This was Alice and Joshua's first meal together alone. Alice could not hide her excitement and kept offering Joshua more food during their meal. Joshua had wanted to talk to her about what happened on this day, but seeing how enthusiastic she was, he could not bear to bring it up.
After he finished his food, Joshua set down his cutlery. "Alice, I have something to tell you."
Alice was in the middle of clearing the table as she handed the dirty plates to a servant and smiled at him. "Can't it wait? What's so urgent that you have to bring it up right here?"
"There was a surveillance camera in the art gallery that day." Joshua gave her a meaningful look. "The painting Luna ruined was a fake one. However, there was a pinhole camera embedded in the painting." 1
Alice's hands stiffened at that. Then, after a moment, she let out a strained laugh. "How's that possible..."
Theo was there on the day Luna ruined the painting. If he did have surveillance footage of the entire incident, why did he not provide it as evidence?
"That's all I want to say." Joshua stared at her. "We used to be honest with each other in the past. You used to tell me everything. It was because of our shared honesty that I could trust you, and I was
willing to help you and support you in everything.
"Now, I don’t know who you’ve become anymore." With that, Joshua stood up and turned around to leave.
Alice clenched her teeth. "Where do you think you’re going?"
Joshua paused mid-step, but after a moment, he continued walking. "Since you're not truthful to me, I don't think I’m obliged to tell you everything either."
Alice's expression darkened as she watched the man’s retreating figure. Finally, she stormed upstairs and into her room. She pulled open the bottom drawer of her nightstand and took out a phone. "Mr. Walter, stop everything," she snapped into the phone.
Alice knew Joshua would not lie to her about this. However, if Luna had surveillance footage of what truly happened that night, all her plans would be ruined. She could not take this risk.
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