The jaws of all three dropped in astonishment.

"Jasper, it was 20 years ago. Where did you get the physical evidence from?" Alyssa grabbed Jasper's hand.

Jasper turned his hand around and laced his fingers with hers. His voice was low and hoarse. "Do you remember when I mentioned I was investigating the maid who used to serve my mother?"

Alyssa nodded.

"She might have had a premonition before disaster struck. Before something happened to Sophia, she had intentions to escape. Xavier sent men over and managed to capture her. That's when I employed some of my tricks."

Jasper took a deep breath and continued, "Out of massive fear and to protect her son, she said some things that Sophia had never mentioned in the recording—the truth."

Jasper was a kind person. Given a choice, he wouldn't use someone's child to threaten or force his way. He wouldn't become a monster who would use malicious ways to get what he wanted.

Alyssa believed that even if the maid's lips were sealed, Jasper wouldn't have done anything to her son.

He couldn't go through with it. If he did, he would be no different from Jameson.

his eyes reddening. He struggled to suppress the hatred within him. His hand that held onto Alyssa turned as

poisoned her with her own hands?"

body swayed as if he

thinning. Her heart felt as if a huge rock was

However, Jasper kept his cool. The calmer he was, the more her

what's going on?"

followed Sophia's orders to swap my mother's medication for depression. However,

she swapped the normal supplement for a poison that was taken in small amounts daily but can cause heart paralysis and death

eyes as her

maid know everything in such great detail?" Out of occupational habit, Silas, the

it with her

was as if her touch was the only thing calming him down. "She said she noticed something two days before my mother jumped off the building. After she swapped my mother's medication, Sophia

maid who handled her medication would be brought away for questioning." Alyssa's heart was pounding as

"Then, it didn't matter how the maid tried to explain. She was the one responsible for keeping the medication. It was

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