Chapter 32

Chapter 32



The police station was eerily quiet, as if all eyes fixed on us.

Officer Lucy, who had spoken to me last time, had returned from field duty. Spotting us, she quickly pulled a colleague aside to whisper something.

I knew with Clyde's approval, Kayla could pretty much get away with anything short of arson or murder. But I wasn't ready to let it slide. After all, she chose to mess with me. And Clyde? He wasn't keen on divorce.

But the onlookers didn't know their story and were naturally curious.

Jade scoffed, "Mel, he's only your husband on paper. Letting the other woman waltz right in? Scumbag, disgusting!"

It must've been some special day because the station was unusually crowded. I tried to force down tears that weren't there, bowing my head in feigned distress.

At that, a few bystanders couldn't hold back.

"No way. So young and already homewrecking? Shameless."

"She's clearly after his money. The legit wife keeps it simple, but the mistress? She's always dressed to kill."

"That man's got a look of a heartbreaker. No good, both of them."

The bystanders, especially when sensing injustice, sided overwhelmingly with me.

Clyde looked furious, fixing his gaze on me.

one unloved! You don't

only fueled

the police had no choice but

essentially a dispute without any

smashed my vase, an antique. It's worth thousands. Surely, that's enough for a

fiddled with my fingers, suddenly

momentarily at a

the house. What have you got? Can you afford

don't earn a penny, that's still marital property, and the mistress has no claim on them. And you

almost reflexively, nodded

worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, maybe even grand theft?" Jade gripped my hand, visibly excited. She thought

eyebrow, the officer seemed puzzled on how to

first. If that

step in."

we'll

officer gone, the atmosphere chilled

Clyde's arm, Kayla looked desperate as

he laughed, "Melanie, I knew it. You

you left with that rich guy and insisted on

you want

can't

it,

You

letting him believe what he

to point at Clyde. "Do you even realize what you did

quickly pulled her back, shaking my head softly, "It's the truth. No

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