Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 344

The officers didn't buy it and insisted on checking the footage.

To their surprise, just as the manager had claimed, there wasn't a single useful frame-the cameras had captured nothing at all.

Lyman shook his head. "Next time, don't waste police resources. Filing false reports is a crime, you know."

He stood his ground, insisting he hadn't laid a finger on Mitchell. And even if he had, Mitchell started it.

Mitchell was livid. He'd honestly thought this time he'd finally get justice, but things had turned out the opposite.

"Lyman, do you even have a shred of decency left?" Mitchell ground out, glaring at Lyman with enough intensity to burn holes through him.

Lyman just shrugged. "Not anymore. Lucky for you, you never had any to begin with. Consider it a gift."

"You-!"

"Officer, if there are no witnesses and no evidence, I'm free to go, right?"

The officer nodded. "You're free to leave."

Lyman didn't waste another moment. He left, Effie following close behind.

Neither of them spared a glance back, while Mitchell stared daggers at their retreating figures.

phone

him on speaker. “Spit it out. If you've got something to say,

"Well, well, look at you-turning

so fast. It had barely happened,

here, gotta run," Lyman

a woman's high-pitched giggle drifted through

even Lyman felt

busy," Lyman said dryly. "I'll let you get

reply, Lyman

frustration. "Damn it! Who's got

bad, why could he

was sprawled on the floor in a drunken

every night, drinking herself senseless under the guise of work, never sparing him

few unsavory characters had started circling, but

Annabel's eyes snapped open. She

"This place looks familiar..."

snorted to himself. Of course it did this used to

Annabel muttered,

him? Why can't dream about

she calling a

done her a favor, and now he was the bad

this would happen,