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,

They had even sent

down that Noah died right in front of me, not to mention I had gotten my hands on the knife that did him in and fessed up to stashing Noah’s body,

spot. I knew if the police did not dig up something to tip the scales in my favor

without my phone, I could not reach out to Mom or Maxwell. Feeling totally cornered, I begged Officer Jackson

When I 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

“Yvette, you holding up okay in

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

sigh, his face the picture of gloom. “Well, it’s looking

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.

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bad, but an auction? That was next level. I looked at him, concern etched on my face. “Marcus, have you gotten hold of Mom and Maxwell?”

were going, I was not sure if Maxwell could make it back in time to