Can’t Win Me Back

The station captain was under pressure from his superiors because the police officers still couldn't get Nicholas to talk.

When he learned that Alyssa wanted to try negotiating with Nicholas, he decided solving the case was more important than following protocol.

Although Alyssa wasn't a professional negotiator, he made an exception and allowed her to meet with Nicholas for a chat.

Jasper and Cyrus watched Alyssa's confrontation with Nicholas through a one-way mirror in the observation room next to the interrogation room.

Their faces were grim and filled with concern.

In the interrogation room, Nicholas stared emotionlessly at Alyssa.

"Ms. Alyssa, I've confessed everything I need to confess.

I don't think we have anything left to discuss." "Chief Novak," Alyssa began.

"Please don't call me that.

Here, I'm just a cold-blooded murder suspect," Nicholas mocked.

Even as a prisoner, he retained his elegance—decades as an official had imbued him with an air of calmness that wouldn't disappear overnight.

"Alright, Mr.

Novak, then," Alyssa conceded.

Her gaze held warmth and respect.

"I know you didn't end up here because you're evil.

It was because you had no other choice." "You're wrong.

All my decisions were my own," Nicholas insisted.

A corner of his lip twitched.

"Ms.

Alyssa, I only agreed to this meeting because you once saved my wife.

confessed to my crimes

On the other side of the mirror, Jasper gritted his teeth and clenched

Jasper's nervousness, Cyrus

"Don't worry, Jasper.

sure Lyse knows what she's doing." Alyssa took a deep breath to compose

report in

this?" Nicholas asked, lowering

institution on the new medication you

flickered, and his

were so protective of the

to save

never stopped to think that this so-called ‘research’ for a new medication was a sham from the start," Alyssa continued, her voice calm yet

pierced through Nicholas’

What scam?" Nicholas demanded, his jaws

nothing more than a sedative," Alyssa continued in

is it entirely ineffective for Alzheimer's, but it also

overdose could

entered the market, many people who took it have suffered seizures and even

sedatives, it's more

components and is highly

drug, not a

policeman, drugs were his sworn

being associated with

his morals and everything he believed

You're lying!" Nicholas

me to talk! It's

"He's falling for it.

the murders are connected

'experiment' can proceed smoothly." "It's a shame a decorated police commissioner like him would join forces with the enemy," Cyrus

fixed his

"That wasn't his intention.

just desperate to save his wife." Cyrus

it remains utterly disgusting and infuriating!"

deeply implicated with this

you've had your