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My Husband, Warm The Bed novel Chapter 1857

There was only one set of keys to open the door to the rooftop, which Pablo had always carried with him. Usually, no one was willing to go to the rooftop.

On the 10th of every month, the cleaners would clean the rooftop. Pablo would open and close the door himself. The key had never left his side.

Now that a decayed corpse had suddenly appeared on the rooftop, it would make sense that he was treated as the prime suspect.

At this time, Pablo felt that he could not argue against it. "I don't know who killed the person and dumped the body on the rooftop, but I'm sure I didn't kill anyone. You must find out who the killer is. You shouldn't accuse a good citizen like me wrongly ."

"Are you sure you didn't kill him?" Jefferson retorted with a stoic face. No one could tell what he was thinking.

Pablo argued, "Captain Hefner, please think about it carefully. Everyone in Peaksky Building knows that the only key to open the door to the rooftop is in my hands. If I really killed someone, would I have dumped the body on the rooftop and let you catch me? I would never do that unless I'm an idiot."

"No, you're not an idiot. On the contrary, you're brilliant. Jefferson let out a laugh and added, "You just said that everyone in Peaksky Building knew that you have the key, and that you'll be the first person that people will think of if anything happened. However, just as you mentioned, you're not that stupid. No one would think that you would dump the body there, then you wouldn't be suspected... For that very reason, we can't rule out the possibility that you may be the murderer who dumped the body there."

"Captain Hefner, you're the captain of the Paramount Criminal Police Team. Why aren't you out there catching the murderer but here interrogating an innocent man like me?" Pablo continued, "If you're accusing me of murder, then show me the evidence. Otherwise, I have the right to sue you for slander."

"Innocent?" Jefferson slammed his hand on the table and yelled, "Mr. Black, you said you didn't kill anyone, so could you please tell me what's your relationship with Yannis Leopold, the woman who jumped off from Peaksky Building twenty years ago?"

Although the name had not been mentioned for a long time, Pablo would never forget this name. When he heard this, Pablo felt a chill all over his body. He was so surprised that he couldn't even utter a single word.

It was the same for Quill. Both Jefferson and Quill found out about the rotten corpse and went to the crime scene together. Then, they returned to the police station together. Although Jefferson seemed like he didn't care much about the case, he had gathered a lot of information. Not only did he find out about the suicide cases, he even knew the names of the deceased. It indeed wasn't a surprise that he was this successful.

"Speak!" Jefferson shouted.

Pablo was scared and stammered, "I-1-1... That woman was a mistress who destroyed families. How could I have anything to do with her? I don't know her. She jumped off the building because of retribution."

"Pablo, you really are persistent, aren't you? If you want evidence, I'll give it to you." Jefferson took out the remote control, turned on the TV mounted to the wall, and asked, "Do you still remember this?"

A picture of a wristwatch appeared on the TV. It was a man's watch. Twenty years ago, this watch would be worth more than 10,000 dollars. The price was sky high and ordinary people would not be able to afford it.

Pablo was stunned. "I didn't give her this watch. I didn't give her this..."

"Did I say that this watch belonged to Yannis? Did I say that you have given it to her? Mr. Black, you're confessing on your own," Jefferson mocked coldly.

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