Chasing the Unexpected (Nyla)

Chapter 203

“I know I was wrong. I’ll go to the police and turn myself in. Will you let me go?” Jacqueline pleaded.

Nyla shook her head. “I’m afraid that won’t work. Even if you turn yourself in, the Rainfords could still bail you out.

“What I want is for you to experience the same pain and fear that Valarie went through. Only then will you understand what she endured.

Jacqueline felt a wave of despair. She hadn’t expected Nyla to be so ruthless. She started to regret listening to Erin and taking action against Valarie. If she had just listened to her parents and apologized to Nyla, she wouldn’t be in this desperate. situation now.

Wait… Erin was the one who had instigated her. If she could just shift the blame onto Erin, maybe she could save herself!

At that thought, she looked up at Nyla.

“Ms. Jayston, Erin was the one who directed me,” she revealed.

Nyla frowned and looked at her coldly. “Erin has no grievance with Valarie. What could she gain from having you harm Valarie?”

Jacqueline shook her head, her voice trembling. “I–I don’t know, but she told me that if I ruined Valarie, Tom would be with me and save the Rainfords… Ir–really didn’t mean to harm Valarie Please, s–spare me!”

take compromising photos of Valarie and to force her

She made me do it

to shift all the

watched her in silence. Just as Jacqueline thought Nyla might be convinced, Nyla suddenly

Erin’s gentle voice came over the line “Ms. Nyla, what can

respond immediately. Instead, she played the

earlier

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brief silence before Erin’s voice, now cold, came through.

gaze and said slowly, “I didn’t want to believe it, but Jacqueline’s accusations seemed serious, so I wanted to ask you, Ms.

I

says it was my Instructions. Does she have

“Erin, don’t deny it! You were the one who directed me

keep quiet. If you continue to slander me, not just me, but the Hulles won’t let you off either!”

that, she

at Jacqueline with indifference. Do

she have any evidence? She