By the time Rhea got up to leave the interrogation room alongside the inspector and the district attorney, she had already been inside it for an hour.
Somewhere between Romier’s out of character boasting and his return to his humble, graceful self, he decided to ask Rhea whether she trusted him.
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When Romier lost all the illusions regarding why Rhea came to visit him in the interrogation room and accepted that she was there merely to witness him suffer, his face turned solemn. His eyes lingered on her face for quite some time before he spoke again.
“Well, whatever may be the reason behind it, I’m glad that you’re here,” he said and Rhea had a suspicion that he expected her to reciprocate his expression of cohesion.
She looked at him with mixed emotions. She was amused by how ge
