Chapter 149 Her Own Tangled Trap

The video was sharp and perfectly clear. And it showed exactly

what Alistair had said. He and his wife were just strolling through

the park, hand in hand. As they got close to the fountain, Freya

came walking toward them. But while she was still a good few feet away from them, she suddenly just sort of wobbled and then pitched headfirst right into the water!

The whole time, they never laid a finger on her. They didn't even speak to her. In fact, right before Freya took her unplanned dip,

Alistair and Caroline hadn't even spared her a single glance!

The truth was right there, plain as day, for everyone to see. Freya's face went a ghastly shade of pale. The self-righteous mob that had been vehemently baying for Alistair's blood just stood there,

mouths agape.

Alistair faced the officer. "Officer, you saw it. This group, led by

Ms. Peterson, launched a vicious, unprovoked attack on my wife and me. If that bodyguard hadn't luckily filmed it, with them all ganging up and lying, we'd have been screwed. No way to clear

our names."

The officer turned, his expression stern, looking from Freya to the

now-silent crowd. "Well? Your explanation?"

Freya was floored, looking like she'd been hit by a truck.

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She honestly had no idea how she'd gone from walking fine one

second to taking an involuntary swim in the fountain.

Her whole focus had been on proving her love for her boyfriend. The harebrained plan? Stage a bump and fall, a classic fake injury, then use her huge fanbase to pressure whoever pissed off her boyfriend into a groveling apology.

Okay, falling early had thrown her, made her panic. But weirdly,

the result was even better, more dramatic, than her original plan.

Initially, just the three of them were there. But the instant she struck her most pathetic, tearful damsel-in-distress pose, every onlooker automatically assumed she was the victim.

The crowd, moments ago so aggressively testifying for Freya,

now panicked, their faces paling, desperately trying to distance

themselves.

But Alistair's words painted their actions as something far more

serious, verging on a coordinated mob attack, maybe even

harassment. So, the local cops rounded them all up and hauled

them to the station for investigation.

Freya, truly caught in her own tangled trap, was a blubbering, hysterical mess, frantically calling for backup.

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gear, mask, sunglasses, and the works, strode into the

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and Alistair, he did a visible double-take, and

he got the full, unvarnished story, he rounded on Freya, voice tight. "Who the hell told

thinking?"

face a mess of tears and makeup, pointed a trembling, accusatory finger at

Alistair just sighed, exasperated.

get any more

this

was

unattainable dream girl.

even started, he'd been brutally

he only noticed her

his precious,

had

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love's

substitute.

interesting and totally healthy premise,

was proud of a seriously powerful family. He wasn't the type to just let people walk all over

who could bully him, make him swallow his anger, and shut up had to be a

so desperate to impress

realized something was seriously wrong was

wildly inaccurate conclusion that Caroline was

my cousin! My cousin,

was, once again, utterly

finally

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to suck up to Caroline

late for

*****

Who do you

back from the station. Trying to get to bed earlier, they'd showered together. However,

the deep quiet of the night, heartbeats settled. Alistair lay in bed, propped on an elbow, face to face with Caroline,

softly.

Alistair ventured. "Leo?"

an eyebrow. "Why

right? Figured he got tired of her,

her, made sure

I'm being unfair. You

to the chase. "It

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the strings."

mother... Wait, that's

Caroline didn't even say aunt.

mother. That small detail spoke volumes about their ice- cold, estranged

Then, it clicked.

His mom probably looks down on Freya and thinks she's not good enough for her precious son. But she doesn't want to be the bad guy, openly

after

knowing it would backfire. Killing two birds

Diabolical.

you get

arm around her waist,

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