Facade of Love

Chapter 263 Gone Dark

Silence fell over me. Hiding a corpse, wiping a crime scene, leaving the body a wreck–one wrong move leads to a domino effect. Now, I was at a disadvantage.

I knew Moore had set me up, but I still walked right into it. I could not really fault Inch for going rogue. In that moment, maybe all he could think about was saving my

v skin.

He did not know for sure if I was the one who killed Noah. There was no way to be sure. If he had called the cops, would they have figured out I was not the killer? He did the only thing he could think of: obliterate the evidence and stash the body.

Despite being out of the loop as the days slipped by, I could guess that the headlines were screaming about murder and hidden bodies.

Officer Jackson dropped by for chats during the first few days, but after a while, he stopped showing up, sending others in his place instead.

From the chatter of those grilling me, I picked up that the case had blown up big time,

eye of the big shots in Capital City. They had even sent some suits to take charge of

died right in front of me, not to mention

I knew if the police did not dig up something to tip

out to Mom or Maxwell. Feeling totally cornered, I begged Officer

saw him in the visitation room, his eyes were nearly swollen shut, dark circles so deep they looked like bruises. It did not take a genius to figure that Scott Corporation had probably crumbled without

holding up okay in here? They’re not giving you a hard time, are

I shook my head, feeling a twinge of pity for him. “No, Officer

question, Marcus let out a heavy sigh, his face the picture of gloom.

his sentence hanging in the air. After a brief silence, he continued, “You know, when you decided against announcing our split from the Youngs, our business partners held off, out of respect for them. Once I let the cat out of the bag, however, it was like a dam broke. In less than a day, nearly all of them were knocking on my door, wanting to cut ties. Luckily, the big boss from Yates Group showed up to chat about teaming up on those Avaloria projects. I played it cool and didn’t sign anything on the spot. With all the drama, Scott Corporation’s stock took a nosedive, and the big–time shareholders are bailing. They were even talking about putting the whole company

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at him, concern etched on my face. “Marcus, have you gotten hold of Mom and Maxwell?”

way things were going, I was not sure if Maxwell