CHAPTER 28

VEL

I wake up first the next day. When I open my eyes, Tin is still peacefully asleep beside me. It actually amazes me that we were cuddling the whole night but he didn't even try to touch me or initiate any intimacy, we were just really asleep. This is of course not the first time he did this but it still amazes me every time.

I slowly come down from the bed and feel a sting on my nipples. I just remember that now I have my nipples pierced. I go to the bathroom and inspect my nipple rings on the mirror. Even though I am still not getting used to these foreign objects dangling on my nipples, I can't deny that it was beautiful and the fact that Tin designed it himself makes me like this nipple rings even more.

It was made from gold with two red ruby stones on each ring. Red because it's his favorite color, of course. But the color really looks good on my skin tone.

"How long have you been admiring my gift?" said Tin's voice from the door.

I turned to him a little bit surprised. "Oh, you are awake already?"

"I can't feel you beside me, that's why I'm awake." He moved closer to me and slowly hugged me from behind. "Are we really can't have just a short round of morning sex?"

"No! If we do that now, I'm afraid I won't be able to walk to my first day of work today."

"Hmm... you're probably right?" He said with a pouty face, "Patience is really more expensive than any wealth I have."

I giggle "Glad you are willing to learn it, now take a shower here and I will take one in the other bathroom."

"Can we at least take a shower together?"

"Nope!" I freed myself from his hug and left the bathroom. "I'll prepare some clothes for you on the bed, and don't try to enter my bathroom when I take my shower."

He grinned, "You really know me so well."

"I'll lock my door then."

Saying that I closed the bathroom door. He didn't say anything or try to run after me and I can hear him turning on the shower.

I smile to myself, once in a while having an obedient psychopath partner is fun too.

I open the closet to look for some clothes he can wear to his office. I have a similar body measurement with Tin but not exactly the same. Most of the suits in my closet are personally tailored and I just realize, my very considerate parents not only prepared suits for me in this closet, but also for Tin with his measurements.

Tin's suits have a more simple style with black, white or gray color, because that's the color he usually wears. While mine is more colorful, like navy blue, dark brown or maroon. I have to applaud my parents for paying attention to a small detail like that.

I chose a set of gray suits for him today, before choosing a navy blue one for myself.

The secondary bathroom is located near the kitchen and I've been taking my shower there. After we can safely have sex non stop again, I believe we'll take a shower together every time and this bathroom won't be needed again.

I was halfway taking my shower when I heard some sizzling noises coming from the kitchen. I almost forgot that my partner is a pretty decent chef. He must be preparing some breakfast for us.

When I'm done taking a shower, a delicious smell oozes from the kitchen the moment I open the bathroom door.

My guess is right. Tin on his newly tailored gray trouser and white shirt, wearing a cute apron, holding a spatula and in the process of cooking some scrambled eggs on the pan. His gray jacket was draped on one of the counter chairs.

He's so attractive looking like this. In a normal time, I'll probably hug him from behind and start kissing him. He will surely be happy with my kiss and we'll end up having sex here in the kitchen.

But, we are on a sex break now, and I have to support his attempt to be patient, so I didn't do anything and just sat on the counter watching him cook.

"I hope you are ok with some scrambled eggs and spam for breakfast. There's only these in the fridge."

I nod happily "I'll eat anything you cook for me."

We both sat at the dining table and enjoyed our breakfast while talking about our plan for today.

Today is my first day as a full time college professor. I'm not really nervous about that because I have 2 years experience as a Teaching Assistant during my study time in New Zealand. Just need to remember this time I'm not teaching using English but using my own mother language.

I will be taking over a few of my brother's classes, before next year will fully replace him in all of his classes. The dean will retire next year and my brother will be the new dean.

How did he become a dean in his mid 30's? It's nepotism, of course.

But my brother is the next heir to my family leader position. One day, after my mom retires or passes away, he will take over her place to lead our family and its vast wealth. Being a dean is just a small step for him to learn how to become a leader.

Tin just listens to my story mostly with a cheerful expression, and doesn't put on his usual resting bitch face expression. And it makes me wonder.

"Why are you being so cheerful today?" I ask him.

"Can't I? It's our Official Courtship announcement day. Today, everyone will know I'm yours and you are mine."

"Just that?"

"Actually no, I also had a good sleep with a very nice dream last night."

I narrowed my eyes "Dream? What kind of dream?"

