Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 303

Shawn's expression shifted dramatically. Lillian had already reached out to him, insisting over and over again that Allison and Joshua must never know about their connection.

Since Wesley had already been caught, it didn't seem to matter much if Allison found out about his ties with Zack.

Shawn shook his head, saying, "It's not like that."

Allison glared at him, her voice sharp as a knife, "Then how do you know? How did you know Chris took me to Maplewood, and how did you know about Joshua's plan? Did you call the cops on purpose, hoping we'd both be stuck there forever?"

"No, it's not like that!" Shawn's eyes flickered with urgency as he hurried to explain, "It's not like that, Allie. I had no clue about Joshua's plan. I only knew Chris had kidnapped you, and I called the police to save you. How could I just stand by and do nothing while you were in danger?"

Allison's patience was wearing thin. "I'll ask you one last time, how did you know Chris took me to Maplewood?"

who told me..." Shawn averted his gaze, feeling a bit

"Why

but because I had ticked off the Sullivan family, the Hartley family, and your Owens family, nobody dared to step in and help us out. Then a guy named Wesley approached me. He said

who made the offer; it was Lillian. But

remembered right, Wesley was a big shot at London's old workplace and had quite the reputation

Wesley was no joke. Investing in Reynolds Group was

Allison realize he was actually Chris's man. All

a near-bankrupt company like Reynolds Group didn't make sense. He could've easily made more

shot a suspicious glance

almost bankrupt. What would he gain? looked into Wesley before, and he's all about the