The Enigma's Lover (PoohPavel AU 18+)

CHAPTER 22

TIN

Ten is going out for a few hours to pick up his husband and I was left behind alone at Vel's mansion with his family. His mama and sister are resting in their rooms now. They've been crying for hours to the point Sai needs to call their family doctor to give them some sedatives so they can rest and sleep.

Ping is also here now. The Commissioner has appointed him to lead this investigation to find Vel and he looks really serious about this. After he lost the Thumb Collector case, handling the abduction of the second son from one of the most influential old Alpha families will look good in his resume.

Also, from Ten's report, he knows that the people who tried to kidnap Jade yesterday and possibly kidnap Vel this time are the people from the same group: The family of The Thumb Collector's victims. If my logic is right, he feels bad because he was the one who asked Vel to secretly continue investigating the Thumb Collector's case.

He should feel bad. By the time Vel was discharged from the case he should be free from everything related to the Thumb Collector, but this Inspector with daddy issue, dragged him back into this case. In secret, while hiding it from me. He should feel bad, he should feel worse, and if anything happened to Vel, I myself will make sure no one will ever find him except for his thumb.

Sai is done talking to Ping and walks to sit next to me. We were all gathering at the study room where the mansion phone located. Ping is still guarding the phone with Vel's mom and a few other investigators, waiting, in case the kidnapper calls to ask for ransom or something. They knew the kidnappers' objective was not money or anything material, so waiting for a call from them is a waste of time. Find more CCTV or just start investigating the families of the Thumb Collector's victims, that will be better than just waiting around here.

I'm waiting for Ten to come back and start our investigation ourselves. After all, just one Ten is better than a whole squad of the investigation team.

"The bodyguards said Vel was giving himself to the kidnappers because he doesn't want anyone to get hurt or die." Sai suddenly started talking to me.

"What?" I was so busy with my own thoughts that I didn't really pay attention to what he said just now.

"The bodyguards who guarded Vel, said they can easily escape by running over the kidnapper but Vel forbade him to do that. Vel said he didn't want anyone to get hurt or die. And he also believes the kidnappers didn't have any intention to harm him." Sai chuckles, "That sounds so much like Vel."

Hearing that, somehow I smiled "I hope he is right. After all, Vel is never wrong at reading people, even when he can't read their minds."

Sai looked at me and smiled too "You know... Vel told me about your condition..."

I furrowed my brow and looked back at him "My condition?"

"About your psychopathy."

I blink my eyes a couple of times, not because I don't hear what he said, but because I don't know how to react to it. Getting accused of being a psychopath is one thing but being told that he knows I'm a psychopath from someone else is another thing, why did Vel even tell his brother about it?

I look at his mom's direction. She was way across the room and busy talking with Ping and the other investigators. Pretty sure she didn't hear what we were talking about,

"Don't worry... I don't tell my parents about it. Vel only tells me, we tell each other almost everything. Almost," Sai added quickly.

Does that supposedly make me feel better? I still don't know what I should say.

"I'm... sorry..." I said with a small voice, not sure if that's the proper reaction.

"Sorry for what?"