"It somehow looks like my weird dream that we both witnessed a few days ago. But this time it's a good scene."

"What scene makes you so cheerful like this?"

"I saw we have twin Enigma babies, a male and a female. We were all so happy, me, you and your family."

I smiled hearing it. "That somehow feels very possible. With how hard we had sex to get a baby, we'll probably get 2 at once."

He smiles happily "If we keep having twins, we probably can get 12 kids before you reach 50."

I rolled my eyes, he really is still thinking about his 12 kids agenda, isn't he?

But then I remembered another thing. That dream itself is weird, because psychopaths don't dream about that kind of hopeful happy thought.

"Tin, do you often dream like this?"

He was thinking for a second then said "Not really, I very rarely dream, even if I did, it's always so dull, colorless, and always the same scene."

"The same scene?"

"Yeah... it feels like a memory for me, not a dream, the only memory I have with my papa, when he held the newborn me on his arm, and he always said the same thing to me."

"What did he say?"

"Something like 'You are so loved and I will always love you.'"

"Hmm... " I think for a second, I don't know what to say. He just started dreaming about something else recently too? Not only does his feelings become more not like a psychopath but also his dream?

"What's wrong?" he asked because I was silent for too long.

"Oh... it's just..."

My phone rang before I finished my sentence. I looked at the caller ID, it was Ping. I turn to look at Tin.

"Can you put it on speaker?" he told me.

I didn't answer him, but just did that. I accepted the call and immediately put it on speaker.

"Morning, P'Ping..." I said to him,

"Hi, Vel, congratulations!! Finally it's official." he said.

"Thank you, P'"

"Are you still at home? I heard from Sai that you will start your teaching job today."

"Yeah, today will also be my first day as a college professor."

"Good luck with your new job."

"Thank you again, P'"

"I understand you will probably have lunch with your new colleagues today, but can you spend some time to meet me? I've made an appointment with Garfield after lunch."

I look at Tin. I totally forgot about Ping and the idea of us meeting Garfield to ask him about the Thumb Collector.

Tin didn't say anything, he just gave me a hand gesture to make my own decision to say whatever I felt fit.

"Yeah... I think I can make some time, I don't have classes after lunch." I said.

"That's great." said Ping, sounding really relieved. "We will meet at his coffee shop at 2PM, is that good?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's good for me."

"Ok then, see you there."

"See you there."

I cut the phone and sigh loudly.

"So... what's the deal with this Garfield person?" ask Tin.

"Well... he's a really good psychometric. Once I saw him find a missing child just by touching their belongings. People come to him, asking him to find their missing family members and he will happily help them without any payment whatsoever."

"Hmmm... he sounds like a very dependable psychometric."

"Yeah... he's not like most psychometrics who are so inconsistent and undependable. what he sees is mostly accurate."

"Well, still, I don't think you need to worry much, I'm not a readable person. Not by Telepath, neither by Psychometric." he said confidently.

"Are sure?"

"Yeah, just meet him this afternoon and see yourself."

We finish our breakfast and go to our respective workplace in separate cars.

Before we left the house, Tin gave me a kiss and said "Tonight, I'll probably make you scream so much that you won't have any voice left for your classes tomorrow."

Well, that is not a very good motivation to start a day, but I can't lie that I also kinda wait for it.

So I kissed him back and said, "Can't wait for it."

I saw him smiling so brightly before I got into my car.

My new house is not so far from the Campus but it's in a different direction from Tin's office, which is also my former office. So the moment we reach the main road, we go separate ways. The road is pretty congested as usual because of the morning rush but I left early so I didn't get to the campus late.

My phone keeps dinging with countless incoming messages when I drive. I didn't check it because checking my phone while driving is an equal to disaster. When I get to the campus parking lot, I can finally check my phone.

It was congratulatory messages, from my friends and also from the people I barely know. The news must have already spread that now I'm officially being courted by the most desirable Enigma in the country.

I sigh deeply with a realization. Today is probably the worst time for me to start a new job at a new place. Because I will need to introduce myself to my new colleague and student, but in return, they will congratulate me for my official courtship. Which, I can imagine, will be very awkward receiving direct congratulations from the people I just met.

I take another deep breath and come out from the car.

The last time I came here was during a semester break. The only class they had at that time was remedial classes so there were barely any students at the campus.

