Facade of Love

Chapter 240 Handled by Charlie

Thinking of this, I looked at Idris and asked, “Can you help me get my phone back?” My phone had been taken away before the interrogation.

Seeing this, he looked at me, his mouth slightly upturned, as if he had guessed what I wanted to do. Then, he nodded. “Sure.”

Seeing his inexplicably good mood, I was a bit puzzled. However, my mind was still on finding out how to contact Inch, so I did not think much about it.

Idris quickly returned my phone. Upon taking the phone over, I immediately called Inch.

After a

few rings, the call was answered, and Inch’s voice came through, “Ms. Scott.”

Without wasting time on pleasantries, I got straight to the point over the phone, “Inch, where is Noah’s body?”

My words seemed to catch him off guard for a moment. After a pause, Inch asked, “What’s going on? Why are you suddenly asking about this?”

Without beating around the bush, I said to him, “Moore reported me for murder and hiding a body. I’ve been detained by the police, and they are currently looking for Noah’s body.”

There was a pause on the other end of the line. Inch finally said, “You’ve been detained? Are you okay?”

he was not getting to the point, I grew anxious and said, “I’m fine. Where did you put

before replying, “The body… I don’t know. It was Mr.

furrowing my brows in disbelief. “Didn’t you

sounded somewhat helpless on the other end as he explained, “I was supposed to handle it originally, but Mr. Yates said he’d arrange for someone to handle it, and that it would be done more efficiently and cleanly than if I did it. So, I handed it over to him. Afterward, he was afraid you would feel indebted to him, so he didn’t let me tell you.”

I fell silent.

in front of me, it was as if my brain had

him, Idris reached out and held my hand. The warmth of his palm. relaxed my tense nerves slightly. He did not

phone, I said, “Are you with Mr. Yates? Can you ask him where he placed the

then Inch said after a few seconds, ” Here’s the thing: you should call Mr. Yates yourself. He just assigned me to handle something here in Silvana, so I won’t be able to go

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furrowed my brow. Inch went to

After hanging up the phone, Idris looked at me and said, “No wonder the police couldn’t find. him.”

was puzzled. “Did Officer Jackson go to look for Inch?”

“When you were taken to the police station, he arranged for someone to look for him.”

my lips, feeling a bit confused.

at me, he seemed strangely calm and said, “Since

nodded and dialed Charlie’s number.