, saying instead it had been Zarina and I who’d broken through the door and the shock had been enough for us to disarm Betty and bring her under control.

I switched off the recorder and palmed my notebook, flipping to the page where I’d recorded several points about Betty’s activities within the company.

“The team uncovered quite a lot about Betty and her family which was why I called for this meeting. I suspect she was aware she had been discovered and came in to frame you both so she could escape undetected. Or so she thought.”

“Should I be here?” Zarina questioned.

“I have no objection to your hearing what Otsana has to say. I guess it’s not normal procedure but Cillian and I have nothing to hide and I doubt you would go to media with anything you learn.”

“I agree,” Cillian added.

“It certainly isn’t proper procedure but since Zarina played a part in disabling Betty, and you two agree to her staying, I won’t object. You can certainly trust her not to take the information public.”

I spent the next hour outlining Betty’s insider trading scheme and the involvement of her eldest son, Evan.

“It’s hard to believe Evan was working against us discovering what Betty was doing, but being his mother, I guess it makes sense. Betty said he and his father were waiting at the airport for her. They must have known why she was coming here and did nothing to stop her from attempting to murder us both.

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