CHAPTER 3

VEL

I'm finally on my way home. It's already past 6 PM, we still have a lot to discuss about the case but the investigation team is still doing their job to collect more evidence, they let me go home in the meantime until they collect more evidence that I can use on my profiling. And for now I have curiosity on another thing, well, another person to be exact.

In the taxi, I'm reading the profile about dr. Krittin Kitjaruwannakul, that other person. The Kitjaruwannakul family has been producing Enigmas for 7 generations, and along the way they've become one of the most influential and richest families in the country. Funny thing is, they never have an actual main business that makes them so rich. The Enigmas in the family keep creating inventions that can give them income from the patents for generations to come. Other than that, they invest their money on lands and buildings. Rumor has it, they own more lands and buildings than the King himself.

Their current head family is their 5th generation Enigma, but he decided to stay away from public appearance since the death of his eldest son. Their youngest son, the 6th generation Enigma, Jakaputh Kitjaruwannakul, goes by the nickname Jack, is now the acting head of the family. The Old Value said a child can never inherit their parent's position as the head of the family as long as the parent is still alive. So even though he is the one who is actually running the family, he'll never officially become the head of the family until his father passes away. Jack married a Male Omega who died right after giving birth to their one and only son, dr. Krittin Kitjaruwannakul.

Tin is their 7th generation Enigma. At the age of 22 he invented an AI that can identify crime victims even when they were just body parts or in a very bad condition. This invention is used all over the world and I can already see the money he got from this invention alone. Other than that his profile only said about his magnificent achievement, which is not actually that magnificent since he is an Enigma.

I found an old interview of a young Tin, he looks younger than he is now, probably at 20. It looks like he just decided to pursue Forensic as his main job at that time, and the interviewer asked him "Why do you choose Forensic, while you are able to pursue literally anything else?"

His answer was "When I see a victim's dead body, I feel bad for them, because they no longer have the ability to tell their story, what happened to them? What caused their death? More than anything else, I feel like pursuing a career that can help them tell their story is the most important. That's why I choose to pursue Forensic"

I chuckled hearing that answer. If I don't know he is a psychopath I would probably believe his words but I know who he is and I don't believe a single word of this answer. Psychopaths always have a fascination with death. Either they choose to kill people or work with dead people. I just hope Tin is the latter and not the first one.

I finally arrived at my home, the Prompaopun Family main mansion. It's been 4 years since I walked into the vast front garden of the huge mansion and It brings back a lot of memories from my childhood. I really love this home. Despite the fact that it's so big and spacious, I never felt lonely or alone here. My family always makes this place feel warm and loving for me and I can't ever be grateful enough that I was born to be part of this family.

I reached the main front door of the mansion and before my hand reached the door, the door opened by itself. My little sister, Jade, jumped to hug me the moment she saw me in front of the door.

"You are finally home!" she said while still hugging me.

"I think I am" I said as I felt her hug getting tighter and tighter, crushing my ribs

"Let him go, Jade, you will crush his ribs if you keep hugging him like that" my mom said as I saw her and my mama walking down the stairs.

They both hugged me warmly and said their welcome home softly.

"Come on, mom, how can a weak Omega like me crush a strong Alpha ribs like P'Vel"

I laughed when I heard her reasoning. Jade is our little Princess, she was born when I'm already 12 and P'Sai already 15, So yeah, we got a really big age gap. While me and P'Sai already a man at early and mid 30's, we have a 19 years old sister who is still a college student. On top of that she's also an Omega, making me, P'Sai and our parents have extra reason to be overprotective toward her. But I think our overprotectiveness makes her a little bit too spoiled. She always answers us back and whines on every occasion, yet still, we also always find her adorable.

"Yes, yes, now go and continue to get ready, you still haven't curled the other side of your hair" said my mama.

I just realized they all dressed pretty fancy right now.

"Are you guys going somewhere? I thought we would have dinner together" I ask.

"Yes we will but not at home?" said my mom

"We will dine out?" I ask again.

"Kinda..." said my mama vaguely.

"We will attend Khun Jack's Art Exhibition Opening!" said my sister excitedly.

"Huh?" I'm dumbfounded now, Khun Jack? It's not that Khun Jack right? The Khun Jack who is also someone's father?

