I Can Hear Their Murder Plots

Gabriel looked up at Keira as she stepped out of the bathroom. His tone carried a hint of pleading and grievance as he said, "Dr. Walker, my wrist gives out so fast that I can't reach the deep tissue. Mind showing me how it's done?"Keira dried her hands instantly and walked over. "Let me take over. You take a break."She set her hands on my calves, but Gabriel didn't step back. Instead, he smoothly layered his hand right over her fair skin. "Show me where to apply pressure so I can do a better job next time."As he looked at her, his eyes were thick with heavy flirtation.Their bodies hovered so close that they were practically pressed against each other.In my head, Gabriel's ecstatic thoughts exploded.[God, Keira's hands are so soft. I just want to pull her into my arms right now. Cody Hansen, what good does all your money do you now? You're still just a brainless idiot being kept in the dark!]I bit down hard on my lower lip until the metallic taste of blood filled my mouth

Keira glared at me, a chill flickering in her eyes.Suppressing the terror in my chest, I forced a helpless, bitter smile. "Keira, what are you doing back? I wanted to give you a surprise, but my legs just gave out. A pen dropped under the desk. When I tried to grab it, I fell…"The tension in Keira's shoulders melted instantly.She hurried over, and her voice regained its usual tenderness. "Why did you come home on your own without calling me first? What if you had hurt yourself even worse?"In my mind, I heard her exhale a long sigh of relief.[Thank God. I thought he found out. He didn't touch the drawer, right? Whatever. It doesn't matter anyway. The pills have been swapped out for days. It's a slow-acting toxin. Even if they run tests, it'll just look like organic organ failure.]My body went rigid, and my hands clenched into tight fists at my sides.I couldn't understand why, even if she had fallen out of love with me, she wanted me dead so badly.That evening, Gabriel sh

The next day, using the pain in my leg as an excuse, I had Keira take me to the hospital for a checkup.Taking advantage of the break while she went off to a department meeting, I put on a mask and hat, then hailed a cab straight to a private forensic testing agency I'd arranged to meet with.I handed the few white pills in the zip-lock bag to the analyst and requested an expedited chemical report.Two hours later, the report was in my hands.The results were clear. The pills contained zero active therapeutic ingredients for nerve recovery, and prolonged consumption would cause chronic liver and kidney failure.My knuckles turned white around the report. To think that the person sharing my bed could be so vile.When I returned to the hospital, I went straight to the pharmacy. After bribing an intern nurse, I obtained the system records of the medication Keira had prescribed for me on the day of my discharge.Under the prescriber column, it read "Gabriel".Keira was a department

The moment Keira saw me, the dead, hollow light in her eyes suddenly burst into a desperate flare.She broke free from the police officer's grip and fell to her knees before me with a heavy thud."Cody! Cody, I was wrong!" she wept hysterically. She was now stripped of any remaining grace or the arrogant poise she had once carried as a chief cardiac surgeon."I lost my mind! That bastard Gabriel manipulated me! Forgive me, please. I do love you!"As I looked down from above at the woman I had once loved so deeply, I felt nothing but a wave of nausea.A cold chuckle escaped my lips. "Keira, I've always wanted to ask you one question. If you had truly fallen out of love with me and fallen for Gabriel, all you had to do was tell me the truth."I'm not someone who would cling on desperately. I would have signed the divorce papers and let you both be together. So why go for the kill? Why did you have to take my life?"Keira froze where she knelt. After a long moment, she spoke in a t