Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 580

"I'm not their boss. Do you really think that they would listen to me if I asked them to put their guns away?"

Ariah tilted her head to Kevin and sized him up, but her words were directed to Ricco as she asked, "Why did the higher officials let Kevin go?"

Such a murderous and merciless devil was a scourge to the world. Why did anyone want to keep him alive?

Ricco sneered, "It's for the so-called long-term benefit."

Ariah frowned.

What benefit could they possibly gain from a coldblooded and ruthless assassin like Kevin?

Kevin, who had been sitting still, arched his eyebrows at Ariah, prompting, "Darling, I see that you are a kind person. Can you ask that lunatic over there to let me off the hook? I swear, if you can make him spare my life, I'll repent and turn over a new leaf. I won't harm anyone's life again."

His remark made Ariah gasp in shock. She glanced at Ricco while pointing at Kevin. "D-Don't you think there's something wrong with this guy?"

"Like what? A coward and a sissy?"

"Yes!"

Ricco smirked, "Generally speaking, humans fear death, even Kevin Bradbury, the notorious assassin."

Ariah agreed, but something didn't feel right.

She stared at Kevin, trying to notice anything off about him, but he looked exactly the same as the man who kidnapped her.

Moreover, it was impossible that Kevin was being swapped as Jimmy and his team apprehended him in person that day.

Although Kevin's attitude was very different from her kidnapper, he couldn't fool anyone with his appearance and voice.

Ariah assumed it was because she had been up all night, she was confused and thinking too much.

Outside the room.

Jimmy made a call, and the voice of Director Sherlock came through the phone, "How is it, Jimmy? Have you found him?"

"Yes. Everything is under control."

"That's great."

Director Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "You should bring him back now before anything goes wrong."

There was no answer from the other end of the line after his remark.

"Hello? Jimmy?" He looked at the phone with suspicion. They were still on the line, but Jimmy didn't answer him.

"I need to ask you something before taking Kevin back to the station," Jimmy insinuated after a moment of silence.

Stunned by Jimmy's remark, Director Sherlock's expression darkened. "What is it?"

"Is there an order from the higher-ups that we can't sentence Kevin Bradbury to death?"

This time, it was Director Sherlock's turn to be silent.

Jimmy turned gloomy as his question met with Director Sherlock's silence. "Why? I need an answer."

After a while, Director Sherlock sighed heavily and explained, "Kevin deserves to die, but he is a perfect cat's paw. He is like a net with his vast connections with many notorious murderers. It would be a big breakthrough if we could get information from him and track any of those murderers. In addition, a psychopath like him is a perfect study material. We can understand what is going on in their minds after thoroughly studying him. This will be of great help to our forces to arrest these people in the future."

It was very easy to kill Kevin.

However, the higher- ups would rather keep him alive for the time being if they could gain more benefits from him before he died.

Calmly, Jimmy listened with a blank expression.

On the other end of the line, Director Sherlock continued helplessly, "I know that you want him to die very badly. He is a threat to you and your family for as long as he is alive, but sometimes, there are some orders that even I can't stop. My hands are tied. I hope you understand my powerlessness."

Without a word, Jimmy hung up the phone.

He turned to look at the people in the room. Ariah was facing away from him. She looked rather petite and dainty among the group of men.

As he stared at her, he determined that he didn't want to lose her.