Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 187: The Company’s True Mastermind

Hearing that Mona had found a clue at another victim’s place, Luo An was immediately interested.

"Loel Post is an architect, he owns a small company."

Mona pulled up the architectural firm’s information and showed it to Luo An, saying:

"About a month and a half ago, this company had some financial issues.

But not long after, a new sum of money appeared to fill the gap."

Luo An sat down in the chair and smiled:

"If I’m not mistaken, the person behind this sum of money is Triss."

Snap!

Mona raised her hand and snapped her fingers, indicating Luo An was right, and continued to tap a few keys on the keyboard, saying:

"This sum of money is not small, there’s no way Triss could have produced it on her own.

The only explanation I can think of, is that Triss has embezzled from the cosmetic company by using her position as Chief Financial Officer."

Luo An nodded, this was also his conjecture.

"There’s one more thing."

Following, Mona pulled up another document, a consumption record:

"This is Loel’s consumption record at a well-known French restaurant in the Manhattan District a month ago.

I checked the dining situation at that restaurant, and found that that night, Loel had booked the restaurant for two hours, the purpose was to propose to Triss."

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Luo An suddenly sat up with interest.

Taking a close look at the time of the proposal, Luo An raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Didn’t Reesi say that Triss and Loel broke up the day after the proposal?"

"That’s right!"

Mona nodded vigorously:

"Although it’s not clear what exactly happened during the proposal, according to a waiter at the restaurant, the two had a very unpleasant quarrel that night."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Luo An rested his chin in his hand and leaned back in his chair.

Loel and Triss had been together for over two years, Loel’s company ran into trouble, and Triss even embezzled company funds to help him; this all seemed like a perfect match.

But why would Triss reject Loel’s proposal?

After a brief silence, Luo An suddenly thought of something and asked:

"I remember Loel has a brother?"

Mona looked at the information and nodded.

——

The next day, in the morning.

In Queens, inside the architectural firm, learning the purpose of Luo An and Mona’s visit, Loel’s brother Trent Post shook his head:

"I’m sorry, I don’t know much about my brother’s proposal."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Mona’s face slowly faded, while the smile on Luo An’s face grew even brighter:

"Are you sure about this story? Mr. Post?"

"What, is there a problem?"

Trent narrowed his eyes:

"According to federal law, I have the right to refuse to answer your questions."

"Of course, you have that right, but we also have the right to investigate anyone related to a criminal case."

Pouring himself and Mona a cup of coffee and taking a light sip, Luo An said with a smile:

"That means we can subpoena your call records, emails.

And your internet browsing history at night, etc."

"What did you say?"

Trent’s expression changed, and Luo An continued to speak leisurely:

"Furthermore, according to our investigation, your brother’s architectural firm has some financial problems, we have the right to investigate its operational state and financial information..."

"OK! OK!"

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Hearing this, Trent, who owned shares in the architectural company, finally could not sit still, and a stiff smile slowly squeezed onto his face:

"Don’t be so grave, Agent.

What was the question you asked just now? About my brother’s proposal that time, right, I actually do know a few things."

"Then speak."

Putting the coffee cup back on the table, Luo An pursed his lips—the coffee was of low quality and unpalatable—then he intently watched Trent’s facial expressions and movements as he spoke.

Seeing the look of disgust on Luo An’s face, Trent’s mouth twitched. After pondering for a few seconds, he slowly started to say:

"My brother’s proposal failed that night, he tried to win that woman back afterward, but they still ended up breaking up.

The main reason for their breakup was that the woman said she could date my brother but not marry him, because of too much pressure, a crazy life, and so on.

Hearing these reasons, my brother was very angry. He thought she was just fobbing him off.

But my brother really liked that woman, so over the past month, he kept coming to drink with me."

Luo An continued to ask:

"Did your brother ever mention what kind of pressure and craziness Triss was talking about?"

"No."

Trent shook his head:

"My brother didn’t tell me, and I think he didn’t know either.

If my brother knew, maybe he wouldn’t have broken up with that woman, right?"

"Mr. Post."

As soon as Trent finished speaking, Luo An patted his thigh and stood up, his smile unchanged:

"The file shows that you graduated from Harvard University.

As a talented graduate of Harvard, why would you choose to lie in front of an FBI agent?"

Hearing this, Mona, who was taking notes on the side, quickly stopped what she was doing and cast a cold glance at Trent.

In Mona’s mind, if Luo An suggests someone is lying, they are definitely lying.

"What?"

Trent was startled, a trace of panic showing in his eyes.

Luo An took a step forward, the smile still on his face but his tone turning cold:

"Tugging at your collar while speaking, eyes flitting around, your words and body language are completely contradictory... Mr. Post, has anyone ever told you that you’re actually very bad at lying?"

"I... I..."

Watching Luo An’s icy gaze, Trent was sweating profusely, unsure of what to say.

Smack!

Seeing this, Luo An slapped the table fiercely, startling Trent.

Then Luo An turned around and said to Mona:

"Call the team leader, Trent Post has repeatedly hidden information from the FBI, obstructing our investigation, now I request..."

"No!"

Before Luo An could finish speaking, Trent quickly shouted out loud:

"I’ll talk! I’ll tell everything!"

Mona, who was reaching for her phone, silently gave Luo An a look of admiration.

Luo An’s lips curled slightly—an insignificant matter, not worth mentioning.

The office was quiet for a while, and faced with Luo An’s indifferent eyes, Trent finally opened his mouth and revealed the information he had been hiding.

"Actually, my brother had another motive in proposing to Triss."

Trent picked up his coffee and poured it all down his throat, then said:

"That was to get his hands on the shares of that cosmetics company."

After years of struggling in society since graduating from college, Loel did have a small company, but it was never doing well.

It just so happened that Loel met Triss at that time, so he came up with the idea of using Triss to reach the pinnacle of his life.

"..."x2

Listening to Trent’s account, Luo An was speechless, and Mona’s face filled with contempt.

As a woman, she was very averse to this kind of behavior that cheated people under the pretense of love.

Thinking for a few seconds, Luo An asked with some doubts:

"Triss is just the Chief Financial Officer of that cosmetics company.

How did Loel plan to get the company’s shares from her?"

"My brother didn’t tell me the specifics."

Trent swallowed, telling the truth:

"But one time when my brother was drunk, he said that cosmetics company, in a sense, the female boss is just a puppet, the one who truly controls everything is actually the Chief Financial Officer, Triss Perez."

"What?"

Upon hearing this, Mona suddenly looked up with a face full of shock.