Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 204

“Dexter… Dexter!”

While we were all anxiously awaiting news on whether Dexter would pull through, a wail carried over from a distance.

I frowned. Isn’t it a bit early for a funeral procession? The guy’s not dead yet.

Melody was sobbing her heart out; her wails were legendary.

Clutching a ghostly pale Hailey, Melody stumbled closer, her cries punctuating each step. Professional mourners had nothing on her performance.

I watched her with a furrowed brow. This woman was such a jinx.

“Why the waterworks? He’s not gone yet.” I said, frowning.

At the sight of me, Melody lunged like a rabid dog spotting a steak.

I was just about to retaliate, to knock her into next week when suddenly I was hoisted aside and shielded in a protective embrace.

Colin’s icy stare bore into Melody, his presence alone enough to chill the air.

Melody’s raised hand and her fiery temper extinguished at the sight of Colin, and she recoiled in terror. “It’s him, Hailey, it’s him… He’s the murderer!”

etched across Hailey’s face.

socks off the older generation, and Hailey had already pinned the blame for a car accident on Colin, striding

to shield me but

grabbing her wrist. “Hailey, Melody is one of the culprits behind Phoebe Caldwell’s death. Don’t believe a word she

trust my gut!” Hailey retorted, visibly shaken, her eyes rimmed red. “He’s definitely a murderer!”

Hailey loathed Colin, itching for

by Colin, determined not to let Hailey hurt him further.

got stabbed to save me; I’m so sorry, Hailey. It’s

act had begun. She was seizing every opportunity to curry favor with Hailey, all to secure her approval to marry Dexter.

a time, Melody and Dexter had been the picture of romance. Hailey didn’t dislike her, but knowing how

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our marriage.

family. “You really are a jinx, crying over Dexter like he’s already a goner,” Stella remarked, returning from seeing Robin to the elevator, having caught Melody’s sobfest from afar.

demon. Dexter didn’t have to be critically injured; it was her stupidity that got him

teeth, barely containing her rage

her tears. “Hailey, they’re all in cahoots with the murderer, trying to

name.”

Colin was the murderer,

him.

room, she looked ready to tear him