Chapter 524

When Daniel had been brought out of the basement, it was already too late for him. His lungs and heart had already been infected and damaged by the poisonous gas, while his leg injury had caused too much blood loss.

Maisie’s gaze shifted, but she did not utter a single word.

Nolan glanced at her. “I’ve explained everything to the police for you. You fired the shot in self-defense, and because you didn’t plan to kill him, you only shot him in the leg.”

She smiled. “Then what if I wanted to kill him?”

Nolan squinted his eyes and kept quiet.

Maisie turned her head and looked out of the window. “He’s the mastermind who plotted the accident from three years ago, and Rowena was the one who put it into action. Although I wanted to shoot him in the head at the time, seeing him getting the retribution that he deserved, I didn’t feel compelled to do so all of a sudden.”

“Zee.” Nolan leaned forward to look at her and turned her face to make her face him. “Promise me, no matter what you do