"Khun Jack has a dinner party for the opening of his art exhibition and we all are invited" said my mama calmly but I also can hear excitement in her voice.

"Now, go to your room and make yourself presentable. You know it's not just a dinner party, right?" said my mom.

Khun Jack's Art Exhibition Opening is always considered as the event of the year. It's a big social event where all important Alphas in the country will gather and socialize with each other. Usually it's only my parents that are invited to this event. I guess this year he did something new by inviting the whole family.

But wait! If it's his father's event, he must be also there right? That gorgeous sexy psychopath Enigma will also be there right?

"Mom, I'm really tired, can I not..."

"No!" my mom cut me before I even finish my sentence "It's a chance for you to socialize more and be familiar with our peers, you study too much and work to much"

"True, if you stay like this when will you get a pair?" said my mama.

I sigh but don't answer them. Of course this is their reasoning. I'm at the age when I should get married now. At my age, P'Sai already announced his official courting with P'Pon and preparing for their wedding, while here I am still single with no potential pair at the horizon.

But again, why do I have to keep meeting him today? Even when I already arrive home safe with my family, I have to be dragged to meet him again.

TIN

When I arrive at the main mansion, the atmosphere is really busy and hectic. I was granted permission by my dad to live outside the main mansion even though I'm not married yet. The Old Value forbade an unmarried child to live outside the main mansion, but my dad said screw The Old Value and let me live by myself outside the main mansion. But living outside makes me not really up to date with what happens inside the mansion. What is this busy atmosphere for?

"Welcome home, young master" said one of the maids that welcome me at the front door

"Where is my dad?"

"Master is at the atelier, checking for the final preparation"

"Ok, I'll go there"

The maids bow at me then walk away doing something else.

I just remember what all this busy atmosphere is about. My dad's Art Exhibition Opening is today. All the chaos since morning made me totally forget about this.

I found my dad at his atelier, talking to one of his assistants. He wore a neat all white suit that matched his natural dark blue hair. My dad smiled at me when he saw me entering the atelier. His face, his posture, his overall look doesn't show that he's already 56 years old. Anyone who doesn't know him will think he's only in his late 20's, or early 30's at most. He looks like my brother instead of my dad. Sometimes when he smiles, like right now, he looks even younger than me.

There's no explanation about his youthful look. His ability is not related to anything that will make him look this young at his age. But he is an Enigma, and the only sensible explanation we can get is this is just another feature of being the all magnificent Enigma.

"You forgot about today, aren't you?" he asks me with his always soft voice.

"I did, sorry, it's very chaotic at the work today"

"I figure, that's why I already prepare your suit for you"

His assistant hurriedly brought my suit to me without my dad even telling her to do that.

"Go prepare yourself, I'll wait for you at the car"

"Ok, dad" I took my suit from his assistant's hand and went to my room on the second floor.

It's been a few months since I came home to the main mansion, yet my room is still the same and untouch. I throw my suit on to my bed and prepare to take a shower.

I think to myself while under the shower. My dad didn't say anything about my discovered hobby house. Maybe because there's too many people downstairs. But I want to know what he thinks about it. I'm pretty sure he won't blame me, because we are all in it together, yet what he wants me to do about it, I want to know about it.

I finished my shower and got ready to put on my suit. I opened the cover of the suit and found an all red suit inside it. I smiled. Since I can remember I always said red is my favorite color. Later me and my dad found out it was only because red is the color of blood, the thing that I love to see. But my dad never made it a problem, he still supports my favorite color like he supports everything else about me.

I put on my suit. I look totally good in this suit. Well, I look good in anything or when I'm not in anything so what's the surprise? I styled my hair a bit, put on my chosen perfume and came downstairs.

My dad was already waiting for me inside the Limousine. The driver opens the door for me and closes it when I'm already inside. This long car and there's only me and my dad inside.

"That looks good on you" said my dad, smiling as the car started moving.

"Thank you for prepare it for me"

"You're welcome"

He turns on the TV and again, the news about my hobby house is the first news that appears. This time is about the press conference the headquarters held to share the information we've gathered so far. Ping was the main speaker and the press literally bombarded him with questions that they still don't know the answer to.

