Chapter 232 - The Receipts (1/2)

That night, Halia opened up the briefcase, that she had so desperately tried to get her hands on, and started spreading out the receipts on her bed. There was a shocking amount of receipts.

She slowly sifted through the large number of receipts and tried to find anything that looked suspicious.

As she was doing so, her phone suddenly rang.

Halia picked it up excitedly. It was Jackson.

”How did your day go?” the man asked.

Halia smiled when she heard the man's voice.

”You wouldn't believe who my client was today,” Halia replied straight away.

Jackson listened with curiosity and guessed, ”Is it someone we know?”

”Do you remember Marissa Qian? The woman that's obsessed with your brother?” Halia asked.

”Ugh, the one that looks fake from top to bottom? Was she your client? Did she recognize you?”

Halia shook her head, ”No, she was completely convinced by my cover. In fact...she invited me to a hotel and...”

Halia paused.

”And what?” Jackson asked as he furrowed his brows.

”...she tried to seduce me and sleep with me...”

After Halia said this, there was a short silence on the phone.

Suddenly, out of the blue, Jackson burst into laughter.

Halia blushed a little, ”Why are you laughing?”

This was the same reaction that Morton had earlier. Was it so funny to hear about someone getting seduced and almost r.a.p.ed?

”I can't believe she actually believed my beautiful fiancee is a man,” Jackson replied.

”Hey, my disguise is very convincing. You would be shocked if you saw me. Besides aren't you worried that she may have taken advantage of me?” Halia humphed.

”You have the SPU captain's skills in your brain. You could kill her with one finger if you wanted to. I trust you can protect yourself,” Jackson replied. ”By the way, turn on your video call and show me how you look. I want to see how convincing your disguise is,” Jackson teased.

But, Halia quickly rejected the suggestion, ”If you see me like this, you will never be able to unsee it. I don't want to traumatize you for life.”

Jackson laughed, ”I will love you no matter how you look.”

Halia blushed again. Why was this man such a sweet talker?

”If you want to see me, you'll have to come see me in person,” Halia replied, refusing to turn on the video call.

Jackson smirked and changed the subject, ”So how did you escape Marissa's seduction in the end?”

Halia cleared her throat and replied awkwardly, ”I...I knocked her out...”

”You what?!” Jackson burst into laughter again.

”Stop laughing...” Halia frowned.