Chapter 42Adelie POVMy body feels much better now as I woke up this morning. Forcing my eyes open about two minutes ago, the blurry figure of Asher welcomes me, and I close my eyes back again.I try to recall what happened yesterday night, but the only thing I could remember was going back home in a cab in the evening after work, and someone covered my face from behind, which made me pass out. After work yesterday, I decided to go home since I had something to pick from the house. Raymond was going to drop me off, but he got a call that his mom collapsed again, so I told him to go ahead and that I would take a cab home. Turned out that I was abducted, but how I ended up here is what I have no idea about."Are you awake?" I quickly recognize the voice to be Asher's, and I snap my eyes open to find him sitting on the chair beside me. Memories of yesterday night came flooding my head, and my heart freeze in my chest as I stare at him. Although I was half asleep yesterday, I can still r

Chapter 44 Rhea POV I can't believe that I just got recruited into the team of Police and investigators in the city, and the first case I was welcomed with was a murder case. Ever since I was a child, it has always been my dream to become a police officer in the future, and here is the future I have waited so long for. Just yesterday night, we found four dead bodies in the woods along the desert island down in the secluded city of New York, and guess what! They all seemed weird. Three of the victims who were all men, had their blood sucked dry, and the fourth female victim was stabbed. No, she stabbed herself multiple times according to the posture she was found in by the time I and my team arrived at the scene. We rushed them to the hospital that night even though they were already dead. We needed an autopsy report of them, so we can know what exactly happened. The news is everywhere on the internet, and I'm scared of people out there. I feel like the city is no longer safe for

Chapter 46 Rhea POV "What happened, Rhea? Like how the hell did it happen?" Ray asks after I narrate everything to him. When I arrived at the hospital earlier, I was shocked to have found out that the mark on the male victims' necks had disappeared, and the injury inflicted on the female victim too. I checked the CCTV footage of the hospital immediately to see if there was someone at the hospital earlier before I came, and I saw nothing. I also asked Dave if anyone came by while he was there, but he said no one. "I don't know. I've been trying to figure out what happened, but nothing is just coming through for me," I hit my hand on the desk slightly in frustration. After I got off work earlier, I went out to the restaurant with Raymond after we went to the hospital to see my mom. "Wow! This is just like a movie, and I'm starting to get confused. How could someone have gone to the hospital, the station, and yet they didn't appear in the CCTV footage?" He mutters as he picks on his

Chapter 48 Rhea POV "Are you kidding me?" I shriek after Raymond released the shock to me. He told me that the female victim was his girlfriend in the past. This is crazy. "I'm not," He shrugs, and I scoff. "Why didn't you tell me this all these while?" I ask him, and he rubs his forehead. "Nothing, I just feel..." "And you think it was ok not to tell me? Why did you do that?" I ask him angrily, and he sighs. "We broke up long ago, so I didn't see the reason I should..." "Are you kidding me, Ray? Do you even know the situation at hand now? Who knows, maybe I could've gotten some information from you that will help in the investigation," I cut him off. "What information could you possibly get from me? We dated in college and broke up during the last year in school, and I haven't seen her since then, until some weeks ago at Alex's birthday party," He shrugs, and I sigh briefly. He's right, I can't get any information from him. "I need to get back to work. I'll talk to you late

Chapter 50Adelie POV"I told you that I'm fine already. I can resume work," I whine to Raymond. I have been at home for the past two days, and all effort to convince him that I'm fine and can go to the office has proven abortive."I told you to rest, baby," He utters as he strokes my hair, and I sigh briefly, knowing he won't listen to me no matter how much I try to convince him."When should I resume then? I can't keep staying at home like this. Asher is going to the office every day, and I'm bored being the only one at home," I whine to him. Talking about Asher, he has been avoiding me and acting weird ever since I got back from the hospital. He hasn't flirted with me the way he used to, and as much as I want to assume that he already changed, something keeps telling me otherwise. Something must be wrong with him which he's hiding from me."Do you want to come over to my place and stay..." He pauses and sighs briefly."I forgot Rhea has been busy with work, and won't be able to spe