It seemed that a lot of the captain''s people were fans of Eric. Almost all of his staff had lined up for a photo with Cedric''s friend.
"Is it always like this?" Cedric whispered to Katerina.
"Yep." Katerina said with a nod. "That''s why I already knew what the captain''s people wanted to ask." She said with augh.
"Capt. Lim, are we done here?" Cedric asked the police captain as thest member of his team finished taking photos with Eric.
"I would still like to ask your otherpanions why they are here with you as well." The man said.
Cedric nodded and allowed him to proceed.
Capt. Lim asked each of Cedric''s friends why they were in Singapore with him since they had no connection to the Reyes Group or any of it''s business interests.
Miguel answered as they had nned, he simply wanted to get away from work as well.
Cedric was sure that it confused the police captain how easily Miguel and Eric decided to just pick up and leave the country for a vacation, but he probably just chalked it up to thevish lifestyles of the rich and famous.
When he moved on to ask Nicole after epting Miguel and Veronica''s reason.
"Miss Nicole, why are you here with Mr. Reyes? If I am not mistaken, you have a hospital to run." Capt. Lim said in a tone that was practically usatory.
Nicole gave him a smile andughed.
"I''m here to keep my fiancepany." Nicole said with a shrug.
"Your fiance?" Capt. Lim asked with a confused expression.
"Yes, Nicole and my assistant, Ian Lim, are engaged." Cedric exined for the couple. "As a matter of fact they already have a little one at home and they are expecting their second child."
"What?" The captain asked with a confused look. "How -?" Capt. Lim caught himself before he could say his question, but Ian and Nicole already knew what he wanted to ask.
"Capt. Lim, we do not have a responsibility to exin our rtionship to you." Ian said in a stern tone. "The job as an assistant to Mr. Cedric Reyes is not a lowly one, and I do note from a poor family." Ian exined.
"It''s true." Cedric said with augh as he nodded in agreement. "The Lim family from which Ianes from is one of the oldest and richest families in the country, although they are no longer as wealthy as they once were, he still holds a pedigree higher than the Chans."
"I''m sorry if my reaction was offensive." The police captain said with a frown as he realized that he had spoken out of ce.
"It''s fine." Ian said with a smile as he tried to reassure the police captain that he was not offended. "To be honest it''s good that you asked the question instead of just assuming behind our backs."
"I simply assumed that families like the Chans in your country would require certain standards and I didn''t expect you to belong to such a family. My apologies." The policeman said as he bowed his head out of respect.
"It''s fine, let''s continue with the questioning." Cedric said with a nod as he tried to move the discussion forward.
"Oh, yes." The captain said as he turned to Katerina.
"Miss Sebastian, I''m sorry but I do have to ask this." The captain said as he sneaked a nce at Eric. It seemed that Capt. Lim was aware of the rumors surrounding the pair.
"Go on." Karerina said with a nod as she gave him permission to continue asking her questions.
"Miss Katerina, why are you in Singapore?" Capt. Lim asked Katerina.
Katerina gave him a kind smile as she noticed him ncing at Eric.
"No Capt. Lim, I''m not here because of Eric, if that''s what you are trying to ask." Katerina said with augh. "I am the chief legal counsel of the Reyes Group. I''m actually here on official business."
"Oh." Capt. Lim said with a hint of surprise in his tone.
"I''m sure you and your staff are quite curious, as to mine and Katerina''s rtionship." Eric said with augh as he looked at the policemen and women in the room.
He had noticed that some of them had stolen photos of Eric and Katerina being in the same room together. Just a photo of him with Katerina was more than enough to spark rumors about their rtionship. It was best to kill those rumors now.
"I apologize, my daughter and wife are fans." Capt. Lim said in an embarrassed tone.
"It''s fine." Katerina said as she smiled. "We get this question often enough." She exined.
"It''s just the rumors about you two being a couple, it seems too good to be true." A police woman said as Capt. Lim quickly red at her.
"It''s fine Capt. Lim." Eric said with a nod. "Katerina and I are just people that belong to the same group of friends. I''m good friends with her older brother."
"So it''s just friends?" Another member of the police staff was not able to resist but ask.
"Yes." Katerina said with augh.
"Mr. Reyes, how long are you and your group nning on staying?" Capt. Lim asked Cedric.
"We were just supposed to stay for the day, I have work at home and a son I want to get back to as soon as possible." Cedric told Capt. Lim.
"You have no intention of seeing this investigation through?" Capt. Lim asked.
"There is no need." Cedric said with a shrug. "Plus I will simply ask Mae to return. She will go back to our country for a few days and I will ask her toe back here. Do you need anything from us?" Cedric asked.
"I will need to ask you to stay for an additional day or two, at least until we can rule out any foul y." The captain said.
"Are we suspects?" Eric asked, ying the clueless actor.
Cedric was amazed at how well Eric had always made himself seem less intelligent, he knew that if he had to dumb himself down he would be incredibly frustrated.
"No Mr. Eric, you aren''t, we don''t know yet if the cause of death was natural or not, so no suspects." Capt. Lim exined.
Cedric knew that what the policeman really meant was if there was foul y, then yes they would be suspects. He understood why Cedric already mentioned that he was investigating how the man had approached Mae, he had a motive.
"Thank you for your cooperation." Capt. Lim said with a smile. "I guess that''s all, unless my staff have anything else to ask?" The police captain said as he nced at his people.