"You think they will catch you?" ask my dad, so suddenly.

Now he decided to talk about this.

"I've done every possible prevention before, during and after the killing to make sure I will never get caught"

"Is there a but after that?"

I sigh. I can hide about Vel from my dad but I'm pretty sure he'll found out about him anyway so what's the point "There was a profiler, that I never met, he just coming back from study abroad, he confidently can guess that I'm a psychopath and kinda find me suspicious"

My dad widened his eyes "Wow! and..."

"He was also my one night stand from yesterday night and that's what saved me from his suspicion because he is my alibi."

My dad look dumbfounded for a second then he literally laughed "What are the chances?"

"I don't even expect that"

"Which family is he coming from? Do we know his family?"

"Dad..."

"Do you like him?"

"Dad!?"

"He sounds like he understands you alot, and you are also at the age where you should start selecting your pair."

"Dad!? It's not the right time for that, isn't it?"

"It's always the right time to talk about that"

"Can we talk about our problem for a minute, please, what should we do now?"

My dad cleared his throat and went back to his serious tone "You should stop your hobby for the time being, especially when we have a smart profiler/ your former one night stand who seems to be able to see through you."

I sigh again, this is what I'm afraid of, but my dad is right "I can't continue my hobby anyway because now my hobby house is swarmed with police"

"True, that's why I said we should stop your hobby for a while, let's wait and see the police work's progress, we also need to find you new place anyway, that will took some time since now the police are aware they got serial killer collecting people's thumbs still on the loose."

I don't need to voice it, but I completely agree with my dad. Stopping my hobby for the meantime is the most reasonable action we can take right now. Yet still, I really can't imagine my life without my hobby, how boring it would be.

My mind comes back to Vel, it's mostly because of him. I was 100% confident the rest of the police force wouldn't be even close to catching me, but he came and threw away my confidence. I should be very upset about it, but I don't, I don't know why he makes me interested in him instead.

"Funny thing about him is, he is a telepathic special Alpha, he can't read my mind but still he can see through me"

That should stay inside my mind, but why did I say it out loud? Did he make me lose control of my own brain too?

My dad smiles hearing my words. That's his sneaky smile and I hate that smile.

"I hope he come to our dinner party tonight"

"Huh?"

"I also invited the children from all prestigious Alpha family to our dinner party this year, I really really hope he come with his parents"

"Dad!?"

"Like I said, you are already in the age to find a pair for yourself so I set this dinner party as an event to find you someone suitable."

I really hate my dad right now. Did he think I'm a Prince Charming looking for Cinderella?

VEL

I really wish I'm anywhere except here right now. I'm really tired, I thought tonight I'll just have dinner with my family and go to have a good night sleep, but here I am being paraded around by my parents from one family to another family to introduce their Omega children to me. My parents know my preference in sex, if they want to find me a pair they should find me an Enigma which is not available in this party, yet.

The host of the event hadn't arrived yet. The longer I'm here, the more nervous I get yet I don't even know why I'm nervous. Like it or not I'll meet him again, we are working at the same place anyway. I just hope I'm not with my parents when I meet him. They are on a mission to get me a pair and they are very serious about it. I don't want them to have a 'nice' idea about pairing me with the Enigma son of today's host. I love my parents but they can be annoying sometimes and I feel like this is one of the times when they got super annoying.

I manage to slip away with Jade when my parents are busy chatting with their friends. We stand next to a chocolate fountain table. Busying ourselves playing with the fruits and marshmallows to coat them with the chocolate and eating the overly sweet snack. We were happily laughing with marshmallows full of chocolate coating in our hands, when the MC announced Khun Jack's arrival. What I didn't notice is that I stand really close to the paths where Khun Jack will come out. I was literally standing only 1 meter away when Khun Jack walked out with his son beside him. People are clapping for them, they are the center of attention, everyone is mesmerized with Khun Jack's eternal youth but they also mesmerize with his son's graceful appearance. That red suit really makes him millions of times more gorgeous.

