Hiding Behind Her Superficiality

Chapter 518

Chapter 518 Reported for Tax Evasion

“I’m not upset or anything, I just feel that something’s off.”

Callum pulled Elspeth into his arms comfortingly. “I know that Old Mr. Wilstone is not the only one behind this; there’s someone else. I know exactly what Jethro is up to.”

“That’s true.”

“So, you don’t have to worry. If he still has any ill intentions toward you, I will never let him off the hook.”

His words had a hint of jealousy in them, and he sounded a little childish, even.

Elspeth helped him to smooth out his jacket, then pinched his nose. “Don’t worry, I know all that.”

The two were about to go out when a group of people barged in all of a sudden.

The ones in the lead were a group of police, followed by staff who were curious about what was going on.

“Mr. Winthrop, someone reported you for tax evasion and running illegal businesses. Please come with us.”

One of the police showed their credentials. Now, the couple had to change their plans from going out for a meal to going to the police station.

Before leaving, Elspeth could clearly see a gleeful face in the crowd behind them.

Jethro.

Elspeth quietly committed that smile to memory.

Once at the police station, Callum was brought inside for interrogation.

She sat in the lounge outside, awaiting the results.

The policeman looked at Callum’s face and said seriously, “Mr. Winthrop, is it true that you have committed tax evasion in the past 6 months?”

“Don’t you arrest people based on evidence?” Callum looked at the policeman calmly. There was no anger from Callum, but he was intimidating nevertheless. Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

“We received a report. That’s why we’re conducting an investigation.”

The policeman had interrogated so many people, but this was the first time he felt nervous for some reason.

“Begin your interrogation, then.”

“We received a report this morning that you have committed tax evasion in the past 6 months. After checking the records, we found that it was true; you didn’t pay your taxes on time this month.”

Callum said in a low voice, “This month?”

“Yes. The tax office sent you a lot of warnings, but you didn’t respond at all.”

The policeman knew that Callum wasn’t someone they could afford to mess with, but since someone had reported Callum, they couldn’t resolve this problem in private anymore.

They had to at least put on a show of interrogating him.

“I’m not very sure about that. Can you wait while I return and ask the head of my company’s finance department?”

The policeman coughed lightly. “However, looking at the current situation, you’re conducting illegal business. You might have to undergo some administrative penalties.”

“What’s the penalty?” Callum looked the policeman in the eye as he asked slowly, word after word.

“Custody for sev—three days.”

The policeman was originally going to say ‘seven days’, but when he saw Callum’s fierce glare, he changed it to three days in the end.

“Three days?”

“Just one day works as well…” The policeman couldn’t help but gulp as guilt tinted his eyes.

“Tell me, who asked you to do this?” Callum leaned back, the fury receding in his expression as if he were talking about the most common topic in the world.

“How can you say that someone asked me to do this? I’m doing all this according to the procedures…” The policeman’s voice turned even softer, and eventually, he didn’t even dare to meet Callum’s gaze.

“I may be just a businessman, but I’m no stranger to the law. This situation doesn’t warrant an arrest at all. Do you think I don’t know that? Tell me, whom are you working with?”

Callum’s questioning tone was light, but it was especially terrifying.

“I’m really not working with anyone. I’m doing all this according to the rules and regulations—”

“Arthur Winthrop?” As soon as Callum said that, the policeman froze.

“Jethro Wilstone?”

Cold sweat broke out on the policeman’s face. “Mr. Winthrop, please stop joking.”

“Me, joking? Weren’t you the one who started joking around?”

In the end, the policeman’s legs gave way from the fear, and he sat trembling on the chair.

“Tell me everything and be honest about it. If not… you know the consequences.”

…

Elspeth waited impatiently outside. She tried to barge in a few times, but the policemen guarding the door stopped her every time.

“Miss Lynwood, please do not get in the way of official business.”

“Callum would never commit tax evasion and conduct illegal business. Let me in, I have something to say. ”

“Miss Lynwood, our leader doesn’t like being interrupted during an interrogation. Please cooperate with us.”

Exasperated, Elspeth could only sit down again.

10 minutes later, the voices inside turned softer, and then silence ensued.

“Why can’t I hear anything now? Did something happen? Let me go in to check.”

Elspeth stood up again. This time, no one stopped her, because the other two policemen sensed that something was off as well.

The three were about to go in to check on the situation when the door suddenly opened.

The policeman was the one who opened the door, and he smiled as he escorted Callum outside.

“It was all a misunderstanding. I’m so sorry for disturbing your work, Mr. Winthrop.”

Callum turned and glanced at him with an unaffected look in his eyes. “It’s okay. I’m glad we cleared things up.”

“Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Winthrop. You two, hurry and see Mr. Winthrop off.”

The two policemen were bewildered, but since it was an order from their leader, they could only obediently see Callum and Elspeth off.

When Callum left, the two policemen looked fearfully at their leader, then couldn’t help but ask, “Sir, what’s going on? Aren’t we supposed to keep investigating according to Mr. Wilstone’s request?”

The leader glared furiously at his incompetent subordinates and said, “Fools, do you really think we can afford to mess with Callum? It’s my fault for not researching him beforehand. If I knew he was such a weirdo, I wouldn’t have accepted the money. We probably can’t complete this business deal now.”

“Then, what do we say to Mr. Wilstone?”

“If worse comes to worst, we’ll return the money. We can’t just take the money yet fail to deliver.”

Even though he didn’t want to let go of the money and return it, he had no choice.

It was his fault for being incompetent.

He had no wish to get involved in such a troublesome matter.

The three hadn’t even finished talking when a furious voice suddenly rang out. “B*stards! How dare you accept someone’s money to do things like this! This is a violation of the disciplinary code!”

“S-Sir, we…”

The leader looked at the fuming chief, so terrified that he almost dropped the mug in his hand.

“I never thought that you would do this with them!” The chief, Mr. Meyers, was infuriated. “The three of you, go and write a self-criticism essay of 10 thousand words! You’re not allowed to go home if you don’t complete it!”

The three trembled like leaves in the wind, but they could only do as they were told.

Meanwhile, Callum and Elspeth had just left the police station when Elspeth couldn’t hold it in anymore and asked, “What exactly happened? Why did someone report you for tax evasion?”

“It’s all thanks to the combined efforts of Arthur and Jethro.”

Elspeth was shocked. “Arthur was involved as well?”

Callum was a little surprised instead. “Oh? Did you know that Jethro was involved?”

“When you were taken away by the police just now, I turned around and saw Jethro’s expression.” Elspeth’s expression was grave. “He was smiling as if victory was guaranteed.”