"Noah, I'm here," Nina said softly. She heard the sadness and expectation in Noah's voice when he called her.

For a second, Noah saw the side of Nina's face as similar to his aunt's, but he guessed that grief was just getting the better of him. He comforted himself by imagining what was not really there.

He knew for a fact that he was speaking to Nina at the moment, and she could help him find out the reason behind his aunt's death.

He did not believe that his aunt committed suicide.

Nina did not believe it either.

The two of them squared their shoulders and tried to suppress the grief in their hearts. Now was not the time for weeping. There were more important things that need attending.

Noah stood up and said to Tom, "Keep this matter under wraps except for the three of us. Don't let another soul know. I will announce that my aunt is traveling abroad and let Vivian take charge of the Ye Group. I'm sure she will be happy."

Thinking that Noah was going to secretly investigate Kristina's suicide and would not focus on his work at the police station, Tom asked, "What do I say to Director Shen? What if a major case comes up?"

"Then you take the lead on it." Noah looked at Tom intently. He was sure that he could now trust him with the important tasks. "You are alr

o Aunt Kristina last saw before she died."

Nina's heart skipped a beat. "She saw me yesterday. I drove her to the Time Group. She said she wanted to talk to John about something important."

"You? Mr. Shi?" Noah gasped, eyeing Nina intently.

Nina thought for a while and said, "At about eight o'clock last night, I received a message from Aunt Kristina. She asked me to come to a Western restaurant to have dinner with her and Albert. Albert arrived first. After half past eight, I received another message from her asking me and Albert to go ahead and eat without her. We didn't leave until half past nine, but she never showed up."

While explaining, she handed her phone to Noah and asked him to check Kristina's last messages to her.

She and Albert had an alibi.

"As for John, he should be working overtime at the Time Group." As soon as Nina finished speaking, she felt a slight pinch in her heart. She chose to back John up for no reason.

In truth, she did not know where John was at the time of Kristina's death.

Nina wanted to slap herself for letting her emotions take the wheel in the middle of an investigation for her husband.

Coincidentally, Tom found something new.

"Captain, I found this stuffed in between the couch cushions."

It was the pearl bracelet.