Jean turned the steering wheel without saying anything. When the traffic light in front of them turned red, the man stopped the car before turning his head towards Lilia.
"You need to be more careful this time. That woman called Leila is not as simple as you think," Jean said in a serious tone.
Lilia's eyes widened when she heard that. This was the first time Jean had given her a warning like this. "What do you mean? Have you investigated Leila? What did you find?" Lilia urged curiously.
"Even if you manage to take Leila down, it won't end so easily. There's still someone behind that woman," Jean spoke with a frown.
The man didn't say much, but he made Lilia realize a fact. Whoever supported Leila from behind had been hiding and covering their traces perfectly. They could even hide themselves from the Widjaya Family's information network. Otherwise, Jean would have told Lilia who was the main culprit in all these incidents.
Lilia's face turned serious. "Fine, I'll take your advice. I agree with you that Leila is not an ordinary person. She's the same age as me, but her cunning surprises me," Lilia nodded.
"No problem, because my wife is also not an ordinary person," Jean reached out and patted Lilia's head. "Be careful there, okay?" He said before starting to run the car back up.
"Yes, of course." Lilia smiled confidently. "I won't let Leila go with her way any longer,"
*****
The next day, around eight in the morning, Lilia and Clifford left for the train station. They planned to reach Jakarta by train so that their arrival would not attract attention.
Jean had promised Lilia that the man would arrive in Jakarta on the day of Grandpa Simon's birthday party. Jean specifically arranged for Clifford to go with Lilia as her bodyguard. Lilia didn't protest because she knew that Jean would never allow her to go alone into the 'battlefield'.
That morning, a lot of passengers packed the busy train station. Lilia deliberately wore sunglasses and a mask that covered half of her face. As an artist, Lilia's presence would definitely attract public attention.
After she and Clifford entered the station, they found Mellisa waiting by the public restroom. The woman was still dressed ready for combat in a leather outfit and black boots. But apart from that, she also wore sunglasses and a mask on her face.
When Lilia and Mellisa met, they looked at each other, then their gazes fell on each other's clothes. In the next second, the two women bursted into laughter. They really were sisters! Even though they didn't arrange the clothes beforehand, the two of them chose similar clothing styles.
"Are you ready to go?" Mellisa asked. "The train will arrive soon,"
"Ah, I'll go to the toilet for a bit," Lilia handed the luggage to Clifford before disappearing into the public toilet.
When Lilia came out of the bathroom, she looked up and found a man standing beside Clifford. The unexpected presence of this man made her stop in her step. She watched the man intently while frowning. Somehow, this guy looked very familiar!
After thinking about it for a moment, it occurred to her that this man was the policeman who was helping Mellisa at the Jakarta police station when her sister was arrested. If Lilia remembered correctly, that man was named Leonard Adler, Andrew's classmate.
Lilia lowered her sunglasses, then took turns looking at Clifford and Leonard. The question was clear— why was Leonard here?
Noticing Lilia's meaningful gaze, Clifford glanced blankly at Leonard. Then he took a step aside and deliberately pulled away. Clifford's gesture was enough to answer Lilia's unspoken question.
Leonard glanced at Clifford, then the corner of his mouth lifted into a faint smile. The man turned to look at Mellisa and looked at her with interest.
Seeing this, Lilia immediately raised her guard. With the incident that caused her detention that day, Mellisa should have been a suspect in Leonard's interrogation. What happened this time? Could it be that Leonard was here to find trouble with them?
Lilia was a little worried and grabbed Mellisa's arm, then deliberately pulled her aside. She stole a glance at Leonard before whispering, "What's the matter? Is he here to arrest you?"
Had Mellisa committed another crime that she didn't know about? Lilia racked her brains in panic. She began to think of some solutions she could do if Leonard were really here to catch her sister. In short, she couldn't let Leonard take Mellisa away!
Leonard was a police inspector in Jakarta. Supposedly, this man did not have the authority to act in areas outside of his jurisdiction, such as in Surabaya. Lilia's thoughts came and went one after another as she tried to find an excuse to protect Mellisa.
Then she heard her sister reply in a casual tone, "He might be here on a short vacation,"
Leonard, who somehow became a tourist, could only glare at Mellisa. He had left behind many cases that he was supposed to solve just to go to Surabaya to protect that woman. Maybe Leonard had gone crazy doing all that for a woman's sake!
Hearing Mellisa's answer, Lilia looked at Leonard with a skeptical gaze. Still she nodded and greeted him, "Hello, Inspector Leonard. We have something to do, so we'll go first..."
Before Lilia could finish speaking, Leonard had interrupted her.
"Oh, how about we go together? I happen to be back in Jakarta too," Leonard suggested with a polite smile.
Lilia looked at the man in shock. She felt that something was off. But before Lilia could protest, their carriage had arrived at the platform.
She, Mellisa, and Clifford hurried to the platform while Leonard followed behind them. Lilia couldn't shake the feeling that the police inspector was acting like he was escorting a convict!
For their trip to Jakarta this time, Lilia bought three business class seats. In a separate and comfortable compartment, she and Mellisa sat next to each other. Clifford sat across from Lilia.
Right after they sat down comfortably, a male figure walked into their compartment. Then he sat across from Mellisa magnificently. That man, of course, was Leonard.
Lilia started to have serious suspicions. Was Leonard really here to travel? Or did he have other goals he needed to achieve? The train went out of Surabaya while Lilia was still busy with her thoughts.
The woman looked at her sister who was sleeping in her seat, then her gaze fell on Leonard, who was pretending to be reading a magazine. Lilia sighed and could only suppress the doubt in her heart for a while and put her mask back on. She closed her eyes just so she could take a nap, but it turned out that Lilia was completely unconscious when they arrived in Jakarta.
When Lilia and her entourage entered the largest metropolitan city in Indonesia, it was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon. The model leaned back in her chair with a sleepy gaze.
But as soon as she saw the view of the city with tall buildings outside the window, Lilia sat up straight. All of her drowsiness vanished as she watched the bustle of the metropolis. Even though Lilia had been to Jakarta before, what she felt now was very different.
This time, she came with the determination to destroy Leila's years of lies!
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