She Became Rich After Divorce by Georgina Lane

Chapter 410: Murder Case

His arrival threw her off guard, and Cheyenne’s peripheral vision caught sight of his hand resting on her shoulder. She was about to remove it when Kelvin gently held her delicate wrist.

With his deep-set eyes gazing at her, his smile unchanged, he softly said, “Don’t move. What if someone throws a stone and hits you?”

His tone was casual, but Cheyenne could sense a trace of concern in his words. She furrowed her brow.

“Kelvin, you shouldn’t have come. Didn’t we agree to part ways?”

As the words fell, a hint of helplessness flashed through the man’s eyes. He inwardly laughed at her comment.

Part ways?

Don’t even think about it… He wanted to entangle himself with her, even if Cheyenne hated him.

Although he thought this way, Kelvin still maintained a cold and indifferent expression on his face, pretending to be aloof as he lightly hummed, displaying a touch of petulance.

“Cheyenne, don’t flatter yourself. I came here because my grandfather told me to. I don’t like being indebted to others.”

Upon hearing his words, a indescribable sense of disappointment washed over Cheyenne. So, that’s how it was… If it weren’t for his grandfather summoning him, someone like Kelvin would never make a special trip for her.

But that’s fine.

This way, she would only owe Old Mr. Foley a favor.

couldn’t help but sigh repeatedly, almost shaking

do you bother with this unnecessary

help Miss Lawrence urgently, so why not just admit it

stubbornly

you be able to win back Miss Lawrence’s

her visibly relieved expression, Kelvin couldn’t help but feel annoyed with himself for how

times in his mind. He wanted to tell Cheyenne – With me

say it when it mattered most. In his

clever girl like her

glancing at Cheyenne, his handsome face darkened further, and the hand resting on her shoulder deliberately pressed her closer to his

and stood between Kelvin and Cheyenne, separating Kelvin’s hand from Cheyenne. ‘This brat just ignored me completely? He dares to take advantage of my granddaughter right in

was

to investigate the crime

the outskirts of Akloit was home to over a hundred households. The village was neither big nor

in this forest that Jase’s body was discovered. A local villager who was preparing to cut fresh bamboo leaves to sell noticed bloodstains on the leaves. Following the trail of blood, he searched and found

that it was a

time Cheyenne and the others arrived, the body had

severed snake head, its colors vibrant and

of any bite marks on the body. This

own unless someone had moved the body here after the

might not be the primary crime scene. Someone killed Jase and then brought

tall, slightly overweight, with a weight of around 130

a heavy corpse, it would require the strength

at night, the person didn’t see the snake and got angrily bitten, leading him to kill

nearby soil. The misty water in the forest during