His Devious Rule

Anya played a video on the screen in which a few men entered her room, making her unconscious again, and started ripping her house down.

Anya still felt her blood boil looking at the video. She asked the cop who was at the door, "Bring them in."

The cops dragged the brutally beaten men inside who were destroying her sweet home in the video. Anya had made them a punching and kicking bag in the night. One could say she was merciless just by looking at one limping, another one with black eyes, another one with pain-relieving on his neck, and more.

"Who ordered you guys to tear my house down?" She asked so calmly and coolly that everyone was surprised. But the men cowered away from her.

Their voices shook while responding, "Chairman Johnson and his secretary." They weren't ready to get beaten up again.

Anya asked the cops to take those men away as she continued, "In the morning, I found my house was torn down and the hard disk missing. Before I could report to President Collins, he appeared to save me - an assistant-general Secretary, a spy at the secretariat. He assumed his plan was foolproof but I hid the microchip in my mouth."

Bernard realized her suspicion had started right there.

Anya continued, "Unfortunately, the car was toppled on the way, I was made unconscious again and kidnapped with Kyle Reynolds."

The three Jury members looked at her in bewilderment. If there was somebody else in her place, they would have made it a big hill.

"Bring the kidnappers." The Cops brought the kidnappers who were originally under Bernard's custody.

"Kyle Reynolds, could you identify them?" Anya questioned relaxedly.

"Yes, they made you conscious and kidnapped you. I took the car on my own to pretend they kidnapped both of us." He told the truth because Anya had instructed him to do so.

Kyle ignored Bernard's gaze and continued, "However, President Collins's security caught up with us and they held unconscious Anya… Officer Owen as a hostage… But somebody else kidnapped her."

Anya leaned on the desk and questioned, "Mr. Matthews, who kidnapped me the second time?"

Alvin squinted his eyes at the woman. He wasn't ready to accept that he kidnapped her. He scorned her, "Officer Owen, I saved you from those kidnappers."

Jason smiled while he was deciphering Anya's code to decompress the data. Assistant Wen behind Chief Justice cracked up before controlling his laughter. He couldn't believe she was making everyone accept their actions so easily.

Anya called out, "Doctor Benson." Now it was time to prove why she couldn't return to work.

A man in his thirties and a nurse entered inside. He was shocked the previous day when he met Anya at his hospital so he wasn't surprised anymore. He confessed directly wasting no time, "Lord Chief Justice, I am the family doctor of Mr. Matthews. A week before I was summoned to the Oasis mansion early in the morning to treat Officer Owen who was unconscious due to a heavy dosage of sleeping potion in her body.

As soon as she woke up, she tried to leave, but her health wasn't stable. So I suggested to Mr. Matthews that Officer Owen needed good bed rest. That's all."

The Chief Justice noted the points with the panel members. Anya thanked the doctor and continued, "Thus I had to stay back in the Oasis mansion of Alvin Matthews." She paused and looked at Jason.

Jason sensed the silence and eyes. He confessed as he stood up, "Due to Harper's men searching the whole city, I forced Officer Owen to stay back at the mansion so that I could control the situation here."

Anya scoffed in her mind. Both the men forced her to stay at the Oasis mansion, yet she was being judged for her credibility.

Alvin at the side didn't like Jason's statement. He would have been happy to hear that he forced Anya Owen to stay with him.

A jury member pointed out, "So even if Alvin Matthews stole the empty hard disk, he saved you and protected you from Harper Johnson."

Alvin was happy to hear that.

Anya would have accepted but she stayed neutral, "Kind of." She added, "We are acquaintances from the university. Thus he also forced me to stay back due to my safety, without knowing my identity."

'Kind of?' Alvin wanted to smack her.

When most of the cases in which Bernard wasn't involved were cleared out, Anya vacated the whole hall except the important people inside. She called out to the old man as she submitted another file, "Mr. Wright, where were you in the past week and why?"

The man stood up and briefed, "President Collins and I noticed the cabinet ministers were all taking off together and going out on a cruise vacation. Harper Johnson was offering it for free.

We initially considered it could be a political stunt as there is an election next year. However, President Collins found it very suspicious. Thus he asked me to keep an eye on the activities. Hence I was there."

Anya asked him to sit and looked at Bernard, "President Collins, is that true?" She was unexpectedly calm as a beautiful clear lake. That didn't lower the tension in the house and everyone held their breath.

