Alice triumphantly sent the text as she stretched herself, yawning. Then, she switched off the backup phone, went out into the yard, and tossed it into the man-made lake behind Blue Bay Villa.
There. Evidence destroyed.
“What are you doing? “ Suddenly, a cold voice rang out behind her.
Alice froze that instant, and it was only a long while later that she turned around somewhat stiffly.
Joshua stood behind her and leaned against one of the gazebo’s pillars. He fixed his cool, impassive gaze on Alice’s face.
Alice suddenly felt grateful that she texted Irene instead of calling her.
Did he…notice anything?
Alice let out a small cough and tried to suppress the panic she was feeling. “It’s a backup phone that I used when conducting business abroad. I found it just now and discovered it had already broken, so I can’t use it anymore. I threw it into the lake out of frustration.“
She scratched her head sheepishly. “Was I too rash? Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to throw it into the lake. It might pollute the water…“
“You’re right. It might pollute the lake.“ Joshua glanced at her, then turned to look at the lake and said sternly, “Why don’t I get someone to fish it out?”
Alice bit down on her lip. “I don’t think that’s necessary.“ She turned around and pretended to gaze at the lake wistfully. “This lake is so big, and it’ll probably take ages for anyone to find anything in there. It doesn’t seem worth it to spend so much time and effort just to fish out a broken backup phone. What do you think?“
Joshua shot her an impassive smile, then turned around and headed back into the house. “Since that’s what you think, I’ll do it your way.“
Alice could not help but let out a sigh of relief at his response.
However, little did she know, this sigh did not manage to escape Joshua’s sharp ears.
His footsteps did not stop, but the glint in his eyes turned cold.
8 a.m.
Lynch Group Tower.
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