My Substitute CEO Bride
Chapter 598

Chapter 598

Angelica retorted, “What else? Where should I go replace him when I can’t even locate his wife?”

The experienced inspection officer said calmly, “You’re young. Take a leaf out of Chief Holt’s book. Trying to advance the ladder too quickly will never benefit you!”

He had been jealous of Angelica for a long time.

She had no skills and had only become a team lead because she had connections to Nash. Now, she even dared to go against him, an officer with dozens of years of experience under his belt.

If he did not reprimand her now, she would probably think she genuinely was his supervisor.

Angelica scoffed when she heard that. “No wonder you’re still here despite all your years of experience. You’re all talk and no action. You’d probably get promoted if you actually put your ass to work!”

“You…” The experienced inspection officer’s face turned red as he listened to what Angelica had to say

“Can you guys shut it?”

Jupiter rapped the table as he said solemnly, “How many times have I told you guys to stop squabbling amongst yourselves? Is this what you spend all your time doing?”

These experienced inspection officers were his long-time colleagues.

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Indeed, they had tendencies to laze around.

However, their long working relationship made it difficult for him to berate them openly.

Angelica had put into words what he had been thinking for a long time, and he was actually happy about that.

Yet, she had also gone slightly overboard. After all, these officers had been working here for a long time, and Angelica had only just recently

gotten promoted.

He had to maintain a neutral stance for the sake of his colleagues’

honor.

Nash sat in a nearby chair and used a laptop to watch the recording of Jupiter and Angelica interrogating Horace.

Then, he looked up and said, “Why don’t we release Horace since he

has an alibi?”

Everyone turned to look at him when they heard that.

Jupiter said hesitantly, “Well… it’s easy to release someone, but not to arrest them. If he makes a run for it, we’ll have a hard time trying to arrest him again when we replace evidence against him!”

Nash smiled. “I said to release him, not to let him go on the run!”

“I know what you mean. You want to use him as bait for even bigger

fish, but I don’t think Horace is that easy to fool!”

Jupiter could tell from the interrogation that Horace was not

someone who could be underestimated. It was why he had refused to

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release him despite all the flak he was receiving on the internet from

his decision.

“Horace might not be fooled by our decision to release him, but the actual culprit behind Lori’s murder might let their guard down!”

After watching the recording of the interrogation and going through all the evidence the inspection officers had managed to replace so far, Nash was able to confirm that although Horace was not the

murderer, he definitely knew who it was.

Horace was the mastermind behind what had happened to Lori.

If that were the case, it showed just how daring Horace was. How did he have the guts to use his and his friends’ DNA to contaminate the

scene?

Was he trying to help the murderer buy time?

As Nash combed through these thoughts, he narrowed his eyes and

said, “Looks like we’ll have to start with replaceing Geordi and Sorn!”

He got to his feet and walked away after saying that.

The inspection officers in the room exchanged looks.

Jupiter said, “Let’s release Horace. Hunt… you and your men keep an

eye on him!”

Hunt was the middle-aged man who had been arguing with Angelica

just now.

He immediately nodded and said, “I’ll get to it immediately!”

:..

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Nash arranged for Melody to escort Hera back to Royal Bay before he went to Salvatore’s freight company.

At that very moment, the doors were shut and padlocked.

Inside the dim warehouse, Salvatore was beating up two men.

These two men were Geordi and Sorh.

Salvatore was sweating profusely, and he panted as he asked, “Are you still not going to tell me what happened?”

Geordi said while panting, “Salvatore, we… we truly didn’t do anything!”

Blood oozed from the corners of his mouth as he spoke.

Salvatore kicked him again before shouting, “Still being stubborn? The inspection officers identified you through testing the fluids found in the victim’s body!”

Geordi lowered his head and remained silent.

He had already explained everything he needed to. There was nothing he could do if Salvatore refused to believe him.

Then, Sorn blurted, “Salvatore, we… we slept with streetwalkers once. Do you think they could have sold our DNA?”