Billionaire Ex-wife: I Can't Live Without You

Chapter 1984

were made.

The officer poised with a pen asked, “Mrs.

Payne, you’ve claimed that confining Nala in the basement was a domestic discipline, not abduction or unlawful detention.

Could you provide us with concrete evidence?”

“Certainly.

”

Lucinda reached for the hem of her dress, her hands returning empty.

It was at this moment she realized her oversight.

She had intended to visit the babies but had left in such a rush she forgot her designer bag and even her phone at the Paynes’ house.

Amidst the chaos of recent days, such an error seemed almost forgivable.

“I had commissioned a paternity test through my brother, Hilliard.

The results, which were to support my claim, are in my bag.

accompany you, I

retrieve them

The officers exchanged glances.

dictated that Lucinda couldn’t leave without providing the requested

asking to

standard procedure, and they couldn’t easily grant

“Mrs.

exactly where you left your bag

pondered briefly, attempting to

they might be

only place I

I left them on the

”

officer nodded,

“We understand your situation.

dispatched to retrieve your bag and phone from the

”

station, Lucinda acquiesced,

“Please, do so quietly.

imperative not to draw

”

The villa was crowded.

members suspecting Norton’s condition, potentially alerting adversaries