登入In the rear-view mirror, I saw Gabriel’s eyes suddenly meet mine. His jaw became tight, and a muscle moved in his cheek. His eyes looked sharp and cold as he stared at me. But after two painful seconds, he quickly looked away and focused on the road ahead.Then, right in front of my eyes, Detective Lucy reached across the center console. She gently placed her hand over Gabriel’s hand on the steering wheel and slowly rubbed his skin with her thumb, as if she had every right to comfort him.My heart beat hard against my chest, and I could feel the heat rushing to my ears. Wait… was Gab really ignoring me?!A hot feeling rushed through my chest and burned in my throat. I knew I had hurt him badly when I left. I knew I had broken his trust. But seeing another woman touching him right in front of me made me want to scream! Was everything he had ever told me a lie? Was all his talk about loving me just empty words that he could forget the moment another beautiful woman appeared?!I stared a
~ Leah ~The person standing before me was Gabriel Stone.My heart hammered against my ribs so violently it felt like it would break straight through my chest. After everything that had happened, after all the tears, I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would see him again right here.Tears rolled down my cheeks. Whenever I was in trouble, Gab always showed up right on time. I guess I was the luckiest girl in the world. But it hurt me so much whenever I thought about all the pain I had caused him.Overwhelmed by a sudden rush of emotion, I quickly stepped forward, ready to throw myself into his arms, but suddenly the passenger side door of the car swung open. A tall beautiful woman stepped out, adjusting her dark navy police jacket as she walked around the car.I stopped immediately, feeling the air leave my lungs as I stared at her.“Gab, is everything alright?” the lady asked, her voice calm and clear as she stared at me and walked closer to his side.Gab gave her a short no
~ Gab ~I leaned over the center console, my eyes fixed on the screen of Lucy’s laptop as she opened the secret autopsy file for Mr. Paul.The moment the official post-mortem report appeared, my jaw dropped. Everything we had been told about Mr. Paul’s death for the past five years had suddenly fallen apart.The rumor spread by the media and the public had always been that Mr. Paul went out for a late-night swim with his secret mistress, suffered a sudden cramp, and drowned in the water. But the cold facts in the report told a very different story.According to the chief forensic doctor’s signed report, Mr. Paul had not died from drowning at all. There was no water in his lungs. Instead, he had died from a single gunshot wound to the center of his chest. The bullet had been fired from very close range. His estimated time of death was exactly 12:00 a.m.A sudden rush of fear and excitement hit me. Without asking Lucy, I reached out and pulled the laptop from her lap, placing it on my o
“Detective Lucy! Wait up! You dropped this!”I heard someone calling my name just as I reached the exit. I quickly turned around and saw a young uniformed officer hurrying toward me with a friendly smile on his face. He was holding out a small patterned handkerchief. For a second, I stared at it in confusion before realizing that it was mine. I must have dropped it from my pocket while I was practically running toward the exit. A huge, shaky breath of relief escaped my lips. Thank goodness! For a moment, I thought I was dead meat. I had been so focused on getting out of the building that I had not even noticed the handkerchief falling from my pocket.“Thank you so much, Officer,” I said, forcing a polite smile onto my face as I quickly took the handkerchief from him.“You’re welcome, Detective,” he replied.I nodded and immediately turned around. I pushed open the exit door and stepped outside. I hurried down the steps of the police station, trying my best to look calm even though m
“Do you honestly think you have even the smallest chance of winning a court case against a man like Luke Paul?” Chief Superintendent Vance mocked. The smile disappeared from his face as his voice became cold.He leaned forward across his desk, his eyes fixed on me with a threatening stare.“I am going to give you some advice as an older officer, Lucy. You had better stay away from this case if you want to leave this station in one piece.”He picked up his pen and calmly returned his attention to his paperwork, as if our conversation was already over.“Sir, this is a huge opportunity for the entire department!” I argued, taking a step closer to his desk. “If you just sign the authorization to reopen the case, we can finally give the victims and their families a chance at justice! I know deep down that the victim’s parents were either paid or threatened five years ago when they claimed Luke Paul was innocent. We cannot allow a killer to escape punishment for the terrible things he has d
~ LUCY POV ~Finally, the building of the Central Police Department came into view. Gab drove into the reserved parking space near the front steps and parked smoothly.I unbuckled my seatbelt with a sharp click, picked up my detective folder from the dashboard, and opened the car door.“Stay right here in the car and keep a low profile,” I told Gab. “I’ll be back as soon as I finish speaking with the Chief Superintendent.”With that, I stepped out of the car, closed the door firmly behind me, and walked up the stairs toward the police station.The door of the central police station closed behind me as I walked inside.I adjusted the lapels of my dark navy blazer, straightened my shoulders, and held my head high as I walked down the hallway. Junior officers, patrol officers, and desk clerks nodded respectfully as I passed them.“Morning, Detective Harrison,” a young officer called out, stepping aside to let me pass.I gave him a short, professional nod. I moved closer to the large door