While Khun Jack is giving a welcoming speech to the guests, and also introducing his son, at the same time, his son's eyes are laid on someone else, that someone else unfortunately is me. I stand so close to him like I'm intentionally asking myself to be looked at by him. He looked at me with the same look he gave me when I entered his VIP booth yesterday night, but this time he looked more pleased seeing a more posh me, with a nicer suit and styled hair. I hope he stops looking at me because now everyone realizes who he is looking at, including my parents and his father. I only can smile while totally foreseeing what my parents will do next.

After Khun Jack's speech we are moving to the dining room next to the Exhibition Hall. We all sat on our designed table and the waiters started to bring out the food. No one said anything meaningful during our appetizer, but when the main course came out, my mom thought this was the right time to start interrogating me.

"Did you know Khun Jack's son?" ask my mom while we were enjoying our steak.

I seriously considered straight up lying to my mom, but I also think it will be impossible for her to not know later on that I'm working together with him at the Police Force so I don't see the point of lying now.

"He's working as Head Forensic Office at the Police Force, I meet him this morning at the headquarter"

I don't lie in that part. I didn't tell them his morning was my first time seeing him, that would be a lie. I don't see the need to tell them I met him and his huge 'little brother' last night before I met him at the office.

"Oh, that's why he looks at you like he knows you," said my mama.

"He's really handsome," said Jade, who immediately had a crush on him.

"He really is as gorgeous as his father, don't you think, son?" added my mom.

"And he's an Enigma too" said my mama.

I totally can see another meaning behind my mama's words. He is an Enigma, meaning he is a perfect eligible pair for me. Which I also completely realize. The problem is I have mixed feelings about him right now, and I absolutely don't want my parents intervention for this matter.

"Khun Narissa, Khun June" a soft male voice suddenly came from behind me greeting my parents, I turned around and Khun Jack with his son already stood behind me.

My parents quickly stand and shake his hand politely, me and Jade also do the same.

"Thank you for coming to my dinner party" Khun Jack said with a smile on his face, that smile really similar to his sons.

"Thank you for inviting me and my family, Khun Jack" said my mom as the head of the family.

"So, this must be your son and daughter?" he swift his attention to me and Jade, but to me, mostly to me.

"Yes, this is our second son, Vel, and our only daughter, Jade"

"I hope you all enjoy the dinner," he said with a polite manner.

It should end here. Tin didn't say anything and I hope it stays that way. Let them leave to greet another guest and say nothing more.

But, my mama think another way, the next second she said "Vel just told us, he and Tin are coworker at the Police Force"

I curse inside my head, why didn't my mama just let it go?

"Oh really? Is that true, Tin?" ask Khun Jack to his son.

"Yes, I just found out this morning," he answered vaguely.

"Vel is a profiler, he just returned from study abroad so today must be the first time he meets Khun Tin at the office" added my mom.

I can only smile through all of this. Can they just stop promoting me for a second?

"Oh, this must be the profiler you told me about" asks Khun Jack to his son.

Tin only answered him with a polite smile and didn't say anything.

I look at him with a sharp eye, really holding myself to not scream at him: What? What did you say to your father? Why did you only stand there and smile like an idiot?

"I hope Tin said good things about our Vel" said my mom.

"Only good thing, of course, in fact it looks like Vel has left a deep impression on my Tin"

Both my parents laugh happily hearing that. Why? Why did you have to say that? Now my parents will think your son is interested in me! I look at my parents face and I can tell they already think that way.

Someone please took them away from our table!

Just when I wished that, a voice was heard from behind us.

"Khun Jack..."

We all turn around. Mine and my parents' faces automatically change to disgusted faces. There he is, standing with all his smug and prideful attitude, the man that me and my family hate the most in this world.

Chen, he can easily be called the most shady businessman in the whole country. His official business is retail, but it's common knowledge that his biggest money maker is not his official business but all kinds of illegal business that he does, the worst of them is human trafficking. Just 4 years ago, I managed to make a case out of him. But through intimidation and bribery he managed to escape any punishment. I, on the other hand, had to go to New Zealand because the Commissioner said I'm too obsessed with his case and need to learn more before I can become a good profiler.

He walked closer and shook Khun Jack's hand. He didn't even pay attention to us like we were invisible. He clearly did that on purpose because there's no way he didn't see us standing here.

