"The maid heard a silence. After that, I saw ..." Jasper''s voice trailed off, and his chest heaved. His


    eyes were bloodshot, and his nostrils red.


    His palms sweated and trembled in Alyssa’s grip as he revisited the scene of his mother''s fatal fall.


    For the first time, he learned about the dull thud produced by a body hitting the ground. He swore


    he could even hear the sounds of Anne''s bones breaking.


    He had merely taken a glimpse of the scene, but the trauma that came with it would haunt him for


    the rest of his life.


    "Stop it, Jasper. Stop ..." Alyssa hugged him tightly, wanting to be one with him. Jasper did not cry,


    but she started sobbing. Her tears stained his white shirt.


    "It''s fine. I am vengeful, but I won''t be blinded by hate. I''m not going to break down," Jasper


    remarked as a newfound light entered his eyes.


    His attitude softened as he wiped away her tears with his rough dingers. "I''m strong because you''re


    by my side. Lyse, you have no idea how much you mean to me. You''ve given me the courage to


    carry on. Otherwise, I would have sumbed to despair.”


    Ss and Cyrus finally realized that Cyrus was right. Alyssa was the reason that kept Jasper going.


    When Alyssa and Jasper calmed down, Cyrus asked with a frown, "The silence and Madam Anne''s


    fall happened at the same time. Could that indirectly prove Sophia''s involvement? She was the only


    one present in the room."


    Ss joined Cyrus in analyzing the facts. "You mentioned that Madam Anne''s rtionship with Mr.


    Javier had improved. When she caught Sophia tampering with her medication, she appeared


    furious. That doesn''t align with typical behavior for a suicidal person.


    "While wecked solid evidence, things seem to be pointing at Sophia. Madam Anne was likely


    pushed off the building by her.”


    While patting Alyssa on the back, Jasper exined, "ording to the maid, she saw Sophia fleeing


    the bedroom in panic, and they collided. Sophia threatened her not to say a word and paid her a


    good amount of hush money so that she wouldn''t have to work for the family anymore.


    "The maid wasn''t even motivated by the money. She was mostly worried about Sophia''s retaliation.


    That''s why she took the money and kept her silence.”


    "She''s a key witness. You have to protect her well,” Cyrus warned Jasper sternly.


    Ss seethed with anger. "The priority now is to get Sophia charged with drug offenses and keep


    her behind bars while we gather evidence of premeditated murder.”


    Alyssa finally realized the reason Jasper didn''t get Sophia arrested on charges of abetting murder.


    Given that he only had one shot, he wanted to arrest Sophia with irrefutable evidenceMaterial ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    "Jasper, about that evidence you mentioned?" Alyssa''s eyes sparkled with curiosity.


    Jasper''s eyes darkened. He put a hand around her waist and brushed his lips against her ear. "I''ll tell


    you all about it when we''re alone.”


    At the same time, things were intense at The Millennium. Carl and Amber waited outside the


    basement and listened to the agonizing screams from within. Amber appeared unfazed, while Carl


    was visibly distressed.


    Hemented, "You''re quite something, aren''t you? How do you stayposed amid those


    screams? I''ve seldom encountered a woman as tough as you, except for Ms. Alyssa," Carl remarked.


    She smirked. "Sharing her looks is pathetic enough. Can''t I even have a personality of my own?"


    "Gosh, I didn''t mean that..." Carl was interrupted as the basement door swung open.


    Jameson appeared in a blood-stained silk shirt, his upper torso covered in blood.