A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 980 No Sympathy Deserved

Rae was suddenly a little stunned.

Although from the bottom of her heart, she felt that Reuben and Ophelia couldn’t be better together. After all, the real Rae had passed away. Whether rationally or emotionally, Rae wanted Ophelia to be happy. If Reuben really had such sincere feelings for the deceased Rae, she also hoped that Reuben could move on and be happy with Ophelia.

After all, people cannot come back alive after death. However, when Rae heard such news, there was still a certain indescribable feeling in her heart. She also was a bit disdainful of Reuben’s boasting about his deep affectionate. These days, Reuben was pestering her while still entangling with Ophelia. The saying that a man's body was separate from his emotions fit him quite well. In their mind, a man could love a woman, a man could also have sex with a woman he didn’t love, and even a man could have many women at the same time!

‘If what dad has said is true, then people like Reuben don’t deserve my sympathy!’

Leonard was a little worried when he saw that Rae seemed to be in a low mood, “You and Reuben?”

“Dad!” Rae immediately shook her head, “I don’t have any feelings for Reuben anymore, so you don’t have to worry! Ophelia is a good woman, and it’s quite good if she can be with Reuben!”

However, Leonard didn’t seem to agree, “Rae, it’s blind to jump to a conclusion about a person too soon. Especially when you don’t know that person well enough!”

Rae was stunned, and she was a little confused about what Leonard meant.

“Miss Grant may not be as nice as you say she is. How can you say someone who can behave shamefully with a man right on the stairs is a good person?” Leonard shook his head as he spoke. It was polite enough for him as he didn’t say another harsh word.

Rae couldn’t defend Ophelia. She also couldn’t let Leonard know that Ophelia was her friend and classmate for many years. So, she could only choose to be silent.

“Rae, you’ve grown up and you’re a police officer, so you should be known how to observe people astutely. Miss Grant was with Reuben, and she couldn’t have been unaware that you and Reuben have an engagement. She must be wary of you. You shouldn’t believe everything she says!” Leonard saw that Rae seemed to disagree with him, and he said earnestly, “Her relationship with Reuben isn’t as simple as you think. They were arguing in the hallway, I heard it all, and then...”

It was the first time that Leonard had badmouthed a person like this. She knew she should have listened. She also knew that Ophelia was hiding something from her. However, she wanted Ophelia herself to reveal what she was hiding!

Rae comforted Leonard before she left the house. She kept thinking on the road, and then she decided to call Marcel.

It was now seven o’clock in the morning and not yet time to go to work. As usual, Marcel should have just woken up. Rae dialed the phone, and a low male voice soon came from the other end, “Hello!”

“Captain Hopkins, I have something to discuss with you!” Rae spoke first, and she said straightforwardly.

Marcel seemed to be silent on the other end for a moment before he spoke formulaically, “Okay. I’m going to have breakfast now. If you haven’t eaten yet, we can have breakfast together and then we can discuss it. It’s not safe to discuss over the phone!”

Rae was stunned. She hadn’t had breakfast yet, but to have breakfast with him?

She was still a little hesitant. But when she heard Marcel said it in a formulaic way, she thought she could also keep her private issues separated from her job. So, she said, “Okay, I’ll come to you now!

Where will we meet?”

“In front of InterContinental Century City!” Marcel said.

Rae looked at her watch, “I’ll take a taxi there now. It’ll take about fifteen minutes if there’s no traffic jam!”

“I’ll wait for you!” Marcel said and just hung up the phone.

Rae heard the phone being hung up and a beeping sound came from the other side. She let out a long breath and then hailed a cab.

It took the cab driver almost sixteen minutes to reach the InterContinental Century City. She got out of the car and paid. When she turned her head, she saw Marcel driving out from inside. He rolled down his car window, revealing his expressionless but handsome face.

Rae glanced at him, and she still felt her heart beating fast.

'Am I being obsessed again?’

Especially now, Marcel’s expressionless and cold look made Rae feel more miserable. But they had already broken up. Now, Marcel was only her superior, he was no longer her boyfriend and her intimate lover. Their working relationship should be formulaic. In the future, they were just colleagues, only subordinates.

Rae refreshed herself and walked towards Marcel’s car.

Marcel looked at Rae coldly and said in a deep voice, “Get in the car!”

Rae walked to the passenger side. Suddenly, she didn’t know whether to sit in front or the back. She felt that it would be intimate if she sat in the passenger seat, but it would be impolite if she sat in the

back seat. Just as she was hesitating, Marcel said, “Sit in the front!”

Rae pulled open the car door and got in. After she fastened her seatbelt, Marcel drove to the breakfast house they always went to.

On the way, Rae had been trying to say something. When she looked over and saw how grim Marcel was, Rae choked on her words and had no idea how to bring the matter up.

She quickly adjusted her mind and directly said, “Captain Hopkins, I would like to know who else Ophelia met on the day she met Stanley. Have our people investigated about it?”

