When Love Became a Crime Scene

After thinking it over, Caroline actually nodded and agreed to take him.Of course, she did. I forgot that Ian was always an exception to every rule she had.Once he had permission, Ian excitedly rushed Caroline to the morgue. He walked straight to where my body was stored, like he knew exactly where to find it. That was when I realized he had been coming for me all along.The morgue had various reagents stored for further testing, which worked perfectly in Ian's favor. He casually picked up a bottle of concentrated sulfuric acid. Then, acting as if it were accidental, he poured all of it over my face.Even through the sheet covering me, I could tell from the hatred in his eyes that he knew exactly whose body it was. The moment the acid hit, the white cloth melted instantly, and thick white smoke rose as the acid ate into my skin.I was just a wandering soul without nerves or pain, yet I still gasped in shock at the sight.I was already dead, yet Ian denied me the dignity of ke

Caroline took Ian to the file room and found my file using the body tag number. If she just opened it, she would have seen the photos taken when my body first arrived. She would have known that the corpse was me.Yet, to protect Ian, Caroline set fire to my file without even glancing at it. Together, they dumped my body in the river and falsified the inventory. It was as if I was never brought to the morgue at all.Caroline personally erased every trace of my existence in this world, along with any chance of justice for me.I felt hollow. As a forensic pathologist, Caroline betrayed her conscience and desecrated the profession she took pride in.When she looked at Ian, she just gave him a tired smile. It was as if she was relieved she protected the man she loved once again. She thought she covered everything perfectly, not realizing the case involving this body was far from simple.The next day, Caroline got a call from the detectives. They said a male corpse connected to a major

Ian was someone Caroline cared deeply about. If anything happened to him, she would have been devastated.I wanted to know if Ian could walk away safely, so I stayed behind the corner and listened for a moment. From their short exchange, I quickly figured out that they were part of an organized smuggling ring and Ian was working for them.I knew this mess ran deep and that I should not get involved, so I was already turning to leave.However, right then, I heard Ian say, "How about this, guys? I'll bring you a girl to make up for it. She's gorgeous, and she's a doctor, I swear she'll be worth it! Her name is Caroline Bailey, and she lives in Galaxy Apartments, Building 14, Unit A. The exact address is-"The second he mentioned Caroline, my steps froze. All rational thought left me as he kept rattling off her address. I grabbed a loose brick from the ground and charged in without thinking.Because I appeared so suddenly and was holding a brick with such aggressive energy, the group

When Caroline got home, she lay awake the entire night with her eyes open. She did not speak or move at all. It was not until the sky started to lighten that she finally drifted into a shallow sleep. However, she did not sleep long before suddenly jolting awake, sitting up as she shouted my name.She must have had another nightmare.Peter was an alcoholic who beat her often when he was drunk, so she never felt safe, and nightmares were a constant shadow over her nights.Even after we got married, we argued so often that I usually slept in the guest room. Yet, whenever Caroline woke up scared, I always ran to her first.Those moments were when she was the most fragile, and her resistance toward me would soften just a little. But now I was only a wandering soul, and no matter how much I wanted to comfort her the way I used to, I could not touch her at all.When Caroline could not find me, her eyes went blank for a second before dimming completely. She curled herself into a ball and

Ian quickly seized the moment and said, "Exactly, Caroline. We were both fooled by him."Caroline silently pulled her hand away and looked up at him. It took her a long time to get the words out."Ian Lawson, I don't believe a single word you just said."With that, she grabbed her coffee and smashed it on the floor. Led by Kenneth, undercover officers posing as servers and customers quickly moved in and restrained him.As Ian was being dragged away, he still refused to accept what was happening, staring wide-eyed and yelling for Caroline to believe him.Caroline already hinted to Kenneth earlier that she crossed legal lines, so both she and Ian were quietly monitored for weeks. As a forensic pathologist, she picked up enough to notice the surveillance long ago.However, she did not fight it. Instead, once she realized Ian was hiding something, she contacted Kenneth and cooperated so they could track everything Ian did.What Ian admitted to in the coffee shop was already enough p