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At that moment, Ethan was inexplicably drawn to that pair of vibrant and lovely eyes while feeling his
heart stirred. He thought back on that night and wondered if she was as alluring as she was now with
the glint in her teary eyes back then. Or was she even more alluring back then? He then fished out a
box of cigarettes from his pocket and held one stick between his fingers.
Caleb was stunned by such a scene as Ethan rarely smoked and had never done so in public.
However, he became dumbfounded when the latter started fiddling with the unlit cigarette instead.
When did he pick up such a bad habit? Why is he fiddling with cigarettes of all things? Is it because his
hands are restless? Perhaps he plans to beat someone up? After all, even Caleb wanted to do so after
what he just heard. “Mr. Knight, the Yeager Family is merciless and cruel. Not only do they want to take
over the Woland Group, they also intend to take Miss Woland’s life. How despicable of them. What a
pitiful life Miss Woland has.”
Pitiful? Her? That Little Fox who is getting ready to draw up a bloodbath? Although he was a distance
away, he was certain that there was an impish glint in her eyes. He was looking forward to seeing just
what sort of carnage she would cause.
“Miss Woland, although it’s your wedding day, now that we have evidence that connects you to Nathan
Lewis’ case, we’ll have to do things by the books and request your cooperation.” Freddie was adept in
drawing the lines, as he was neither too cruel nor partial.
Alice turned her head toward Freddie who was wearing a stern expression. “But, I’m not that person in
the video.” She wore an innocent expression with her eyes as clear as the mountain springs. Those
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇttransparent eyes of hers carried neither an ounce of falsehood nor wisdom as she refuted the
accusation as though what she said was a given.
Looking at her now, Ethan was momentarily startled before he erupted into laughter. That Little Fox
sure has many faces.
“Alice, there are times when just denying things verbally isn’t enough, especially when there’s evidence
that says otherwise.” Naomi was close to laughing out loud. How stupid can this girl be to be denying
that it’s not her as though it was a matter of fact? Seems like there’s no end to how stupid this girl can
be. She had meticulously set Alice up to the extent that the latter could not refute the evidence. At first,
she thought Alice would make a fuss, so she found it hilarious when Alice only denied the accusation
verbally without any shred of evidence on her part.
The onlookers couldn’t help shaking their heads upon seeing how Alice was acting in denying the
claims, as they thought of her as too naïve and silly. They knew it was meaningless to deny the
accusation in such a way.
“Miss Woland, we’ll have to investigate thoroughly since we have evidence that states otherwise. I
hope you would not make the situation much more difficult than it is. Five days ago, I recalled that
you’d just come back to Rodcaster as the media had taken a photo of you at the Woland Group on the
day Nathan Lewis was murdered.” Freddie didn’t take Alice’s denial seriously.
Everything was premeditated. Even Nathan’s case was arranged to happen on the day Alice would
return to Rodcaster. As everything was perfectly in place, it would be meaningless no matter how Alice
tried to deny it. Now that various pieces of evidence had pinned Alice to be guilty of murdering Nathan,
all Freddie had to do now was take her back to the station.
“But, that person really isn’t me. The scar on that person’s face is different from mine. Not only is her
scar longer than mine, it’s also completely in a different place. Mine’s a downward scar starting from
the top of my eye, whereas hers starts from the bottom of her eye.”
While Alice was explaining about her scar, she parted the left side of her hair to reveal the full extent of
her scar. When she had hidden parts of her scar, it was a complete match with the one in the video.
Now, the screen was paused on the image when the woman in the video was coincidentally fixing the
sides of her hair, which showed the full extent of her scar as well. It was then everyone realized that the
scars were different from one another. Not only was the length different, but the starting point of the
scar was different as well. With how vastly different they were, only a blind man would mistake them for
one and the same. At that moment, everyone was completely taken by surprise by the sudden twist in
the matter.
Naomi was no exception, as her eyes widened in shock while her expression rapidly grew twisted. She
was dumbfounded by the sudden revelation as she was sure she had planned everything down to the
dot. How did it turn out like this? How did things go wrong?
Freddie was the same as he could no longer maintain the stern expression he donned.
“Chief Cooper, why would the DNA results be a match when I’m obviously not the person in the video,
much less the murderer?” Alice asked in a clear tone, her voice so pure that it seemed to have
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmcompletely vanquished all the filths in the world.
With a clouded expression, Freddie could only stay silent as he was backed into a corner without
anything to say for himself. In truth, as a police chief, his first course of action should’ve been to verify
whether Alice’s scar matched the one belonging to the woman in the video. However, as the saying
went, those guilty would always have a guilty conscience, so he didn’t dare to do so as he was crippled
with guilt. After all, he knew very well that it was just a sham.
On the other hand, Ethan’s smile slowly grew wider. Just what I’d expect from the Little Fox. Perhaps
she’s indeed the one I’m looking for?
Not one person from the crowd expected such a bizarre twist in the situation. Although everyone had
thought Alice was just a naïve person, she had just posed a question that struck right at the core of the
matter. Since the Yeagers had invited quite a number of reporters to the wedding today, wanting to
sweep things under the rug after Freddie had caused such a scene would be a difficult task. They
shared the same thought that Alice was truly a fortunate person as she had ignorantly managed to
break through Naomi’s scheme. Nevertheless, they didn’t know what would happen next, nor what
response Alice would give, and if she intended to continue the wedding.
Sneaking a glance at Naomi, Alice acknowledged how formidable she was. She thought that the
woman in the video should’ve been quite similar to her in appearance from the start, plus Naomi
must’ve had her undergo plastic surgery to look just like her. And with the help of makeup and some
video editing, the woman in the video looked extremely similar to her and close to a carbon copy. Not
only that, they had even falsified the birthmark on her back. Truly, it should have been flawless.
But, what a shame.
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