Chapter 157

My heart lurched as fear suddenly took root within me.

Did Steven take the opportunity to leave when I was sleeping?

Did that mean… he was involved in the serial killings?

I hurriedly got out of bed and got dressed. Then, I left the hotel room and went down to the reception.

“Hi there, did you happen to see when my husband left the hotel?” I asked.

The receptionist shook her head. “Apologies, there too many people earlier…”

were inst

“He’s of mixed blood and pretty good–looking,” I said.

The receptionist replied, “Oh, that handsome man! He must’ve…”

She then took out her phone as she mumbled to herself, “He was so handsome, I couldn’t help but take a photo and share it online.”

She then continued confidently, “He left around midnight.”

The receptionist had shared the photo of Steven at 12:03 am.

I felt anxious.

left around midnight, which meant that he left soon after I fell asleep. And it was 3 am now,

ample time to commit a

the hotel and looked around in a panic.

was actually part of the

mind for a moment

It was Zion.

even more panicked.

was afraid that the police had arrested Steven at

call

Chapter 157

at Yellowbrick Road, please.” Zion

was taken aback.

You really let him come out at

local police officers hadn’t been familiar with Steven, they would’ve detained him for

in confusion as I hailed a

set them on Michael’s bodyguards and injured them,” Zion said, nearly gritting his words out. “If Steve wasn’t declared insane,

was so

Michael up in the middle of the night? And trashed his car too?

stay at the hotel last night because he’d

than one person was injured. And according to Steve, the people who have been lingering around the Lincoln residence

to harm you two. So, Steve’s actions can technically be counted as self–defense in this case,” Zion said, exasperated. ‘ But Michael and his driver

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