But today is the start of a new semester and the campus is packed. When I walk between the crowd of students they all look at me with a curious look, most of them are whispering.

"That's Prof. Sai's younger brother, right?"

"I heard he started teaching today."

"Which class? I want to be in his class."

"Yeah, me too! He's so handsome..."

"Hey! Did you read the news?!"

"I read it! Just announced today! He's officially courted by The Krittin Kitjaruwannakul."

"You mean the Enigma heir of the Kitjaruwannakul conglomerate?"

"Oh... how lucky..."

"Must be just another political pairing from two influential Alpha families."

"True, there's no way an Enigma heir from the richest family in the country will find just a common Omega as his pair. He needs to find someone with an equal standing as his family."

I heard them saying those kinds of words both from their mouth and also from their mind. Of course people will have mixed reactions to my courtship announcement. And growing up in such an influential family I have to keep reminding myself that I don't need to take everyone's opinion seriously, or I need to punch someone in the face every day.

I reach my brother's office and he opens the door before I even knock.

"Finally you arrive," he said with a big smile.

"I'm not late, right? The class will only start in half an hour."

"No, but I need to show you your new office. come come..."

He closed his office's door then put his arm on my shoulder. He brought me to an office right next to his office.

"Tada...!" he said cheerfully as he opened the door.

"Seriously? My office is right next to yours?"

"Yeah... is it fun? It's like when we were little again, we had a room next to each other."

"Is it even soundproof?" I ask as I step inside my new office.

"No, why? Are you afraid that I will hear something from your office?" he asked teasingly.

"More like I'm afraid I will hear something from your office. You and your husband/ former student have a very naughty history on this campus after all."

He laughed "Yeah, but I'm not the one who tried to have a baby with my Enigma partner right now. I guess Tin will come here often to make sure that baby comes faster."

I open my mouth to answer him but I don't exactly know what I'm about to say because what he said is 100% true. Tin will probably come here often just to have sex with me. He did that already even before we tried to have babies, and I'm pretty sure he will be more willing to do that now. Working in a different workplace won't stop him at all.

"Don't worry, I'll spend more time at the dean's office so I'll barely be in my office." said my brother. "The other offices in this row are empty so you can do whatever you want here."

I smiled a sarcastic smile and said "How thoughtful of you."

"You are welcome." he answered with a grin "Let's go, it's almost time for your first class. I'll introduce you to the students."

I'm an alumni of this campus and even after I graduate I visit this campus pretty often so I know where the classrooms are.

But for a few days of my classes here, my brother felt the need to babysit me just to help me adapt with my new teaching routine. It's annoying and unnecessary but It's the good intention that counts so I don't reject him.

When we enter, the class is almost full. They all turn to look at us with a curious look. It's a General Psychology class for mostly Sophomore Alpha students. From my experience as a Teaching Assistant, Senior students in more advanced classes tend to be the ones who are more critical, so I think it won't be a hard class, I hope it won't be a hard class. It's my first day, please don't make it a hard class.

"Good morning, class." My brother greeted the students "We have a new professor starting today that will take over some of my classes from this semester." He turned to me and said "Introduce yourself."

"Good morning, everyone, my name is Naret Promphaopun, you can call me Prof. Vel. I have a doctorate degree in psychology. This is my first experience as a full time college professor but I have 2 years experience as a Teaching Assistant..."

The class already burst in a loud murmur even before I finished introducing myself. First, for those who haven't already known who I am will surely know by hearing my last name. Secondly, they know about the announcement of my courtship and start talking about the fact that I'm the official partner of the most eligible Enigma in the country. And third, some of them knew where I work before I came here and what case that I investigate.

I look at my brother and with just my look asking him should I tell them about why I'm here and not with the police anymore? I hear in his mind he said "Tell them but be careful with your wording, don't say anything that will possibly tarnish the Police name or the Commissioner's image."

"And some of you probably already know that before I came to become your teacher here, I was a profiler with the Police Force. But, for a very personal reason, I decided to quit my job with the Police." I added.

More murmur in the crowd. Those who are active in social media will surely know the news about me and Tin and how the New Valuer uses the fact that I dated Tin to bashed the Police Force integrity.

Both me and my family agree that I quit my job in the Police Force to avoid further negative news about me and Tin will be my official reason for why I'm no longer a profiler at the Police Force. As much as I hate the Commissioner for his stupidity and cowardness, I still want to guard the integrity of the Police Force.