"I'm sorry, for being late, Khun Jack, my employee must be misplaced the invitation that I didn't know about today's event"

Khun Jack's face clearly says no one misplaced the invitation, he just never invited. Of course, someone with a good reputation like Khun Jack will never invite some scumbag like him to his event. No one want him here, anyway.

Khun Jack forced a smile and said "It's fine, Khun Chen, please, please sit down and enjoy the dinner"

An employee then takes him to sit at an empty table near the entrance door.

After Chen is out of sight, Khun Jack's face turns into an annoyed face. He is a man of good virtue, so he won't kick someone out of his party even when that someone is not invited. He has no choice but to let that scumbag eat his meal and chat with his guests.

"Should I make him go, dad?" Tin said it so quietly but I can still hear it.

His dad only shook his head slowly as an answer. When he talked to us again, he already put back his smiling face.

"Please, enjoy the dinner"

"Thank you, Khun Jack," said my mom.

Khun Jack leaves our table to greet the other guest. I turn to look at my parent's faces and I know they seem really bothered.

"Let's just leave, I don't want to be in the same place as that person" said mama.

"Yeah, let's go children" my mom agreed.

Jade looked like she still wanted to finish her steak but didn't say anything and stood up from her chair together with me and my parents. We didn't even say any goodbye to both Khun Jack and Tin and left the place in our Limo.

The atmosphere on the Limo is so silent and tense. Nobody said anything for half of the way. Until my sister...

"Isn't he so handsome"

We all turned to her when she said that.

"Yes he is, he is as gorgeous as his father" said my mama.

"What? No he's not, Khun Jack is a lot more handsome and a lot more gorgeous than his son"

Me and my parents look at each other, confused.

"Wait, who are you having a crush on?" I ask.

"Khun Jack, of course"

All three of us look at this 19 year old teenager with a shocked face.

"Jade!"

"That is not appropriate!"

"Why?" Jade ask usual, answering us

"He is almost 3 times your age"

"But he doesn't look like one" my sister's eyes literally sparkling while talking about her newest crush "His skin is so radiant, his side profile is just perfect, and don't make me talk about his cute dimple..."

She literally looks like a teenager her age fangirling over an idol or actor, but in my sister's case, it was a 56 years old male Enigma.

"Jade! That is not appropriate!" my mom repeating her words "If you want to have a crush on, Tin is more appropriate for you"

"Nope! P'Vel can have Khun Tin if he want"

"What? Why did you have to bring me along in this?" I protest.

"Why not? He clearly has a big crush on you" now this teenager is teasing me.

"He is not!" I tried to reject that idea, but looking at my parents' expression, they definitely agree with Jade.

"So, what do you think about him, son?" ask my mama

Why did this conversion suddenly shift to me? We were talking about my sister who had a crush on a 56 year old male Enigma just a second ago! Now, all three of them are looking at me.

"The way he looks at you the moment he arrives at the dining room, I do feel like he has a deep impression on you" said my sister.

"Not you too!"

"Will we get a request for a date in near future?" ask my mom with a hopeful face.

"No he won't! He totally won't ever send any request for a date!"

"Of course he won't, but his father will, that's the proper etiquette from The Old Value" my mom said

"Mom!"

TIN

"Let's send request for a date to Vel's parents"

I almost choked on my milk when my dad said that. We just arrived back at the main mansion from the venue. My dad said he wanted to have a word with me and we went to the kitchen to have some warm milk before going to bed. And suddenly he said that.

"What? Why?"

"He's talented, attractive, coming from a good family, and on top of that you seems interested in him, I don't see the reason why we shouldn't try to court him"

"You forgot the part where he can totally see me as a psychopath and has suspicion on me?"

"Then you must also forget about one of my most important teachings, keep your friend close..."

"But keep my enemy closer" I finished my dad's sentence.

"I've been thinking, if he really has suspicion on you it will be safer for you to keep him close so you'll know his next move"

Ok, that makes sense, but still, he kinda makes me uneasy. Part of me wants to get close to him but other parts of me want to stay away as far as I can from him. He is the first person who comes to me and says straight to my face that he knows I'm a psychopath, full of confidence too, even though he actually wasn't sure 100%. This is really confusing, he makes me confused. For the first time in my life I wish I could understand someone else' feelings. I want to know what he feels about me, did he hate me? Scared of me? or just feel meh about me?

