I Became His Sweetheart by Bright Eyes

Chapter 280 The Culprit

“I know that this isn’t Harbor City nor your territory, but I’ll accompany her.” Jeffrey consoled him with a whisper when he saw Cyrus getting agitated.

“Accompany her?”

Cyrus gave a cold smile. “Do you think you’re the aegis of Melanie or something?”

There were some murmurs from the people around them who were watching, as well as Leo’s coughing every now and then.

Melanie gave Jeffrey a look. When she saw the certainty in his eyes, she knew that he had made arrangements. She calmed down a little and walked over to hold Cyrus’s hand and said…

“It’s alright, Master. Let’s go home… There’s no use throwing temper tantrums, right?”

“What temper tantrums?! You’re the one that’s being forced to stay here, not me!”

Cyrus pretended to be frustrated and pushed her hand away before he got back into his car with his crutch.

When the convoy finally reached the banquet hall on the island, they saw Joseph waiting for them with a group of people behind him. When he saw Melanie get out of the car, he couldn’t help saying…

“Congratulations, Miss Melanie! You’re finally cleared of suspicion!”

Melanie looked confused, and the people around her didn’t seem to understand either.

Then, a small group of officers ran over and reported to the high–ranking officer. “Report, sir! The murderer has surrendered himself! We’ve interrogated him about how he committed the crime, and there’s no discrepancy with the evidence we’ve gathered.”

“Who is it?”

The high–ranking officer asked.

the stage when the ceremony was taking

Elder Gibson was to shift suspicion so that he could have enough time to

did he surrender himself?” the officer asked.

he had a

a laugh. “If there’s anything you want to ask, just ask away. But can you

much since Joseph was personally helping Melanie, and so he nodded and led the other officers to the interrogation room that was prepared

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the officers with a slight frown. “The

“Feeling something amiss?”

Joseph asked.

didn’t follow them once they knew the results. When Joseph saw that there was no one else behind him, he raised his head and looked at Melanie. “Do you think that there’s something

surrender using his personal vendetta as the reason he

stage of any suspicion.

asked, “There are no outsiders here. Why don’t you tell me what you

think?”

at Jeffrey and Cyrus. They were all

they couldn’t say.

culprit had already turned himself in,

my mouth up. I’m not brave enough to make any more

“Haha!”

“Even then, you are of a quick mind. You know that things aren’t as they seem.”

Mr. Joseph. This is the Yorks‘ territory. Everyone here is your family’s guest. You

“Good!”

“A good answer!”

praises have instead made me unable