My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)
Chapter 93

Sawyer looked at the time and shook his head. "It's alright, I'll just rest here for a while." After a pause, he said, "There are some financial problems in the branch company that can't be detected without some closer scrutiny. I'm guessing that one of the directors must've embezzled funds and covered it up with some projects. Look at this, it's a few million dollars worth of expenses!"

I nodded and began to look through the accounts. In the past, Asherton's branch had developed so smoothly that Hendrix had granted many rights and privileges to the executives of this company, considering that the management style of the branch company was also intended to mirror that of the main company.

Hendrix didn't get involved much on this side of the business at all. I looked at it carefully and found that there was indeed something fishy happening. For some reason, one of the minor engineering projects had exhausted a few million dollars worth of capital. Even if it was to compensate for a worker's injuries, it still wouldn't justify the amount. It was obvious that someone had embezzled the funds.

"This matter might have to be handled through Hogan!" I said to Sawyer, only to replace that he'd fallen asleep.

I then got up and covered him with a quilt from the bedroom.

There were still two hours left for him to rest properly. After all, he hadn't had much rest since yesterday.

After organizing the documents, my cell phone vibrated and I saw that Monique had called.

I picked up the call. It was noisy on the other side, but I could still faintly hear her voice through the chaos. "Arianna, you're in Asherton now, right? Send me your location and I'll drop by to visit you soon!" I was stunned. "Are you also in Asherton?"

She had previously mentioned that she wanted to tour around Hawaii. Why was she now in Asherton?

"I saw your post on Facebook and knew you were in Asherton, so I decided to come over. I just got off the plane, just send me your address and I'll be there in no time."

After I hung up, I sent Monique a few messages over Whatsapp and saw that I had several other unread messages as well. Few of those were updates sent by Kelsey, whereas there were also some that were from Josiah.

I almost forgot that Josiah had mentioned he was also coming to Asherton too. I thought about it and gave him a call.

The phone rang a few times before he finally picked up. Josiah always had that deep, pleasant voice to him. "Which hotel are you staying in?"

"Have you also arrived in Asherton?" I asked, feeling that it was such a coincidence.

"I just arrived and was just about to give you a phone call as well. Now, which hotel are you staying

in?" His voice was soft amid the unorganized background noises.

I raised my voice and said, "Welldom Hotel. It's on Southria Road."

"Alright, see you later!"

After hanging up the phone, I got up and got ready to take a bath. After all, after my business dinner, Monique would surely drag me to go shopping with her.

I had not gone shopping for a long time so it would be nice to take a walk for once.

I was going to bathe in another room, but I couldn't replace the access card to the room after searching for a while. On the other hand, Sawyer was deep asleep. I didn't want to wake him up and decided to just take a bath in the same room.

After all, there was still a door between both of us and he was sound asleep. It didn't matter much.

I must have eaten too much before sleeping. I could only feel a sense of greasiness all over my body. Fortunately, the shower made me feel so much better now.

I blew my hair dry in the bathroom, put on some light makeup, and changed into some nice clothes. After that, I came up only to hear Sawyer speaking to another person over the phone.

He was still groggy and said, "Hello, who're you looking for?"

I didn't know what the other side said, but Sawyer replied in a hoarse voice, "She's bathing now so please call back later!"

He then hung up the phone.

I went out of the bathroom and saw him leaning on the sofa. He still wasn't fully awake yet. It was evident that he didn't sleep enough last night.

When Sawyer saw me, he yawned and said, "Why are you dressing up so nicely? It's just dinner."