Because You Are My Lady

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.

No one in this room knew better how much Kevin hated him than himself.

Kevin was a person who would think of a way to take revenge for as long as he was alive.

Because of that, Jimmy couldn't afford to bring danger to Ariah. He would do everything he could to get her out of harm's way until the day he died.

Walking back into the room, Jimmy gestured to the team next to him and commanded, "Put down the gun."

Everyone put down their guns and stood neatly on one side.

"What's going on?" Ariah dashed to him and asked.

Jimmy smiled at her. "You look pale. I'll ask David to send you home to rest. When I'm done here, I'll come home to you."

It was not a question but an affirmative remark.

It meant that there was no room for negotiation.

Bewildered, Ariah pondered over his remarks. What did he mean by when he was done here?

What else did he want to do?

Was it really like what Ricco said, that the higher-ups wanted to keep Kevin alive?

Just like Ricco, Jimmy would never allow Kevin to live in this world!

Panicked, she grabbed Jimmy's hand, glared at him, and stammered frantically, "N-No! You can't do this. Your status... You can't..."

She couldn't finish her sentence out loud in front of so many people. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

She wanted to know if Jimmy wanted to join hands with Ricco to kill Kevin.

But he couldn't do it for the sake of his reputation and rank!

She was so anxious that she was on the verge of tears. "Is there no other way? Kevin deserves to die, but not in your hands! It would tarnish your reputation! How about we create a car accident or something to kill him!"

Speechlessly, Jimmy stared at her.

Ricco was equally dumbfounded.

Shocked by what he had heard, Kevin widened his eyes in horror. Did this woman say in front of so many people that she would stage an accident and kill him? What the h*ll!

"D*mn, she was so wicked!"

Kevin thought as he stared at Ariah angrily.

"Hey, how dare you stare at Ariah!"

David and Ben returned after the search just in time to hear what Ariah had said earlier. When David saw how Kevin was staring at Ariah with a sinister gaze, he marched forward and slapped Kevin on his head.

"You b*stard! You should be six feet under long ago! I don't know why do they want to keep you alive!"

He slapped Kevin on the head every time he spoke to vent his anger.

Kevin's face turned livid as he suffered the blow.

"Okay. That's enough." Jimmy massaged his forehead.

Meanwhile, David withdrew his hand and stood aside.

"Put your gun away," Jimmy came to Ricco and commanded lightly.

"Do you still want to take him back to the station?" Ricco was expressionless.

"It's not enough that we do our best; we must do what is required." Jimmy looked directly at him. "My job is to bring Kevin back to the station."

Hearing that, Ricco squinted. Jimmy's statement indicated that he was on Director Sherlock's side.

His fingers slid stealthily towards the trigger, wanting to pull it to shoot Kevin.

Jimmy seemed to know what Ricco was going to do as he pinched his wrist and chortled, "I haven't finished yet. Why are you in such a hurry?"