The Cold Surgeon's Contract Bride novel Chapter 917

Officer West finished sorting the release forms and headed for the door, still playing the mother hen. "Even if nothing is broken, you shouldn't take it lightly. Oh, I remember your hospital has those high-end scar treatments. You should get some. Girls always care about their skin."

"I will," I replied dismissively, grabbing her sleeve before she could walk away. "Officer West, let me ask you something. Do these three suspects know each other?"

"No, they don't," she answered instinctively, clearly caught off guard by my sudden shift in tone. "They all showed up near the van at completely different times. They weren't together. Officer Sutton already interrogated them on that, and they all swore they'd never met."

My frown deepened. "Are you sure?"

I trusted Officer West implicitly. She wouldn't lie to me.

And I knew Officer Sutton was a meticulous, highly competent detective. If he had concluded they were strangers, he had good reason to believe it.

Yet my gut screamed that they weren't just acquaintances—they were intimately familiar with each other.

I kept my eyes locked on the two men in the holding room. They had immediately broken eye contact and were now staring at opposite walls, pretending the other didn't exist.

"What is it, Dr. Hayes?" Officer West noticed my intense stare and lowered her voice. "Did you spot something?"