The Devilish Assassin Meets The Angelic Detective

Though Elle opposed the idea of Supremo staying in her apartment tonight, she had no remaining strength to further argue with him. Besides, his decision was final. He was so determined to stay even if Elle was against it.

Elle drifted off to sleep as soon as her body touched the soft cushion of her bed. She was not able to fight the dizziness. Her body was craving for a good sleep since yesterday she stayed up all night nursing Erick.

If Elle took good care of Erick last night, tonight Supremo did the same for Elle. He watched over her while trying his best to make her fever go down.

This kind of act was not new to him. He was used to taking care of her when she fell ill two years ago. He was the one who stayed by her side and the one who looked after her.

He witnessed how Elle persevered to recover from the illness caused by the toxin inside her system. He knew her struggles and pains. He saw everything. It was a long battle for her before she was able to stand up with her own feet again.

Thinking about those moments, he was so happy and very glad that he was by her side, helping her and encouraging her to fight back. He never got tired of taking care of her as if he became her personal nurse at that time.

It was already dawn when the fever had left her and her temperature went back to normal. Supremo felt content watching her sound asleep in her bed.

He sat on the bed beside her to see her face up close. There was a warm glow of happiness in his eyes as he looked at her. 

"Sweetdreams, my Queen," Supremo mumbled while caressing her face.

Then he bent down, planting a soft kiss on her forehead.

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The next morning, everyone had gathered once again at Erick's office for an emergency meeting. 

After the discovery of Elle's true identity and making big progress on the Falcon Family Massacre Case, Erick was now in a much better mood compared to yesterday.

His colleagues felt relieved to see him acting like that. He appeared to be enthusiastic and very eager to solve the case his team was handling.

Erick changed the rotation of the surveillance operation. He chose to have less night shift schedules so that he could conduct some secret investigation during day time concerning the Falcon's Massacre Case.

Since Bryan would take his original schedule, Erick and April would be working closely together regarding Senator Mondragon's Death Threats. 

By doing that, he would still have enough time to do his secret investigation since Mondragon's case was not that heavy compared to Catseye's case. He also needed to track a genius scientist who happened to be a whistleblower 18 years ago.

After giving the team his final instructions, Erick adjourned the meeting. That's the time Bryan was pressured by his colleagues to ask Erick and bring up the topic about Aliyah Ross.

"Chief Lee, one last thing. Actually, we have something to consult you." Bryan said, after catching Erick's attention.

Erick looked at his team before he signaled Bryan to continue.

"Do you think we should stop Miss Aliyah's team from getting involved in our case? I think working with them regarding this case is quite risky. It might cause some problems in the future such as information leakage, and jeopardy to civilians' safety. After all, reporters are still civilians. What's your thoughts about this, Chief Lee?"

Erick had an indescribable expression on his face after hearing that. His team couldn't tell what he was thinking by just looking at his face. They were curious about Erick's decision. 

Will he agree on the idea of stopping Aliyah's team in covering a story for this case? Or will he let them continue collaborating with their team?

"I'll consult the Unit Head regarding this." Erick simply stated.

Everyone was both flabbergasted and disappointed with his answer. That's not the answer in which they were expecting him to say. They thought he would say either yes or no. But in the end, Erick didn't give them a definite answer. 

'Is he also undecided that's why he will let the Unit Head make a decision for him?' 

His team met each other's gaze, having the same thought in mind.

"Do you have any more concern?" Erick asked them.

Everyone just shook their heads in unison. That's the time, Sandy entered their office.

"Oh, Miss Sandy, good morning!" June greeted her immediately.

Sandy greeted him back and smiled at everyone.

"Why are you here, Miss Sandy? Are you alone? Where's Miss Aliyah?" June asked her while stealing a glance at Erick. 

He was hoping to see a certain reaction from their Chief upon mentioning Aliyah, but June failed. Erick was very composed while wearing his blank expression.

"I have to consult Chief Lee about the story we wrote about this case. Aliyah finished writing the article yesterday. She is supposed to send this over today so that you can check whether you want us to revise some details or not. However, she is on sick leave right now."

Erick's brow knitted into a frown upon hearing Sandy's last sentence. His blank expression was replaced by a worried one but in a brief moment, he was able to conceal them again.

"I feel bad for Miss Aliyah. Yesterday, she had early signs of getting the flu. I advised her to drink flu med right away but it turned out she still got sick in the end." Rose mumbled.

"Sigh* That woman, I told her to rest and go home yesterday but she refused! She's really stubborn. Don't worry, she promised me that she would just stay at home today and rest until she recovers." Sandy said, reassuring Rose.

Erick looked like he didn't care. But unknown to his colleagues, he already made a mental note that he would drop by her apartment today and check on her after his meeting with Senator Mondragon.