A pairing between an Enigma and an Alpha will be adored by general society. That's why people think I'm quitting the Police Force because my personal relationship with Tin will become a more understandable reason in the public eyes.

A female Alpha in the mid row suddenly raised her hand even before I asked if anyone had a question.

"Yes, miss?"

"Prof. Vel, I just want to congratulate you for your official courtship. May your relationship last long and happily until marriage and beyond." she said with a loud voice.

Both me and my brother smile. Some students laugh while others clap and shout their congratulations. In the end those who laugh also clap and shout their congratulations.

In front of a class full of Alphas that some will also inherit their family wealth someday, my relationship with Tin is seen as the most ideal partnership in our society, so of course they will all congratulate me wholeheartedly.

"Thank you, miss, thank you, class." I said after the shout reduced a little bit and they could hear my voice. "Now, everyone sit back in your seats, we will start our class today."

My brother sat on one of the front row seats and watched me teaching the class in silence until my class finished 1 and a half hours later. He was the one who prepared the slideshow and I just need to explain it. Next time I need to prepare my own class and make my own slideshow.

Overall, my first class as a college professor went smoothly. Alpha class is definitely easier to teach than Beta Omega class. Alphas have a better brain than Betas and Omegas, that's why they have a better understanding and I don't need to explain everything repeatedly. The question they ask is also always something constructive and critical, not something generic and fundamental.

"How is it?" I asked my brother after I finished my class and every student left the classroom.

"Well, not bad, as expected from my baby brother."

We left the class together to go to my office. I ask my brother if I should introduce myself to the first year student who is still doing their Orientation Week. My brother said that can be done tomorrow after I introduce myself to the whole faculty staff and teacher.

We arrive in front of my office and get dumbfounded by a courier who delivers a huge red rose bouquet.

"For me?" I ask the courier.

"Yes, it was addressed to dr. Naret Promphaopun, the owner of this office." He pointed at my office door which has my name on it.

"From who?" I ask as the courier gives the flower bouquet to me.

He read the name on his delivery note "It's from dr. Krittin Kitjaruwannakul at the Forensic Office of the Police Force Headquarter."

My brother laughed when he heard it. This courier speaks so loudly that everyone in the radius of 100 meters will hear everything he says. Now everyone around us knows that my newly announced partner sent me a huge bouquet of red roses on my first day as a full time college professor.

"Thank you." My brother gave the courier a decent amount of tip and signaled him to go.

"Thank you, sir, thank you." The courier bow gratefully and then leave with a little run.

This bouquet is so big that I can barely see anything when I'm holding it. Yet, I can feel a small crowd has gathered around me to witness the great love and support that my partner shows to me by sending this huge bouquet.

"Here, get inside." My brother helped me open my office door and pushed me inside to avoid the crowd.

"Waaaa... I have to say, you really chose a great partner for yourself, little bro." he said after we both went inside the office.

"He really is a psycho, isn't he?" I said after I put down the bouquet on the table.

"You already know that." my brother said "There's a card too, don't you want to read it?"

I picked up the card and read it "Happy first day, Prof. Vel, I hope everyone sees this bouquet and knows that you have a very loving, supportive and also very possessive partner."

He laughed while I could only put on a deadpan expression.

"You are 100% right, he really is a psycho." my brother commented

"What should I do with a bouquet this huge?" I said in frustration.

"I don't know, I never give or get this kind of gift, you ask mama, she is the expert in this kind of thing."

I called my mama as per my brother's suggestion but she also didn't help much.

"Oh, darling, I want to say you can bring the bouquet here and we can take care of it. But since this morning countless gifts have come to our house that we got so overwhelmed by them. Just put the flower in a vase with a little water at the bottom, it will keep the flowers fresh for a couple of days."

Then she cut the call.

"Why did countless gifts come to our house?" I ask my brother because my mama cut the call before I can even ask that to her.

"What else, because your Official Courtship Announcement, of course. The Omega's family is usually the one who got the gifts after the Announcement as a congratulatory gift from other influential families, well in your case it becomes our family because your partner is an Enigma. But, I guess we got more gifts than any other family ever received and I'm not even surprised."

"Because it's a pairing between an Enigma and an Alpha?"

"Not only that, just imagine, a son from our family being courted by the one and only heir of the richest family in our country. Of course everyone wanted to be on our good side by sending those gifts."

