hapter 267 Stop Lying
Edgar stayed silent the whole way.
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Head down, he walked wordlessly into the little grove.
His face clearly showed his impatience. He turned to Jean and Ludwig behind him and said flatly. “If you’ve got something to say, hurry up and say it.”
“You know about that Asher case that’s been all over the internet lately, right?” Jean raised her eyebrows and asked bluntly.
“No idea.” Edgar didn’t even hesitate as he spit out the words, cold and indifferent.
“Liar.” Jean’s expression turned sharp in an instant. Her brows furrowed slightly, and a chill crept into her eyes.
Her sudden change in demeanor made Edgar flinch.
This girl had worn a constant smile since their first encounter–even earlier today.
But now, out of nowhere, she’d revealed a hard, piercing side…
“The night that incident happened, you were sitting on the bench by the side of the road.” Jean stated it calmly, as if just reciting a fact.
Edgar pressed his lips together, showing no emotion.
After a moment of silence, he spoke slowly. “Did you imagine that? Or did you see it with your own eyes?”
He denied it completely. “I wasn’t there. I was at home that night.”
“Still lying?” Jean’s lips curled into a cold, sharp arc. Her tone grew more cutting.
Edgar instinctively lifted his eyelids to glance at her–then quickly looked down again, silent.
“I wouldn’t accuse you without cause. Everything I say is based on evidence,” Jean said with conviction. She leaned in slightly and lowered her voice to a whisper near his ear. “I have surveillance footage. It proves you were there that night—”
“So stop lying.”
Edgar’s eyes widened, unable to hide the shock. The light in his gaze flickered violently.
“Where’d you get that footage?” he finally lost his composure. The indifferent, detached mask on his face began to crack.
Jean shrugged, letting out a cold laugh. “I fought for it myself. The police haven’t gotten th yet. And-”
hands on it
She paused mid–sentence, then added with pointed meaning, “Thomas doesn’t have it either.”
At the mention of Thomas, Edgar’s expression grew even more unsettled.
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Chapter 267 Stop Lying
“You know Thomas, don’t you?” Jean asked suddenly.
Edgar still said nothing.
He kept his eyes lowered, as if trying to avoid Jean’s piercing gaze.
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“Actually, it doesn’t matter if you do.” Jean’s tone softened slightly. “Let me guess–he found you a while ago, didn’t he? About this case?”
Thomas had already tampered with the original surveillance footage.
Which meant he definitely saw the full, unedited version beforehand.
In that original video, he probably noticed the same thing Jean did–Edgar was a potential witness.
Worried the police might track Edgar down and lose control of the situation, Thomas erased all traces of himself from the footage–and conveniently wiped Edgar out too.
Of course, just to be extra safe, he also got to Edgar first.
“Probably not long after the incident, he approached you,” Jean said, narrowing her eyes and laying it out clearly. “And I bet he promised you something in return. But only if you did what he said–don’t tell anyone what you saw that night on Tri Street.”
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