Becoming Strangers Again by Lily

Chapter 181

RYAN

"I am listening."

She stared down at her hand and sighed. "Clover was the first to approach me at the estate, but I didn't want to work with him at that time, so I kicked him out, later, when you told us to leave the estate, I knew I had to reach out to him."

The detective glanced at me and I nodded, catching on his silent request to let him take over from her. "What was his offer when he approached you and what was his offer when you approached him?"

"I can't remember what exactly it was that he said to me, but I know it was about ruining your family, and when I went back to him, I gave him an idea on how to make it happen."

"And what idea was that?"

Licking her lips, she nervously glanced at me.

"answer the question and stop staring at me." I scolded.

"I was the one who suggested the abduction of your kids. I knew that would keep you away from the office and would allow me to get my way into the company."

I scoffed. "Are you really that stupid?" I deadpanned, "You think you can easily access my company just because I was absent?"

"Not if I was going to make you sign over some of the shares to me through your secretary, but when your mum showed up, we knew our plan had flopped."

"So killing my father was not enough, you had to go ahead and abduct my kids?"

Her eyes watered. "I just wanted to get away from poverty." She defended herself. "I just wanted less than one percent of what you had."

"At the detriment of other people's happiness?" the detective demanded. "at the detriment of his kids' life and the sanity of his wife?"

with this bitch. "My father." I rasped.

She fell silent.

this is game over for you Maya." The detective reasoned. "with the cufflink that

is going to jail because one of you did

mother out of this." She muttered, "She was only trying to protect

she killed him?" he demanded, tilting his

shook her head.

body froze at the words I had

her lips

on the table. The laptop and the books on the table

on mine and squeezed gently. "if you cannot handle this,

through my hair. "I am fine." I sniffed, fighting the urge to reach across the table and squeeze her neck.

in silence for a while before returning his attention to Maya. "Why

found out,"

out what?" I

am not really

my father because he found out that you and your mother are nothing but

Avoiding everyone's gaze, she

her hand.

her cheeks. "He was going to kick us out, and

detective nodded. "take me

and when I came in, I saw Richard's car parked outside. I looked

saw something on the passenger seat. A DNA result with his name

it."

is not only cruel