On the way to the police station, I learned from the security guard who'd accepted a bribe from me before that the young lady of the Ashford family had been in poor health since childhood.
Over the years, Bernardo Ashford had blood on his hands, having killed countless people to keep his daughter alive.
But since they targeted only parentless orphans, and given Bernardo Ashford's status as the richest man, many of these homicide cases ended up unresolved.
Funny enough, if Sebastian hadn't gotten a wild hair and proposed buying a house to get married, I might never have found out the truth ahead of time.
If it weren't for him, I'd probably be lying on an operating table right now, at the mercy of others.
Looking back now, this really was all a blessing in disguise.
As I was the only s
