"I had thought Josh or Victor would be the mastermind, but it was the doing of David's man," Cyrus

explained with doubt. "I was worried that David would pull some tricks, so I sent someone to keep an

eye on his attorney. After all, he hasn't met with anyone except for his attorney.

"But we found nothing suspicious about his attorney. We dug into his call log—he did not contact the

culprit."

"That's odd. Did one of David's men act without permission out of his loyalty to David? Was he worried

that David's scandal would be publicized? Does David even have a lackey who's that sharp-witted?"

Frowning, Alyssa fell into deep thought.

Then, she suddenly chuckled. "Maybe Josh had a card up his sleeve and pulled an act of killing with a

borrowed knife."

"Is he using David?" Jasper wondered in a low, icy voice.

"As impatient as Josh, he must have wanted to silence Maggie after his men noticed we had reached

out to her." Alyssa might be hot-tempered, but she always remained cool-headed in times of urgency.

She analyzed carefully, "But the risk of silencing Maggie was high because he had to succeed at one

go under our noses. It was certainly a dangerous feat.

"That's why he thought of getting David's man to pull it off. Even if we got hold of the weapon, we'd

suspect David instead of him, and he'd get out of this."

she was speaking, Jasper fixed an admiring gaze on her. She glowed

descended onto earth. He swooned after

are indeed a loving family, aren't they?" Cyrus

brother will not

believe Josh has gotten the news and cleared himself of suspicion. It's hard to accuse

if he did not personally reach out to the culprit. I'm afraid it's impossible

a

now obsessed with arresting him. I can't eat well until I close the case,"

of failing

get

as things unfold."

call, silence descended

hugged her and rubbed his chin on the top of her head. Her hair smelled fragrant.

but I quite like the

were against David, he wouldn't just

attempted first-degree murder. He'd

serves a consecutive sentence."

speechless. Why do we always share the same thought?" Alyssa moved closer to him

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