“Mmmm…” Natalie could not help but moan. Shane cupped the back of her head and deepened the kiss.
Slowly, she was starting to feel aroused. Her arms wrapped themselves around Shane’s neck.
Feeling her response, a glint appeared in his eyes. He carried her up forcefully and placed her onto the table.
Knowing what he was about to do, Natalie shoved him away. Still blushing, she panted and protested, “Don’t do it here… Let’s go back to the bedroom!”
“Okay!” replied Shane hoarsely. Wrapping her legs around his waist, he grabbed her thighs and carried her out of the study room and toward the bedroom.
The night was long and passionate.
Natalie had already lost count of how many times they did it. No matter how much she begged for him to stop, he did not let her go. By the end, she was so exhausted that she fell asleep.
By the time she woke up the next day, it was already past ten in the morning.
She turned around and glanced beside her. It was already empty. If it were not for the dent in the pillow, it was as if no one had ever slept there.
She could not help but stretch out her hand and stroke the place where Shane slept.
It already felt cold to the touch, which meant that Shane had already left a long time ago. Yet, she did not even notice anything.
Enduring the soreness in her body, Natalie sat up. She flipped the blanket aside to take a look. Her body was already clean, which meant that Shane had cleaned her up after she fell asleep.
“He still has a conscience, huh?” mumbled Natalie shyly as she grabbed the clothes on the headboard. She had already forgiven Shane for his unreasonable demands last night.
After putting on her clothes, she endured the pain as she stood up from the bed and walked toward the door.
When she entered the living room, she immediately spotted the breakfast laid out on the dining table. There was a note placed under the glass of milk.
She walked over and scanned the words scribbled untidily across the note. I’ll send the kids to the kindergarten first. I’ve already informed your studio, so you don’t need to rush. Your breakfast is on the dining table. Please remember to eat it!
It was signed—Shane.
As she looked at the short note, a warm feeling rushed through her.
She folded the note and placed it aside. Then, she sat down and started eating her breakfast.
Mid-way, her phone suddenly rang.
Exasperated, she placed the bread back onto the plate and glanced at her phone. When she saw that it was a call from the police station, her expression instantly turned serious and she accepted the call. “Hello, Mr. Murphy?”
“Yes. I hope that I’m not interrupting you, Ms. Smith,” replied Mr. Murphy.
Natalie took a sip of her milk and gulped the bread down before saying, “Of course not! Mr. Murphy, are you calling me regarding the investigation of Jasmine’s case?”
“Yes, I’m calling you because of that.”
“Is Jasmine the one who jumped off the building?” asked Natalie.
Looking at the DNA report in his hands, Mr. Murphy replied solemnly, “It’s her!”
Natalie widened her eyes. “It’s really Jasmine?”
“That’s right. The DNA report is already out. We compared it to the data from her previous health checkup and discovered that everything matched perfectly. Hence, we are certain that the corpse is Jasmine,” said Mr. Murphy.
Natalie gaped for a while before finding her voice. “If it’s really Jasmine, how can the doubts I raised earlier be explained?”
“We have the answers for that. Firstly, Jasmine jumped off the building with her back facing the window. We deduced that she probably knew that Susan was coming back at that time and wanted to give her a last farewell. As for why her corpse landed face-down…”
Mr. Murphy took a deep breath before continuing, “From our investigation, we found out that someone tried to pull her back while she was falling. The person failed, which caused her body to turn around mid-air.”
“That’s impossible!” Natalie shook her head. “I witnessed the entire process of Jasmine jumping off the building. I didn’t see anyone pulling her back.”
