Chapter 5

Ruth stood there and hesitated for a long while. Her professional ethics told her she couldn't tamper with the sample.

However, she knew she'd already made a wrong move when helping Ivan handle the corpse. She and him were in the same boat now—she would also be implicated if Ivan were arrested.

She was still hesitating when someone knocked on the door. She answered it to see Ivan outside. "What are you doing here?"

Ivan slipped into the room before she was done. He shut the door and turned to her. "I missed you."

He caressed her face. Helplessly, she said, "It won't be good if anyone realizes you're here. Hurry up and leave!"

Ivan didn't take her words to heart. Instead, he strolled around the autopsy room. When he saw my body on the autopsy table, he asked tentatively, "Have the police managed to find anything?"

Ruth shook her head. She subconsciously used a document to cover the container where Morgan had placed the DNA sample. Ivan noticed something was afoot but didn't