Chapter 586

In the office, Pei Chuan watches as Ruby stumbles out, the corners of his mouth curving upwards. "Beckett, you play quite a ruthless game." Pei Chuan turns his head to look at Beckett, who is sitting on a chair. Beckett turns his chair and stares back at Pei Chuan. "Ruthless?" His voice is cold and indifferent, his gaze icy. Yet when he utters the word 'ruthless?', there is a faint tremble in his voice. Pei Chuan pauses for a moment, Adam's apple bobbing. He knows he's said something wrong. For Beckett to let his rationality restrain his killing intent, to bind his every word and action with the law, it was already a kind of torture. With his skills, he could make Ruby disappear without anybody knowing. Even if she was left worse than dead, it wasn't impossible for him. He could have, but he didn't... he was always waiting for that belated piece of justice. Waiting for the law to punish Ruby. Waiting for the wheel of fate to turn. Pei Chuan remembers, the year Beckett's mother died, he