"I had thought Josh or Victor would be the mastermind, but it was the doing of David's man," Cyrus explained with doubt. "I was worried that David would pull some tricks, so I sent someone to keep an eye on his attorney. After all, he hasn't met with anyone except for his attorney.

"But we found nothing suspicious about his attorney. We dug into his call log—he did not contact the culprit."

"That's odd. Did one of David's men act without permission out of his loyalty to David? Was he worried that David's scandal would be publicized? Does David even have a lackey who's that sharp-witted?" Frowning, Alyssa fell into deep thought.

Then, she suddenly chuckled. "Maybe Josh had a card up his sleeve and pulled an act of killing with a borrowed knife."

"Is he using David?" Jasper wondered in a low, icy voice.

"As impatient as Josh, he must have wanted to silence Maggie after his men noticed we had reached out to her." Alyssa might be hot-tempered, but she always remained cool-headed in times of urgency.

carefully, "But the risk of silencing Maggie was high because he had to succeed at one go under our

to pull it off. Even if we got hold

her. She glowed radiantly like an angel who had descended onto earth. He swooned after her,

resentment. "I'll look into Josh

accuse him of anything if he did not personally reach out to the culprit.

I close the case," Cyrus thundered. "I hate the humiliating feeling of failing to arrest a known

the flow. Do not get anxious or obsessed.

call, silence descended on the

top of her head. Her hair smelled fragrant. "This might sound horrible, but I quite like the

be facing charges of

we always share the same thought?" Alyssa moved closer to him and

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