Chapter 587

Vivian Laurent walked ahead without looking back, leaving Ethan Roscente behind.

Ethan quickened his pace to catch up. "Viv, why didn't you let me pick you up when it's such a long distance?"

Patrick Alpinus raised an eyebrow at the scene. The CEO of Roscente Group was trailing after Vivian like an attendant.

In Patrick's memory, Ethan had always been arrogant and dismissive of women. Countless socialites had tried to approach him, only to be met with cold indifference.

Yet now he was fawning over a woman who seemed completely uninterested in him.

...

The three arrived at the police station together. Officer Chen stepped forward, his gaze lingering on Patrick. "You must be Officer Alpinus?"

"Patrick Alpinus." He extended his hand.

Vivian frowned slightly. A police officer?

Officer Chen said enthusiastically, "Headquarters mentioned sending an Interpol agent to assist - someone who's solved many major cases. I didn't expect you to be so young."

"Flattery won't help. I heard the case is already closed?"

"Yes, the killer just confessed."

Vivian's heart skipped a beat. Interpol? Patrick Alpinus?

She suddenly remembered that every time she operated under her Queen alias, there was always a cop investigating her. Her intel suggested his name might be Patrick Alpinus.

"Could you explain the case in detail?" Patrick asked. "I suspect there's more to this story."

Officer Chen explained the killer was a programmer skilled in computer technology. He had killed Sophia Sherwood after she rejected his advances, then used his skills to erase surveillance evidence.

"There's a problem," Vivian suddenly spoke up.

Patrick raised an eyebrow. "What have you noticed, Ms. Laurent?"

"The knife wound angle is wrong." Vivian analyzed calmly. "Suicide and homicide wounds have completely different trajectories. A programmer couldn't precisely control the blade angle. And..."