Facade of Love

Chapter 6 No Proof to Disprove

After leaving those words hanging in the air, Idris got into his car and drove away.

I was stunned for a few seconds before realizing he had seemed angry.

What did saying thank you have to do with us being husband and wife?

Not bothering to think more about it, I returned to the office to work overtime. Given my father’s illness, it seemed Scott Corporation would be increasingly busy.

Inside Scott Corporation’s Office.

As I reached the door, I heard giggling from inside.

When I entered, I saw Sweety Taters sitting on the sofa, watching a drama on her tablet. When she looked up and saw me, she put it down, then pushed the lunch box on the coffee table toward me. Where’d you go? Weren’t we supposed to have lunch together? Your food’s gone cold.”

I sat down next to her, opened the lunch box, and began eating. “My dad’s in the hospital. I went to

visit him.”

She looked concerned. “Mr. Scott is in the hospital? What happened?”

cancer,” I replied, finding

that…” Sweety paused,

say something sentimental. “This is all a part of

not what I mean. I wasn’t planning to comfort you. I was going to say that now

put down my utensils and stared at the

Then he could tell the police that you didn’t elope

No proof…

was eighteen and had just graduated from high school. Attracted by the allure of Southeast Alara, I applied to Mandala University

enrollment day, Kane was busy with work and Mom had to take care of an elderly relative, so Moore was supposed to pick me up from

not Moore who showed up but a dark–skinned man who claimed Moore

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to pick me up.

for that? However, Moore then called and said that she was busy, telling me

the man showed me around Mandala, and we ate a lot of good food. I let my guard down, thinking he was just a friend of Moore’s. That was why when he suggested

why when something did happen, everyone thought it was

reckless.

hotel?” Sweety interrupted my thoughts. She looked at me and said, “When we found you back then, the hotel owner said you and the man had been in the room together for several days. Then as you were leaving, you were being held up by the man. He even claimed that you were being so

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surveillance footage or recording of what happened back then. Everything had been confirmed from the other people’s testimonies. I pursed my l*ps, unable to argue back. I simply looked at her sideways and said, “I lost consciousness as soon as

“The police investigated, thoroughly but couldn’t prove that Moore had conspired with that man to abduct you. There were no phone records, your phone was lost, and the man had run away. No one could