"Yes." Bernard was curt with his response while appearing calm. Everyone could say he wasn't a bit fazed about the court. There was a confidence in him that made him look mature and respectable.

Anya continued with her questioning, "You had received the hard disk before the cruise vacation was planned. Yes or no?"

"Yes."

"Thus you guessed Harper arranged for the vacation after knowing about the hard disk. Am I right?"

"Right."

Linus frowned. He realized his father knew everything prior. He was about to voice, Alvin held his shoulder, "Bro…"

"Shh…" Alvin silenced him.

Anya's eyes suddenly turned sharper than icicles and voice dark, "You guessed Harper Johnson was gathering the minister to seize the hard disk from you. You knew the ministers could be hurt by Harper Johnson, yet you sent Mr. Wright on the vacation."

Her gaze briefly brushed over Linus who was more shocked than anybody out there. "Mr. Collins, what would a principled and respectable man do at that time?"

Linus ignored the court and questioned his father in disappointment and anger, "Dad, you said we were stealing the hard disk and putting on an act to save those people and stall the press conference. Your actions put them in danger. Why didn't you stop those people from going?"

Bernard wasn't guilty of his plan. He was guilty of lying to his son who trusted him too much. "Linus, I…"

"Quiet." Anya snapped at them, "This isn't your home. Did I permit you to talk?" She stopped the men. They have to deal with their differences in their private places.

Linus shrugged his father's hand and tried to leave but Alvin held him back. Linus regretted asking his brother's help for his father's malicious plan. He silently stood for Alvin.

The jury panel and Chief justice immediately made a note that Linus and Alvin were lured in to work for Bernard.

Anya looked at Bernard who was affected by his son's disappointment in him. She continued, "The People's President famed Bernard Collins finally succumbed to the power."

Bernard's gaze shifted back to her hearing the mockery. In the past two years, he never found a simple, focused, and likable lady like Anya. His view on her started to change from the time he sensed Alvin's interest in the single mother. Now, he hates her guts.

Anya continued, "Or should I say power just unmasked your true colors?" She despised him purposefully to get the truth out.

She had worked by his side So she knew Bernard wasn't as malicious as other Presidents. He made no money or did anything wrong to anybody and always thought of the masses. However, one thing made him inhuman.

She sat down in another chair and left the microphone for Bernard to take over, "President Collins, should I rip the mask, or are you going to spill it out?"

Linus, who would have shut the people to mind their tone and words, didn't bother to argue with Anya. He also wanted to know his father better.

Bernard slowly breathed to calm down and briefed his plan. He knew if he lied, Anya will catch it, then Linus will loathe him more. "I know I should have waited for the arrival of the ministers or stopped them from going. But I announced about the emergency press conference… …."

Two weeks ago, Bernard received a package from his wife as it was delivered to the Collins mansion. He checked the content and was very shocked.

He spoke about the hard disk with the secretaries and a general secretary for their opinion. They took time as it was sensitive information.

However, his secretary, Ricardo Baker gave him an idea. "President Collins, the elections are nearing. This is the perfect chance to publicize the party name. Release it and take the credits instead of handing it over to any group." The General Secretary had no problem with that as it was sent to Bernard.

Bernard didn't accept it easily, he would rather choose a legal process. He was mulling over it for a better solution when the ministers asked him for a holiday, to go on a vacation.

Bernard couldn't go due to safety and Wright wasn't interested. So they stayed back. Initially, they assumed it was political gimmicks to take the party members to different parties.

Nevertheless, as soon Bernard heard Harper was the sponsor, Bernard knew what was going on.

He was rushing to the office to ask his secretary to stop the vacation when he heard his political party leader mentioning, "As Bernard Collins served his term, we should give the chance to Mr. Benton."

Bernard furrowed hearing it. Benton was a greedy man. He embezzled too much money and the position of President will give him ample chances to snaffle the public's money.

He wanted to stop Benton but just words don't work in the political party. He could only stop them or change their decision by becoming a President again or bring light on a better person who wouldn't misuse the power. Thus he chose himself and Wright.

Hence a dangerous plan popped into his mind. If he put on an act of a hard disk being stolen, Harper couldn't do anything and bring those people back.

When he finally releases the content of the hard disk, he would announce things in his and Wright's favor. That is, he found the stolen hard disk while Wright helped him by bringing the ship back safe and saving so many ministers.

The two heroes of the nation.

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