You Hit My Heart by Kylie Stanford

Joyce was startled by his sudden reprimand.

She shuddered and the tea in her hand was nearly spilled out. She hurriedly held the teacup steady and put it back on top of the

coffee table.

Honestly, she felt blessed to be reprimanded by Karl like this. A warm current spread in her heart. This was what having a friend

should feel like.

"Sorry, |..."

She was usually very articulate, but in front of Karl, she often felt unable to speak.

"l understand all these things you said. After | cto the Capital, | have been keeping an eye on the military. When Otis took over

Ricky's case, | also knew about it and | had secretly had an investigation. Otis must have found out everything, but he did not

report it. Instead, he closed the case hastily and put all the blon Ricky."

He continued, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you everything that | know. First of all, it is certain Charlotte did not know that Ricky

wanted to kill you, because the entire thing happened quite suddenly, and he did not have tto discuss with Charlotte. Ricky

would not have known in advance that their video would be exposed during the party. After Ricky knew that we bought the gun for

his fingerprints, he began to hunt us down frantically. After all, that could be the actual evidence of Ricky killing Thomas. Once we

found anything, Ricky would be completely done."

"Later, the military claimed that Ricky's killing of Thomas was a personal vendetta. The offshore organizations Ricky had contacted,

the dark web and the assassins, were all removed one by one by the military, but none of this affected Charlotte."

"I know in my heart that | definitely could not bring down Charlotte. So | could only back up the evidence at that tand wait for

a better opportunity. Recently, through special channels, | learned that there have been snew drugs developed by the military.

None of them can be found in the market."

"New drugs?" Joyce froze, "You mean, like biochemical weapons or something?"

"Not exactly. In any case, they are drugs that are not normally used, but have a special use in the military. So, | was just thinking

about the bizarre death of Mr. Walsh. How could the murderer postpone his death by about five hours. How exactly did it happen?

Is it related to these unknown drugs?" Karl held his chin in one hand and gently rubbed it.

"lI was once in Otis' car and heard him calling someone else. He seemed to have mentioned that he was speeding up the

development of sdrugs and he mentioned something about drug trials. He said something like the drugs had been used

before and why they could not try the drug now." She said and got more serious, "Could it be, Otis needs someone to try the new

drugs?"

This was terrible. If Otis's purpose was to find someone to test the drugs and send her a "gift", he was then simply a devil.

Karl waved his hand, "These are all guesses. Without absolute empirical evidence, it's impossible to bring them down. We must

understand that the difficulty now is far greater than before. Otis with Charlotte is like a tiger with wings. Otis has deep roots in the

military and cannot be underestimated."

"Hmm." Joyce nodded gently. She knew it wasn't easy, and it might be even more difficult than before.

"So, you don't mess around, okay? Before you do anything, make sure you talk to me! Ask for my permission!" Karl suddenly

reached out and gripped her arm tightly.

His crystal eyes looked straight into her clear eyes, and after the reprimand, his voice was almost pleading, "Promise me."

Joyce was shocked by his earnest gaze, and her heart was moved.

She subconsciously responded to him, nodding, "I know."

Between her nose, a sourness rushed up, and her eyes were steeply heated. She took a hard sniff and tilted her head up so as not

to let the tears fall down.

Knowing that the road ahead was full of dangers, this time, she still got him involved this time.

She owed him, and how could she pay him back later?

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, she asked, "Okay, enough about me. What about you? How have you been and how

is Juanita? Is she okay?"

When she spoke of Juanita, Karl's eyes dimmed.

It's been almost four years since he had sex with Juanita and was caught red-handed by his mother. Both families kept pushing for

marriage, and they said he was a man and had to take responsibility for what he did, so he finally agreed to get married.

Only, Juanita was dead set against it. For four years, she kept avoiding it and refused to get married.

In fact, he knew that Juanita did it because she understood him.

They still could not find Joyce, and she had sacrificed her own life for his. So how could he get married with such a burden in his

mind? He would never feel relieved as long as they could not find Joyce. Even if he agreed to marry her, it was just him being

responsible.

So Juanita had refused to get married with him, because she really understood him.

He was grateful, over the years, for her understanding.

He said, "Juanita’s fine. Actually, her real nis Julia Sanchez. She's the daughter of Governor Sanchez... Oh, no, it's Senator

Sanchez now. She's the daughter of Senator Sanchez. She went to Khebury just to run away from her marriage."

Joyce was stunned, and then she smiled, "What on earth did | get aroundat that time? The ordinary detective is actually the

son of a high official in the legal world. The simple and lovely assistant is actually the daughter of a member of parliament. Oh,

that’s interesting. No wonder Juanita had got such a nice character, it's not surprising that she comes from such a well-educated

family."

"She also cto the Capital and is now the chief secretary of the municipal government," Karl said.

"Wow, that's great, and | am happy for you guys. What happened between the two of you? Four years and still not married?" Joyce

asked curiously. She had been "dead" for almost four years, and there was no progress between them?

She glanced at Karl's plain finger, and there was no wedding ring.

"Ahem." Karl looked around. He looked at the tand handed the phone back to Joyce, "It's getting late, and just now Luther

called you. | answered it, and you heard it. By the way, does he know about your identity..."

Joyce immediately replied, "He doesn't know, and please don't let him know. Between him and me, we have a security system

project to work on, and that's all."

"Hmm. Got it."

Karl nodded his head and said nothing more.

She must have had her reasons for not wanting Luther to know, and he would naturally respect her.

Joyce smiled awkwardly, "I have to go back now, and we'll talk more about it sometime." Anderson was at home, and Luther was at

Blue Ocean, and it was not appropriate for her to be out for so long.

She had a bit of a headache, and when she got back later, she didn't know how to explain to Luther.

Karl already had her phone number, so he dialed her number and said, "This is my number. save it and callif you need

anything."

"Good." She nodded gently.

"Con, I'll walk you out to the door." Karl got up and walked her out of the office.

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