CHAPTER 28

"Olivia! What happened between us was a mistake, we are just friends." Detective Kelvin said.

"Friends?? Really?" After all, we are going through together?" Olivia Smith asked.

"I'm an officer of the law, this can be a source of weakness to me." He replied sharply.

"But I love you!!" She screamed.

"I understand, but we have more important issues at the moment, Olivia." Detective Kelvin said in a cool voice.

"So you mean that I'm not important?" Olivia said, with teary eyes.

Olivia stood there, stunned and heartbroken, as Kelvin's words pierced through her like shards of glass. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. The man she loved, the one she had stood by through thick and thin, was now pushing her away with cold detachment.

Tears streamed down Olivia's cheeks as she struggled to make sense of Kelvin's sudden change in demeanour. She had always known that his job was demanding, but she never imagined it would come between them like this.

As Kelvin's words echoed in her mind