Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 966

Endora's eyes darted around in panic, her expression filled with horror as the police cuffed her and brought her into the Banyan City Police Department. With both legs broken, she lay on a stretcher, receiving treatment from a doctor dispatched by the police.

A police officer, holding a stack of documents, gazed coldly at the woman known for her numerous wrongdoings. "Endora, once we've got your legs stabilized enough for you to sit up, we'll proceed with a formal interrogation. We hope you'll cooperate for a lighter sentence. But let's get two things straight: first, six accomplices have already confessed that you masterminded the kidnap of a three-year-old girl, paying them to do the dirty work.

The girl was found last night by a Ms. Bartels. The police arrived on the scene promptly, apprehending your hired goons and bringing Ms. Bartels in for questioning."

"What?" Endora's voice was laced with disbelief. "Ms. Bartels found the girl?"

"Yes, Elaine made the call. But whether she's involved, we're investigating."

"She... Elaine... she..." A storm of thoughts raged in Endora's mind, then it hit her.

Elaine had betrayed her!

So, now she was the scapegoat for the kidnapping?

And with Elaine seeing her as no longer useful, unable to secure Parker's billion, she decided to play the good Samaritan, pushing Cherry into the spotlight to save her own skin? What a cunning, malevolent woman! Betrayal and shifting blame!

In the game of schemes, she was outplayed by this traitor, only to be double-crossed in the end.

Rage coursed through Endora, her veins bulging, her words trembling with anger, but the officer's next words deflated her completely:

"Second, don't even think your parents can pull strings to bail you out this time. Parker has stepped in, and as of this afternoon, your parents were taken into custody. According to the latest financial news, Parker, along with a team of lawyers, has descended on the Melford Group to investigate your father's takeover of Fabian's company three years ago. There's a shareholders' meeting at the Melford Group, possibly leading to a shake-up. In short, your family is on the brink of bankruptcy, and the company's on the verge of slipping through your fingers. We advise you to stay put and face the charges against you. Only with a good attitude and acceptance of your crimes can we consider leniency. But make no mistake, jail time is inevitable."

"No, listen to me, officer!" Endora's face was ashen, her head shaking in denial. "The kidnapping wasn't my idea; someone else was behind it, manipulating me! I was just... ah!"

Endora fainted, her face turning a sickly shade

doctor rushed over, frowning. "Her hands and feet... was

already tipped off by Parker, deliberately overlooked Endora's injuries, maintaining a "see no evil, hear no evil" stance. "Treat her for now. It's getting late. Lock her up, and we'll interrogate her alone once she's stable." At eight in the evening,

she found herself in a detention

dimly lit,

of them immediately caught

Elaine...?

was she here

that Ms. Bartels had been brought in for

small world, this traitorous

clenched her fists in fury, her eyes blazing with rage as she

slump helplessly on the edge of the bed, glaring

and deliberate, as if she had been

for silence, gracefully standing and walking towards Endora with a tone that was calm yet carried a stark warning. "Keep

to Banyan City, seeking refuge with me, and I took you in, made you my strategist. You encouraged me to poison Fabian, trap his family... and then you pushed me to kidnap Cherry. I'll tell the police everything about you tomorrow! They'll see right through you. The Bartels family deals in pharmaceuticals; I

if you betray me, do you really think you can wash your hands clean

you as the mastermind behind all this, the source of every

Endora's mouth, her eyes gleaming with malice as she whispered venomously, pressing down on Endora's throat. "You know why you could never win over Parker? Because you're stupid, not half as clever or strategic as me. If

the Bartels Group bankrupt. I've been a rat in the gutter for

caught in Parker's net, every piece of evidence pointing right

do you want to avoid

reeling, her complexion

for, brought down by Parker's revenge, facing charges for the kidnapping and conspiring with