Chapter 40

“Suicide? Ha! If she had the heart to die, she wouldn’t have caused Stephie’s death!” Rachel yelled

uncontrollably.

Her hatred toward Yasmin was intense, perhaps because I had become her scapegoat.

“Calm down for now. Go and see what’s going on first,” Zion intercepted the emotionally unstable Rachel and handed her over to Keenan. “Take care of her.”

Keenan nodded and held onto her.

“You’re a doctor too. You know more than anyone that you shouldn’t let emotions cloud your judgment at any time.”

Without saying anything, Rachel just stood there with red teary eyes.

Zion glanced at his watch and sorted things out at the scene before rushing to catch up with Michael.

He said, “Mr. Ford, I’ll go with you to check out the situation. Based on the current investigation, your wife, Yasmin, is also one of the girls who left the orphanage back then. So, the murderer will continue to target her.”

Michael’s steps froze for a moment. With a low voice, he said, “She’s not my wife…”

Zion was baffled by Michael’s odd behavior, but he didn’t say much. I followed behind the two and got

into the car too.

“The girls who left the orphanage back then have grown up and are now scattered throughout the city. There are no significant patterns to the list and order of deaths. It’s as if the murderer is seeking

revenge.

“If your wife isn’t afraid of dying, I wonder if she can. cooperate with

didn’t want to suggest this, but Yasmin and Michael

and teased, “As if he’d agree to that. He treasures Yasmin so much. How could he possibly let her be

said Michael, who seemed to be very bothered by the title. “Besides… something

laughed. See, he’d

you thinking when you asked Stephanie to become bait, then? Or is it that in

off guard, Michael

body. Yes,

have always been unstable. You heard it too just now, that she attempted suicide!”

remained silent, but it seemed Michael’s response had confirmed

wasn’t from the orphanage, and her body still hasn’t been found. My team and I think there’s a high probability that she’s

could persuade Yasmin to help the police and ultimately me. He was already being quite tactful with his words.

use Yasmin as bait to

hesitated.

I had no place in his heart, and his choice was within my expectations. My feelings for him that had been buried deep in my heart during my youth rapidly took root and grew into a towering tree. But they

him ended in the year 18th birthday.

stopped in front of the hotel. Guests at the wedding reception hadn’t left, including Yasmin’s parents,

“Michael…”

since she came from a well–off family. It was just that they had gone bankrupt in recent years. That was

he lowered

watching the family and feeling a sense of irony.

Bailey‘? You should call her ‘Mom‘

sighed and continued, “Michael, we’ve seen how you treasure Yasmin. But regardless of the reason why the reception turned out like this… embarrassing Yasmin in front of

he opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

just nodded and

Chapter 40

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