"Yeah, since this morning people have been sending me congratulatory texts, even people I don't know. I have to silence my phone because it keeps dinging."

I became a bit upset by this fact. When I started my relationship with Tin, of course I fully knew who he is and where his family stood in our society. But I never imagined that I would get so much attention with just a courtship announcement. When I'm with Tin, I'm only me and he's only Tin, I don't really care about his family or his wealth. But I guess society didn't see it like that.

"It's just the beginning, you still have your engagement announcement and your wedding announcement. Everything will be even crazier at that time."

I laughed a cynical laugh "Thank you for the encouragement, brother."

My next class is in half an hour and I don't have time to take care of the flower bouquet. My brother was kind enough to ask a cleaning lady to find me a huge vase to put the flower on, as per my mama's suggestion.

My next class is still General Psychology but this time for Beta Omega students. And, oh my, how they could be more different than the Alpha class. Some students ask the thing I already explain, and some ask me to explain everything slower so they can understand better.

This is exactly why we got Alpha students and Beta Omega students separated since kindergarten. They just have different levels of understanding. And the New Valuer dares to scream about equality between all genders. I bet none of them ever become teachers.

These students barely pay attention to my lecture after 15 minutes. Some think about what they'll eat for lunch, some even think about meeting their partner after this lecture. None of them concentrate on my lecture.

And some of them criticizes me, not because I got the job here by nepotism, but because I quit the police force over my lust to chase a rich Enigma. They must care alot about their career as a student here and that's why they didn't say it out loud. Only idiots who want a Drop Out Letter will dare enough to openly criticize a professor who has the same last name as the university's name.

But, I hear them, and as a teacher, it is my job to teach them a lesson.

"Before we end this class, I have an assignment for you."

Disappointed moans spread among the students the moment they heard the word 'assignment'.

"Love and Lust, 2 very basic human emotions, very similar, yet very different. That's why I want you to write a 20 page essay about the difference and similarities between Love and Lust, with an example taken from history. Cleopatra, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, those are just a few famous figures known in history that were affected by both their Love and Lust to make a decision. Write about how both their Love and Lust shape our history today."

A Loud murmur sounded among the students, most of them cursed me in their heart for giving them such an absurd assignment. Not gonna lie, t's fun to torture some people once in a while, maybe I do somehow get a portion of Tin psychopathy. But these students are the ones who started first. If they don't have those stupid thoughts I won't give them this stupid assignment.

"Your essay should be on my desk by Monday next week." I added, causing more murmur among the students. "Class dismissed."

I left the room before any of them, my brother followed me closely.

I can hear him silently giggling "Some of them must have a really wild thought to make you give them such a ridiculous assignment."

"What are you talking about, brother? I'm a professional teacher, I give them assignments because I care about their education."

He laughed, "Of course you are."

"Lunch with the whole faculty staff, when?" I aks as we get into my office

"We can leave now if you are ready," said my brother. "We already book the place and the rest of the staff will go directly there after they've done with their jobs."

"Ok, just give me a second."

I haven't checked my phone the whole day and put them in silent mode because I'm sick of the congratulatory texts. When I pull out my phone and check the message, there's still a lot of congratulation from people that I barely know. But I don't care about them, I just want to see if Tin texts me anything. I think he will text me a t least 1 or 2 times about the flower he sent. And he did.

The text came around an hour ago asking "Did you get my bouquet already?"

I took a picture of the flowers on the vase and sent it to him with a text "Arrive safe and sound."

A second later he called me.

I'm a bit surprised by his sudden call but I took his call immediately.

"Hello, Tin." I said, then quickly added "My brother is here so don't say anything weird."

Both my brother and Tin laugh hearing my sentence.

"You don't put my call on speaker right?"

"No"

"So, then you don't need to worry, right?"

"Yeah, but still..."

"I'm not here, I'm just a hallucination..." said my brother in a whisper.

I push him further so he can't overheard anything.

Tin laughed some more, clearly not caring about my worry "Did you like my flowers?"

"It's just too much, you know, everyone sees it when the courier sends it."

"Well, that's the point."

"I figure. Thank you anyway."

"You are welcome." I can hear he's so cheerful "I already gave you a gift for our Courtship and I already gave you a gift for your first day on your new job, did you prepare anything for me in return?"