“If our people didn’t investigate, what would you plan to do?” Marcel asked coldly.

“I’ll ask someone to investigate!”

Marcel lightly snorted, “She met with Reuben in the club under LD Hotel. They quarreled on the stairs and ended up doing what lovers love to do there. Your father, Mr. Baxter, should be seen it unintentionally! Why? He didn’t tell you about it?”

Rae was suddenly stunned when she heard Marcel say the fact sarcastically. Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

“Sad?” Marcel asked her. He turned his head and glanced at her.

Rae was shocked and a little surprised, but why did she need to feel sad? However, Marcel had been misunderstanding her and Reuben, and she didn’t want to explain because she didn't see the point in doing so.

“Did she meet with Heath?” Rae directly asked about the business matter.

Marcel slightly squinted, kept silent for a moment, and said, “Didn’t investigate about it!”

“Oh!” Rae nodded, “Then, can I arrange someone to do a further investigation on this matter?”

Marcel looked at Rae again, “Are you sure you can keep your private issues separated from your job?

Rae listened to his tone, and she was mocked by him again. She was helpless, and then she couldn’t help but retort, “I may not be able to keep my private issues separated from my job, but Captain Hopkins, you can’t even do that right now! I came to you because I believe that you’re a qualified and good police officer who can clearly find out the truth! But I didn’t expect that you have not been able to separate your private issues from your work. If this is really the case, I have to feel sorry for the dead. They’re still waiting for you to find out the cause of their death for them, but here you’re still concerned about your personal feelings, and you vented your anger on your work. Captain Hopkins, you ask yourself, are you a qualified police officer?”

After Rae said, Marcel’s hand gripping the steering wheel tightened. The veins in his hands were exposed as if he was hiding a great deal of anger. He gritted his teeth and his cheek was moving. It could be seen that he was holding back his emotion.

Rae turned her head and looked at him. She refused to concede defeat that she didn’t even think of apologizing.

About a minute passed and they were silent.

Marcel seemed to hold back his anger and changed his tone to a calm tone. “Well! Rae, you’re indeed eloquent! If you’re sure that you can keep your private issues separated from your job, then I’ll allow you to send some people to look into it!”

“Thank you, Captain Hopkins!” Rae thanked him sincerely, not caring about his snide comments earlier.

Marcel drove the car to the front of the breakfast house. He didn’t get out of the car hurriedly, but glanced at her and asked, “If you have any ideas, you can talk to me!”

Rae looked into his black eyes. She found that those eyes were calm like the night sea which were boundless and dark. She thought that Marcel had adjusted his emotions, then she said, “Ophelia should know something, but I don’t know what she’s afraid of, or if she just doesn’t want to talk about it. Maybe it has something to do with Reuben and Heath, I need to investigate about it!”

Marcel pursed his lips, “I’ll tell you what I deduce, and you find out the evidence!”

“Ah!” Rae was stunned then immediately got back her senses. “Okay!”

Marcel asked Rae before he said out his presumption, “Who do you think that the money in Stanley’s account came from?”

Rae was stunned for a while, then she directly said, “I thought it was Ophelia!”

Rae was a little suspicious of Ophelia after she talked to her. Now, she reported truthfully to Marcel because she trusted Marcel’s professionalism. She felt that he was a trustworthy police officer, so she would tell him her presumptions. “But Ophelia is supposed to be just a middleman. She didn’t have that much cash in her hand. Someone should have given her the cash and asked her to give it to Stanley. However, it’s hard for me to judge who’s the specific person!”

“Hard to judge or don’t want to judge?” Marcel raised his eyebrow.

“What do you mean? Captain Hopkins? Didn’t we say that we were going to solve the case properly?” Rae felt that Marcel had started to lose the distinction between public and private matters.

“Heh!” Marcel laughed lightly, “You say it in a high-sounding manner, then why don’t you presume on Reuben?”

Rae was stunned and thought of something in her mind. She suddenly didn’t know what to say.

Before that, she hadn’t thought about this matter. But after Marcel's reminder, it suddenly occurred to Rae that it wasn't the lure of money or the threat of personal safety that could make Ophelia so loyal. Ophelia wasn’t that kind of person. Then it would be emotional blackmail. It could only be Reuben, who could make Ophelia so willingly!”

Something seemed to reveal in her heart.

Countless ideas flashed in Rae’s mind.

It was then Marcel said, “Ophelia isn’t a person who can be coerced. She should be the kind of woman who can spare no effort to help someone! That’s her personality, so we can figure out that she couldn’t help but do this for love! Someone used her to do something in the name of love. Although she knew it would end badly, she loved the man so much until she gave it willingly. But that man loved someone else. Ophelia found out the man she loved was in love with another woman, she was suffering and self- gave herself up for a while until the man found her the night before Stanley died. Both of them argued over the woman Reuben loved. Then, Reuben was dominant, and he took a compulsive erotic control over Ophelia!”