Chapter 81

“Emmett! Get him to let go of me!” Molly Parrott yelled, her eyes fixed on Emmett. “Why didn’t you tell me about your sham marriage, Emmett? I’d marry you in a heartbeat! Why would you choose an old hag like her? She’s not worthy of you, I’m your wife!”

At that, Emmett turned to look at Clara.

She quickly waved her hands, “It wasn’t me who told her, Ricardo did!”

“How did Ricardo find out?”

“I think Ricardo might have made that up to placate Molly… I swear I didn’t tell anyone!”

Behind them, Ricardo swiftly tied up Molly and gave Emmett and Clara a thumbs up, “Mr Melendez, Ms Calloway, I’ll take her to the police station right away!”

Clara shrugged, raising an eyebrow, “See? He didn’t know anything!”

“Are you hurt?” Emmett scanned her worriedly.

concern, “Nope, I’m fine!”

Emmett took Clara’s hand and started to

quickly asked, “Mr. Melendez! What should we do with Ms

If she dares to touch my wife, it seems the Parrotts don’t want to stay in business anymore. You can send them my regards

Clara was whisked

Clara asked, bewildered, as she was shoved into the car, “Where are we going?”

see a doctor. You’re

down at her arm and noticed

I’ll just put a Band–Aid

“No.”

so she let it pass. “What did you mean by what you said earlier? Send them my regards? You’re

dirtying my hands over. Let the Parrotts handle

take it out on the Parrotts? That’s a bit harsh, isn’t it?” Clara was taken aback by Emmett’s calm yet

you today, she might find other ways to hurt

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