At the same time, Nicholas also looked at Marianne. By the nature of his profession, he was quite wellversed in the gossip of the upper class, and knew most of them by face.
The name of Mrs. Schneider, who was Marianne, came to mind for Nicholas, who had been lost in thought with a furrowed brow.
It was not the surname Haverk, but the name was certainly Marianne. If his memory served him right, Marianne Klein, or Marianne Clever, something like that. The title of Mrs. Schneider was far more famous than her original name.
Nicholas, who had been gazing at her intently, now turned his eyes to Christoph.
“The Royal University…?”
Christoph nodded his head a beat late. He wanted to reveal that he was Marianne’s husband. He wanted to assert his ownership so that no one would covet her.
But more than that, he did not want to fall out of favor with Marianne. He was just like a defendant waiting for her judgment. The verdict would probably be one of two things.
Divorce, or reconciliation.
Honorable judge, please be merciful.
“Mr. Christoph, I heard you are one of the most successful lawyers in the capital. What is the reason for taking on the role of consultant at Blauberg Police Department?”
“Why not?”
“…”
Nicholas lost his words at that confident reply. Why not? After all, this place would soon become his territory.
In Blauberg, the Schneider family was as powerful as the king, and no one could defy them. Then, Christoph added quietly, as if talking to himself.
“There’s something I must reclaim here.”
Something to reclaim.
Chuckle. Nicholas, who had sideeyed Marianne, gave Christoph a look.
The Chief’s orders, the name Marianne, the mark of a removed ring, Christoph’s appearance.
Nicholas, a competent investigator, pieced together a fairly plausible truth from a few clues. He nonchalantly added one more statement.
“Then what is the reason you pressured the judge to reject Timon’s bail?”
“!”
Marianne’s eyes widened at the unexpected news. Timon was the name of the jewel thief, wasn’t it? She threw a questioning look at Christoph.
Timon.
Just hearing that name caused Christoph’s face to turn cold. With icy, hardened eyes, he stared directly at Nicholas.
It was an intimidating gaze that even Nicholas, who had encountered all sorts of criminals during his 15year career in criminal investigation, found unnerving.
“I don’t know who you’re talking about.”
But the next moment, Christoph’s voice that broke through his teeth was as dull as it was languid. At the same time, Marianne let out a soft moan.
“Ah.”
The voice of Christoph, who was cursing that he would definitely kill the bastard, was ringing in his ears.
Could it be because of that? Because Timon had hurt himself? Was that why he acted so that his gem would not be accepted?
Marianne looked at him with uncertain eyes. Christoph slowly turned his pupils. The two people’s gazes met.
Like the endlessly wide and deep night sky and universe, black pupils and bluegreen pupils tangled together.
“…….”
At the moment Marianne’s pupils were about to waver.
“Lawyer!”
Someone suddenly screamed, frantically running into the police station. The unwelcome guest who was looking around, sweating profusely, spotted Christoph and came straight towards him.
People’s eyes were all drawn to Christoph. Marianne knew instantly who the owner of the voice was without turning her head.
Oliver Engel.
Christoph’s assistant and a man like his limbs. He was approaching with a face mixed with resentment, joy, and relief.
Christoph’s eyebrows twitched. Only Marianne could notice it so slightly.
Sometimes things like this happened. Christoph was generally indifferent and expressionless. He was not one to reveal his emotions on his face.
He probably had been trained that way since he was young. She too, after becoming Mrs. Schneider, had trained not to reveal her emotions.
But sometimes she noticed the subtle changes in his emotions. The wriggling eyebrows, the flickering eyes, the lips tightly strained.
And what he just felt was annoyance. Suddenly, the corner of Marianne’s mouth twitched. As if watching a mischievous child.
“Lawyer.”
Oliver’s gasping breath was heard close by. His face seemed to have aged quite a bit compared to the last time she saw him.
Marianne somehow felt that it was her fault and gave him a sorry look. Oliver’s eyes widened when he spotted her.
“Shu……!”
“Let’s talk outside.”
Cutting off Oliver, who was about to scream involuntarily, Christoph left a farewell to Nicholas, “I will excuse myself first.”
Did he help so that Oliver couldn’t call my name?
Marianne sighed, a sigh she had been holding back, watching Christoph’s retreating figure leave the office. She couldn’t understand what that man was thinking.
“Now, then.”
Nicholas looked back at Marianne and pointed to the desk piled with stacks of documents. Marianne took a deep breath, guessing his next words.
It looked like she had to organize documents all day today.
“Write the incident report, Marianne. Since it’s the case you were dispatched to, wouldn’t it be good for you to wrap it up?”
“!”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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