Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 454

After putting on his clothes, Ricco felt that he had come back to life. Standing before the group of people, he spoke slowly. "Over the past two months, there have been several murder cases in the city. I believe you have heard of them too."

Jimmy was aware of them, but those cases did not happen in the area he was in charge of, which was why he did not investigate them earlier on.

He would not have cared so much about these cases if it were not for Ariah who couldn't control her emotions and vented her anger on Jimmy because of her sympathy for her patients.

But what did these cases have to do with Ariah?

Jimmy stared at Ricco.

"It may seem like this matter has nothing to do with you on the surface, but as long as you delve deeper, it is not only related to Ariah, but it also has a lot to do with you."

Ricco's words made Jimmy laugh. "If you are trying to buy time, I..."

"Do you still remember Beast?"

Before Jimmy could finish his words, Ricco had interrupted him with such a shocking question.

Jimmy's facial expressions thus froze. His pupils dilated for a moment, and his hands, which were hanging down, started trembling. These reactions were so minute that one would not notice unless one observed carefully.

Jimmy stood with his back to his subordinates, so Ben and David couldn't see his expression. They only knew that after Ricco uttered those words, Jimmy had stopped moving.

Beast?

What was Beast? Was it a human? Or was it an animal?

David and Ben looked at each other. "Jimmy?"

Jimmy seemed to wake up from a dream as he responded in a hoarse voice, "David and Ben, please go out first." What?

Both of them were stunned.

"Are you alright?"

Jimmy didn't look back, but his voice was cold. "Didn't you hear me?"

"A-Alright."

"Get out if you have heard me!"

"Yes, Sir!"

They had been following Jimmy for many years and knew that he had a bad temper. Although Jimmy had a bad temper, he rarely got so angry before Ben and David. They didn't dare to disobey him, so they hurriedly left.

It wasn't until the door of the room was closed that Jimmy's expression suddenly changed. Though he was sharp and forbearing, he hid his killing intent. "Who the hell are you?"

Beast... This was a person's nickname; this was the name that Jimmy wanted to forget in his whole life... Almost all the people involved in the case died, and he was the only survivor. But now, why did Ricco, who seemed to be an outsider, know this name?

In a calm manner, Ricco replied, "It doesn't matter who I am. The most important thing for you now is to find Ariah."

"You mean Ariah's disappearance was caused by Be..." Jimmy didn't want to say this name because anyone who had something to do with Beast would die.

Ricco shook his head. "I didn't say it was him, but I think it has something to do with him."

"Tell me clearly whether it was he who did it!"

"At least five murder cases have happened over the past two months, and the victims were all women. The causes of their deaths were extremely horrible. What caught my attention was the star in their hands after they died." Ricco looked at Jimmy and said word by word. "Didn't the police tell you about this?"

Jimmy tightly clenched his lips. In the file, there was indeed no mention of the stars in the hands of the deceased. If it was mentioned, Jimmy would have been flustered a long time ago.

The stars...

Other people were not familiar with him, but Jimmy knew him well. This was the characteristic of Beast in the past. He would put a star in the hands of the people that he had killed... "H-How do you know about them?" Jimmy asked in a hoarse voice.

"Because I was the first person to appear at the crime scenes," Ricco said flatly, "I didn't destroy the scenes. I just stood there and watched before the police got there. That's how I knew there were stars in the hands of those victims."

Ricco became the suspect because he appeared in the footage of a surveillance camera that was still working when most of the cameras had broken down. That was also why there was not much evidence about him, except for a blurry photo provided by the police station.

Who on earth was Ricco? Why did he know so much?

Jimmy was silent for a long time before he asked, "Do you suspect that Beast took Ariah away?"

"Yes."

"It's impossible!"

"Why not?"

"Because Beast is dead." Jimmy's face was calm.

"I killed him myself, so it can't be him."

However, Ricco was not surprised at all. "What if Beast didn't die?"

"He's not dead?"

Jimmy was stunned for a moment. How was that possible? He had witnessed how Beast had died in the fire. How could the man still be alive?

"I secretly followed Ariah for a few days and discovered that she had been followed. I suspected that Beast wanted to look for the best opportunity to kill her. Therefore, I took Ariah away yesterday and wanted to lure Beast to the mountain."

Nevertheless, Beast did not appear because only two insignificant individuals had shown up.

As long as Ariah had been targeted by Beast, he would appear sooner or later, which was why Ricco wanted to keep Ariah by his side as the bait.

It was a pity that this bait had been taken away by someone last night.

"You used her as the bait?" Jimmy was a smart man, so he naturally understood the meaning of Ricco's words. As he saw red, he clenched his fists tightly to restrain himself from punching Ricco.

"I wanted to sleep in the same room with her last night because I wanted to protect her, but she did not agree. She was afraid that I would do something to her. See how loyal a wife she is."

To justify his decision, Ricco immediately added, "If she had stayed with me, she would not have disappeared like that."

Jimmy's face was cold as he heard that. "Loyal? If she cares about that, she would not have slept with you!"

Stunned, Ricco raised his eyebrows. It turned out that Ariah hadn't told him the truth, which made him believe that there was really a relationship between Ricco and Ariah.

"We're both grown-ups. It's not a big deal if we have slept with someone." Instead of explaining himself, Ricco made the matter sound more ambiguous. "If you care about her having something to do with me, you'd better go out and sleep with a woman. Then well call it even..."

"I'll kill you!"

Jimmy flew into a rage and flared up on the spot.

David and Ben swallowed hard while listening to the argument inside. "Would you like to go in and try to stop the fight? Ariah is missing, and Captain Hudson has not slept all night. All our colleagues have beer called back to watch the surveillance. Now that we have some clues, shouldn't we go and look for her immediately? Why are they fighting now? How shall we explain it if something happens..."

While the two were still whispering, the bickering suddenly stopped. The next second, the door opened, and Jimmy and Ricco came out one after the other, which shocked both Ben and David.