Huh? A return gift? I didn't think about that at all. But he's literally coming from the richest family in the country, what can I give to him as a gift?

"What kind of gift do you want?" I ask him.

"The kind of gift only you can give me."

Of course he will say that, and I fully realize there's actually a lot that only I can give to him and it involves my body, particularly my bottom half.

"I'll... probably prepare something for you. Just wait for it tonight."

He giggled from the other line "Really can't wait for tonight."

And somehow, I also smile when I'm thinking about tonight. From the coroner of my eyes, I can see my brother just smile widely seeing me smiling for the phone call.

"I need to go now, I have lunch with the whole Faculty Staff now."

"Ok, see you tonight, babe."

"See you..."

I cut the call and we went to lunch. I told my brother I needed to go somewhere else after lunch so we went in a different car. Just glad my brother didn't ask any details about where I'll go and who I will meet. He surely will have a lot of questions if I said I'll go meet Ping and his ex partner, Garfield.

My meeting with Garfield is actually what I've been waiting for this whole day. I can't wait to find out whether he can see Tin with his ability or not.

The whole lunch with the Faculty Staff is so boring. Everyone is trying to act as polite as possible both to me and my brother. They tried too hard to praise me and put on their good side in front of me. But I can see, in their mind, some of them hate me because they are secretly aiming to take my brother's classes after he becomes the new Dean. Thanks to me, The second son that came out of nowhere, their dream job is no longer in their reach.

That's why I'm very glad when the lunch is finally over. I excuse myself because I didn't come back to the campus with them.

The ride to Garfield's cafe is not too long because his cafe is actually very close to the Campus, and that's how Ping knew him the first time.

Garfield is an orphan who grew up with his Omega aunt who doesn't have her own child. They inherit the cafe from his aunt's late husband and make the cafe their source of income. He was going to culinary school so he never went to the same school as us. But one day after class, my brother and Ping visited his cafe and Garfield caught Ping's attention in an instant.

I know Garfield as Ping's lover and I can see and feel how much they were so in love with each other. But I guess, in the end, they are not meant to be together.

When I arrive at the Cafe, I can easily find them. Ping, Garfield, and surprisingly Benz, sit at one corner of the cafe. I can totally sense a strong hostile feeling from Benz toward Ping. I don't even need to ask to figure out, Benz totally didn't trust Ping enough to let him meet with Garfield just by himself.

I wave at them and I can see Ping's relief expression when he sees me coming.

"P'Vel." Garfield immediately stood up and greeted me "Long time no see..."

"Yeah, it's really been a long time."

"Congratulations on your official courtship." said Benz "The moment you two come to our racing place for your first date, I know he will officially court you for sure."

"Thank you, thank you."

"Waiting for you two to come to our racing place again. He will surely beat you if you two ever race again."

"I have no doubt about that."

"Babe..." Garfield cut us before we could talk longer "Your training schedule, you're already late."

"Oh, yeah..." Benz looked at his watch "I need to go now, my training is actually starting half an hour a go and I am already late."

He stood up from his seat then gave Garfield a kiss, bowed his goodbye to me and Ping, with a strong glare and left.

"Let me guess, he refuses to leave before I arrive because he doesn't want to leave Garfield with you?" I ask Ping as I sit beside Garfield.

"Yeah... he didn't say that, but yeah..." answered Ping. "I would have no problem at all if he didn't keep glaring at me like he's going to eat me alive or something."

Both me and Garfield chuckled.

"I'm sorry, P'Ping, he just doesn't really trust you."

"It's ok, I totally get it."

I can't lie that I also feel awkwardness between Ping and Garfield. They were dating for years after all, of course ther will be some awkward moments when they meet again like this.

So, I took the initiative to focus on our business here.

"P'Ping... Did you already tell Garfield why we are here?"

"Yes, it was actually Nut who called him and told him everything."

"P'Nut said you guys need my help to catch a serial killer."

"Yeah... that's the general idea." said Ping,

He pulled out something from his bag. When I looked closely it was a scalpel that was found in the crime scene. scalpel that probably Tin uses often to cut his victims. He took out the scalpel from the evidence bag and slid it to Garfield.

"dr. Tin said this one is the tool that the killer used the most." added Ping.

Tin said that? What did he even think? What if Garfield really can see him?

Garfield looks at the scalpel with a worried look.

"This is the tool that was used by a serial killer to kill their victims, what you are about to see probably will be so gruesome." I said.

