Facade of Love

Chapter 237 Murder and Hiding a Body

Slightly pursing my lips, I did not want to speculate on his behavior and calmly said, “You didn’t have to waste time driving me here.” Regardless of his reasons for suddenly being so attentive to me, I did not need it.

His face stiffened as I spoke so bluntly. After a few seconds of stunned silence, the gloom on his face eased somewhat, replaced by a barely noticeable panic as he said, “That’s not what I meant.”

I did not say much and just stated, “I’ve disrupted your morning, so I’m sorry. I have things to do later and won’t have time to invite you for lunch.”

After saying that, I turned to leave.

Then, he grabbed my wrist. I frowned in annoyance and did not look back at him before simply asking, “Is there something else?”

Sensing my displeasure, his voice was a bit low as he said, “Don’t get too close to Charlie in the future.”

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Suppressing my irritation, I turned to look at him and said expressionlessly, “Idris, we are divorced. Divorce means we no longer have any reason to interfere with each other’s lives. Who I get close to is my freedom.”

His brows furrowed deeply as his eyes fixed on me. His voice was heavy, but a few seconds later, he said somewhat weakly, “I’m not trying to interfere with your life, I just wanted to remind you that Charlie is not a good person. I hope you can protect yourself.”

I had thought we would end this conversation in an argument, but to my surprise, he did not get angry and calmly explained himself.

My built–up annoyance dissipated. After a pause, I responded less harshly. “I got it.”

me, saying, “Go ahead. Have a

bit unaccustomed to this way of interacting with him. I nodded

the Scott Corporation

left me feeling

he reminded met of a dinner engagement I had to attend that evening. It was originally Maxwell’s commitment, but

phone rang. It was Officer

I

finish my greeting, he said, “Ms. Scott, give it to me straight–is

skipped a beat. After hesitating for a few seconds, I responded, “Officer Jackson,

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expression, but I could sense that he seemed worried as he said, “Half an hour ago, someone

and hiding a

frowned. “Who visited

to be Billy Wilson. Do you know him?”

Billy Wilson?

did not recognize the name at

phone, I said, “Officer Jackson, and

but

“Since it involves a homicide, detectives from the criminal police have already gone to Scott Corporation to look for you. I’m calling you to confirm whether Noah is really dead. Tell me the truth. If he’s dead, I need to quickly dispatch people to find the body for investigation, otherwise,

to frame me?” I asked over