"Is he bad?" my dad suddenly asked vaguely.

"Huh?" I don't understand his question.

"Is he bad in bed that you're so reluctant to court him?"

"Dad!" I totally surprised by his question

"Is he? Too bad then..."

"No, he is not" somehow I feel the need to defend him, why am I feeling the need to defend him? But really, he is not bad in bed, he's the total opposite instead.

"That's good then, he is perfect indeed"

My dad is totally unbothered, he's fixed with the idea of pairing me with Vel. I have to say everything he said is true. A pairing between an Enigma and an Alpha both from an Influential Alpha family is an ideal pairing that will be cheered by the society. Any parents will surely pursue this pairing for their children therefore no one will question my quest to court Vel, whatever my real intention is.

But, what makes me feel uneasy the most is, will he want this pairing? He knows I'm a psychopath, I admit with my own mouth that I'm a psychopath. Will he still want to be paired with a psychopath? For the first time I feel unconfident, and again, it's because of him.

I sigh then give my dad my answer "Go ahead, then, request for a date to his parents, but don't ever request another one if he reject this one"

My dad smiled "I have a strong feeling we won't need any other request"

VEL

My day today started very peacefully. My parents and sister didn't talk about the idea of me pairing with Tin during breakfast and I'm thankful for that. They only talked about my mama's client who wanted to own some of Khun Jack's new art collection, my mama is an art dealer. Other than that, no mention of Tin's name at all.

Magically, today's traffic is also on my side, the road was not congested at all and I arrived at the office just in time for our daily meeting about the case. The Commissioner told us to have regular meetings, minimum 1 time a day to do some coordination about the case.

Ping and Tin are already in the meeting room when I arrive. It's really weird seeing my former hook up and my newest hook up talking to each other in the most professional manner. Well, this will be my reality now, I have to get used to it.

They both greet me good morning for the sake of politeness and I answer them politely, not looking or sounding awkward at all. Later, some other members of the investigation team also arrive. The last one to arrive is Ten, the IT forensic specialist.

He greets the rest of us normally but smiles so widely when he sees Tin. He chooses to sit next to Tin and they both look so friendly when chatting. Were they close? Like closer than coworkers? How close? Hook up close or just like friends close? And why did I suddenly become so curious about it?

Ping started the meeting with the newest result from the investigation team, so I turned my attention to him.

"We tried to find any clues about the suspect through the victims' last moments, especially the moment before they went missing, some of the victims never even reported missing so it's still hard to find their estimated time of death"

I've been looking at the file of the victims since yesterday and it really surprised me how random and varied all these victims are. There were all kinds of people from any genders, any class, any occupation. Beta, Alpha, Omega, Delta, Gamma, even Enigma, from rich businessman, to hookers to scammers, all in this file. The only common thing all these victims have is they all are criminals, already on trial or on the process to go on trial, and all free from any any punishment or got punishment that absolutely didn't match their crime. Do we have a vigilante here?

"We gathered all surveillance footage from CCTV, dash cam, and even private footage from the public to find the moment they went missing. We found footage of 8 victims so far and we found something similar. All 8 of them walk into an blank spot area before they went completely missing"

"Walking voluntarily?" I ask.

"Yes, voluntarily, we don't know what attract them to that blank spot area but all of them walk there voluntarily"

"Huh, that's weird"

"Why is it weird, doc? you are here to give us professional insight through the lens of a profiler, so please explain it to us"

One investigator asked me, clearly with a mocking tone. I realize, to this day the profession of profiler is still being seen as a joke by the 'professional' investigator. They still think profilers just made things up from nonsense and act like we know everything.

Even though for the past few years we've been proving ourselves useful and helpful, some investigators with high ego still see us as lower than them.

"I think that's pretty clear, Isn't it?" Tin is the one who talks and we all turn to him "If the victims are only Alphas, Betas, or Deltas, we can easily assume the bait is Omega with a very attractive pheromone. Or if the victims are all Omegas or Gammas we can assume the bait is an Alpha with a strong pheromone. But in reality, all victims come from different genders and social backgrounds. That's why it's weird because they got nothing in common that will be able to lure them into a blind spot area"

He stopped to take a breath then continued "I'm not even an investigator, detective Lee, yet I can figure out that much, if you can't then I feel sorry for dr. Vel because he has to work with someone as not insightful as you"

Everyone gasps and shocked hearing Tin's words. They clearly never see him roasting someone as blatantly as this. Did he just roast him to defend me? Why? He peels a bit of his perfect friendly person's mask by doing this for me.

