Race To Your Heart |Lee Heeseung|

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Matteo sat across Detective Lahaye and RJ. His eyebrows still furrowed in slight confusion.

"Donc tu ne me dis jamais pourquoi tu m'as amené ici?"

RJ waited for the detective to translate what he said.

"We brought you here for questioning, for Lee Heeseung's case."

"The racer?" His deep accent was prominent as he furrowed his eyebrows again. "What do I have anything to do with him?"

"Do you know Lee Heeseung personally?"

"We've seen each other a couple of times at clubs and bars. But I have never talked to him." He shook his head.

RJ kept his eyes slightly narrowed at him as he crossed his arms.

"Was there any interaction you might have had with him?"

Matteo thought for a bit, before shaking his head.

"No, not really."

"Why were you in his hospital room last Monday?" RJ lost his patience and asked what was on his mind, making Matteo raise his eyebrows.

"I have a friend who is friends with him. I went to bring something for that friend."

"Angel?"

"Oui."

RJ stayed quiet for a couple of seconds before shaking his head.

"Angel was not in the room when you went inside. Angel was somewhere else. What could you have possibly brought inside Heeseung's room while Angel was not there?"

"I brought Angel some fruit that he had asked for."

"There was nothing in your hands... Do you think we're dumb?" RJ raised his eyebrows, as Matteo kept his gaze on the table. "What did you do to make his pulse drop? Did you try to murder him in there too?"

"I have never tried to murder Lee Heeseung."

"Then why would you be inside his room, and he just so happens to have his pulse drop when he was doing perfectly fine before that?"

Matteo stayed quiet at RJ's intense questioning and the detective was impressed by the former cop's skills.

"I went to talk to him."

"About what?"

"Rea."

RJ looked at him for a couple of seconds, before tilting his head.

"What about Rea?"

"Angel was worried about her being with Heeseung, so I went to see Heeseung, to warn him about taking care of her."

"When did you meet Rea?" Detective Lahaye asked this time, making them both look at him.

"I met her at a club one night. She was out with Angel and he introduced her to me."

"What happened that night?"

"We didn't get to talk much because she saw Heeseung and left with him."

"Do you have any idea where they went?"

"Probably his hotel room."

"How would you know that?"

"That's what he does with all the girls."

RJ raised his eyebrows before looking at the detective.

"How do you know that?" RJ asked, a small glint of satisfaction in his eye.

Matteo caught himself before speaking as he realized he had messed up badly.

"How do you know that?" RJ asked again as he placed his elbows on the table.