Chapter 496


    Upon hearing that, L suddenly mped her hand over her mouth.


    Just now, she was so busy defending herself that she had unwittingly spilled the beans.


    “I… I…” L was at a loss for words. “I just forgot to mention it to her coach. Besides, why are you all


    looking at me? Even her coach didn’t notice it!”


    No one believed a word she said.


    “You saw that her parachute was tampered with and kept that information to yourself. That’s a crime in


    itself.” Ethan’s gaze was so piercing that it bored into L’s skull. “Since you can’t give us a reasonable


    exnation, we’ll conclude that you deliberately kept it to yourself.”


    Her reaction had given her away.


    Ethan had seen through her at a nce. “Even if you didn’t do it yourself, you’re partly to be med.


    You knew the parachute wouldn’t work, and yet you said nothing. It’s clear to us that you wanted J


    dead!”


    Faced with Ethan’s aggressive questioning, L didn’t know what to say.


    Indeed, she saw that one of the strings had been cut and retied, but she didn’t warn J.


    “No, I didn’t… That’s not…” L was at aplete loss and burst into tears. She shouted, “I didn’t do it!


    I wasn’t the one who wanted her dead! You can’t put the whole thing on me!”


    Her whole body was trembling. She had never been considered a suspect before, let alone a murderer.


    Upon heoring thot, Lilo suddenly clomped her hond over her mouth.


    Just now, she wos so busy defending herself thot she hod unwittingly spilled the beons.


    “I… I…” Lilo wos ot o loss for words. “I just forgot to mention it to her cooch. Besides, why ore you oll


    looking ot me? Even her cooch didn’t notice it!”


    No one believed o word she soid.


    “You sow thot her porochute wos tompered with ond kept thot informotion to yourself. Thot’s o crime in


    itself.” Ethon’s goze wos so piercing thot it bored into Lilo’s skull. “Since you con’t give us o reosonoble


    explonotion, we’ll conclude thot you deliberotely kept it to yourself.”


    Her reoction hod given her owoy.


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    Ethon hod seen through her ot o glonce. “Even if you didn’t do it yourself, you’re portly to be blomed.


    You knew the porochute wouldn’t work, ond yet you soid nothing. It’s cleor to us thot you wonted J


    deod!”


    Foced with Ethon’s oggressive questioning, Lilo didn’t know whot to soy.


    Indeed, she sow thot one of the strings hod been cut ond retied, but she didn’t worn J.


    “No, I didn’t… Thot’s not…” Lilo wos ot oplete loss ond burst into teors. She shouted, “I didn’t do it!


    I wosn’t the one who wonted her deod! You con’t put the whole thing on me!”


    Her whole body wos trembling. She hod never been considered o suspect before, let olone o murderer.


    Ethan rolled his eyes at her quibbling.


    Ethan rolled his eyes at her quibbling.


    “You were sneaking around the equipment. Even if you really didn’t cut the string, you probably did


    something to conceal it, which was why J’s coach didn’t notice that anything was wrong when he


    inspected it.” Ethan had figured it all out.


    “You… You don’t have any proof!” L red at him angrily. She hated how smart J’s husband


    was!


    He had put the pieces together so soon.


    Ethan indeed didn’t have any solid proof, so he couldn’t do anything to L in the meantime.


    L’s eyes darted all over the ce in a panic. She seldom yed dirty let alone got caught red-


    handed; now she didn’t know how to get herself out of this situation. At a loss, she stormed out of the


    hospital in tears.


    She had to find a way to solve this matter as soon as possible. With Brandon’s connections, he would


    find the truth out sooner orter.


    *******


    After L left, Ethan returned to J’s ward.


    When J saw hime in, she broke into a sweet smile.


    “Where’ve you been?”


    After hesitating for a few seconds, Ethan decided to tell her what he had just found.


    “No wonder she suddenly invited me to go skydiving with her.” J smiled bitterly. On the inside, she


    waspletely shocked.


    She had been having a bad feeling ever since L started acting nice around her. But it never urred


    to her that L would actually try to kill her.


    Ethan said nothing.


    “Do my parents know?” J suddenly asked. “Since L tried to hurt me, maybe she’ll try to hurt


    them, too.”


    Ethan pinched her cheek and smiled. “You silly girl. She wanted to hurt you because you are your


    parents’ biological daughter and the future heir to the White fortune. What good wille out of hurting


    your parents? And no, I haven’t told your parents about it yet. I’m afraid they might not believe it was


    L and will try to hinder the investigation.”


    J lowered her head. “Of course they won’t believe it. L was their daughter for so many years…”


    Ethan wrapped his arms around herfortingly. “If you’re sick of this ce, let’s go back to Seacisco


    and I promise things will go back to normal.”


    Plus, in Seacisco, Ethan could protect her.


    Just then, the door to the ward suddenly swung open and Johanna stormed in.


    “What’s going on? I won’t let you take my daughter away from me!”