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.

from Shadow Group. He murdered Charles because of a personal vendetta. He was hiding right behind the stage when the ceremony was taking place. That was a blind spot for the security cameras.

that he

why did he surrender himself?” the officer asked.

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ask, just ask away. But can you free Miss Melanie

didn’t dare to speak much since Joseph was personally helping Melanie, and so he nodded and led the other officers to the interrogation room that was

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looked at the officers with a slight frown. “The real murderer had confessed…?”

“Feeling something amiss?”

Joseph asked.

others followed him inside. Those who weren’t important 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 fishy about the culprit

immediately respond. It was simply too much of a coincidence for this culprit to surrender using his

of

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

think?”

They were all looking at her,

couldn’t say.

“Since the real culprit had already turned himself in,

not brave enough to make any more analysis.”

“Haha!”

then, you are of a quick mind. You know

to show off my intellect and compare it to yours, Mr. Joseph. This is the Yorks‘ territory. Everyone here is your family’s guest. You are the most knowledgeable about all their preferences and animosities toward each other. I wouldn’t dare make any presumptions.”

“Good!”

“A good answer!”

was satisfied with her answer. “Your praises have instead made me unable to question anything else!”