"That's... That's because..." detective Lee, clearly didn't expect a direct attack from the mighty Enigma like this. He barely can form a proper sentence.

"If I can add, through my professional profiler insight" yes, I decided to save this bully investigator from the responsibility to answer Tin "It just shows that the suspect has a charm that can attract any gender from any social background. They are a confident person who are also fearless and intelligent. Most probably an Alpha. They didn't do the killing for personal reasons, they think they cleansed society by killing these 'bad' people. They did it for a long time so they must have a strong support system that supports their killing activity. Their parents, their friends, their pair. Nobody in their support system think this is wrong or trying to stop them in anyway"

TIN

I feel like I've stripped naked in front of these people when Vel said that. He didn't even know the suspect was me but he already described me 100% accurately.

I look at Ten and I can see he mouthed 'I told you' with his mouth. He is, again, right. Vel is a very good profiler. Now, I seriously think he'll be able to catch me, maybe in a not so long time. I clearly have to do something to prevent him from finding me.

The meeting continued with me explaining how the forensic team didn't find any DNA trace whatsoever from the house, not even the victims DNA. Me and my team really did run all the tests, but like I thought, I don't leave any trace behind.

Next the PR team explains how people are starting to realize we have serial killers who kill only unpunished criminals. The media gave them the nickname 'The Thumb Collector' and people on the Internet praised them as a hero who brings real justice to those who escape law. Not gonna lie, it feels good being praised as a hero.

The meeting being closed by Ping's pep talk about how they never can let a serial killer be parise as a hero by the people.

"We have to catch them ASAP and show the people who he really is," he said with a lot of anger.

Yeah, he can try. I like Ping, I really did, he is a dedicated and honest police, a rare kind. But as much as I like him I'll ever let him catch me.

My biggest concern is the beautiful telepath Alpha who knows me so well that it's starting to get scary for real. That very Alpha is now in the middle of serious file reading, so serious that he didn't realize most people in the room had already departed. His seriousness was disrupted when his phone suddenly ding. A massage I guess, he read it right away and his serious face immediately turned into an annoyed face.

He lifted his head from the phone and looked straight at me with an angry look. Just that look makes me feel like I did something wrong, which I didn't and I also never feel like this before. I don't even feel I did anything wrong when in fact I did something totally wrong. But now, just his angry look makes me feel that way? Seriously, what is wrong with me?

He stood up from his chair and walked to me with heavy stomps.

"You. Me. Talk. Now!" He said while gritting his teeth.

Ten who still sit beside me just looking at me with a concerned look.

"Ok, my office"

We then leave the meeting room and walk together to my office. He didn't say anything along the way but the moment we arrived at my office and I close the door, he immediately said with a half yelling voice :

"Why did your father send an official request for a date to my parents?"

"Huh? Already?"

"Already? So you know your father will send my parents a request?"

"I did know, but I thought he'll send it in a few days not today"

"I..." he looks like he's losing his words "Why did he even send me one?"

"Because you are talented, attractive, and coming from a good family, that's what my dad told me and I quote it just like what he said to me word per word"

He stood back a little when he heard that. He looks flattered but also confused at the same time.

"If you really hate the idea then feel free to reject it"

"There's no way my parents will reject this request"

"Your parents won't ask for your permission for this kind of matter?"

"Of course they will..."

He quickly closed his mouth realizing that he was just contradicting his own words.

I smile a little "It's just a date anyway, we already did more that a date on our first met"

"DON'T. TALK. ABOUT. THAT!" his face turned red when he said that.

He looks so cute when he's frustrated like this. To tease him a bit more, I slowly walked toward him and with a soft voice I said to him "Maybe you hope we'll do more than just a date?"

His face turned even more red when he heard that, he pushed me back softly, then said "My parents will give your father the answer" before running out of my office.

I laugh seeing his reaction. This might be more fun than I expected.