"It's ok, P', I see all sorts of things when I help people." answer Garfield with a warry smile."I'm just worried if I can't see anything that will help."

"It's ok, you don't need to force yourself too hard. Anything you see will be very helpful." said Ping, trying to assure him.

Garfield closes his eyes and very slowly reaches for the scalpel. He just touched it slightly and his expression already changed. He flinched and grunt but didn't let go of the scalpel. He touched it for around 30 seconds before he let it go. He breathed heavily then opened his eyes back.

He looked at Ping that at me, then to our surrounding while still breathing heavily.

"Are you ok?" Ping was about to reach for his hands but he quickly retracted his hands beyond his reach.

He turned to me and looked at me with his eyes staring hard at me.

"Did you see anything? I ask.

"It was... a house... dark house, barely any lighting, many many sharp cutting tools around them, the victims were tied on a metal bed, they were screaming and crying... and...." He took a deep breath "I can only hear a distorted laugh... I can't even tell if it was a female or male laugh and I can't see them at all... all I can see was distorted figure."

I sigh a sigh of relief in my heart. On the other hand, Ping looked really disappointed.

"I'm sorry P'Ping. It's not often for me to see someone so distorted in my sighting." said Garfield, sounding really disappointed too.

"It's ok, Garfield. You don't need to feel so bad." said Ping even though he was clearly disappointed.

At that time, Ping's phone rings. He looks at the screen then sighs.

"Excuse me for a second, I need to take it."

He stands from his seat and takes the call outside the cafe.

"P'Vel, did you already know it was him?"

I immediately looked at Garfield back, did he try to speak to me using my ability?

"P'Ping can hear us even when we speak in a low voice so if we don't want him to hear us, it's better for us to talk like this. You can answer me using a text on your phone."

He really did talk to me using my ability. It's true that Ping with his heightened sense ability will be able to hear us talking even when he's outside the cafe.

My heart dropped to my stomach, did Garfield actually see anything?

I write on my phone "What did you see?"

"I really didn't see the person, but that was not the first time I couldn't see a person in my insight, it was only the second time, so my thought is they were the same person as the person I saw on my first time."

I asked him "Where did you see him the first time?"

He smiled a shy smile then answered me in his head "Everytime I accompany Benz for his training, we often use the locker room for.... something... else..."

Oh oh... I somehow know where this is going.

"The wall is actually our favorite place too, and that one time I accidentally saw you in my insight."

I must be show him a surprise Pikachu Face because he quickly said, still in his head,

"I didn't really mean to see it. Sometimes when I feel a lot of pleasure I just can't fully control my ability, and I accidentally saw you... having sex with someone I can't see..."

I wrote "Did Benz tell you who I was coming with?"

"Yes, it was your partner right, dr. Tin, an Enigma and the Head of The Forensic Office?"

I nodded

"Is he the Thumb Collector? Did you know about it?"

I just look at him for a few seconds trying to figure out how I will react. All I can see is curiosity and I didn't feel any bad intentions from him.

So I asked him "Will you tell Ping about this?"

He quickly shook his head "No, no, no, I won't, I never want to help P'Ping catch him."

I narrowed my eyes and asked "Why?"

"He helps people, you know, the organs he took from those bad people, it saves a lot of people." He turns to look at his aunt who is currently working at the register "My aunt is one of them, and I can't be thankful enough to him."

I can clearly feel he's not lying, that is what he truly feels about The Thumb Collector.

But wait, something is off. Those organs were distributed by Chen's Organization, how did his aunt get an organ from them? He probably bought it from them but still how did he even know those organs were from The Thumb Collector's victims? The other people who got the organs didn't know where the organs came from. Surely only the people from Chen's Organization will know about that.

"How did you know where the organs come from?" I ask him.

Garfield didn't answer me. From his face, I can see that he just realized he's been messing up by saying that.

I wanted to ask him further but Ping came back to the seat at that moment.

"I will never tell anyone about this, P'Vel, I promise you and I believe you can clearly feel that I'm telling the truth."

That was the last thing he said before making an excuse and leaving.

Author's Note:

Hi, my kind readers.

These last few chapters are concentrated on the mystery side of the story. What do you guys think about the mystery? I will be very happy if you guys tell me about your theories.

And, please prepare yourself because the next chapter will be so hot and wild.

See you guys again in a few days.