bChapter /bb29 /b

“I never did it–how can I admit to something I never did?” Elianna lifted her chin stubbornly, blinking hard to keep the tears from bfalling/b.

“And besides, recordings can be faked. Who knows if this isn’t something you cooked up on purpose to frame me? Let’s not fight banymore/b, okay? bWe’re /bfamily. Can’t we just live in peace?”

As she spoke, her emotions took over, and big teardrops began to roll down her cheeks. The police couldn’t immediately tell who was telling the truth.

“Well, in that case, both of you will need toe with us to the station,” he finally said.

Skr instructed Sophie to handle the public rification statement and to contact awyer to prepare

Later, Skr and Elianna were taken to the police station together.

for legal proceedings.

Elianna sat on a bench, shoulders shaking with visible grievance, head lowered as she clutched her phone, doing something on it.

Skr, calm as ever, leaned on her hand with bored indifference, absentmindedly fiddling with her phone.

The recording was sent to the technical team for analysis, but the results weren’t out yet.

The two women were brought into separate rooms for questioning.

Both stuck firmly to their own versions of events, and the interrogation reached an impasse.

Eventually, they were brought back to the waiting area and told they’d need someone to bail them out before they could leaveb. /b

When Yosef arrived, Elianna’s eyes filled with tears. “Yosef, you’re finally here.” She threw herself into his arms and clung tightly bto /bhim.

Skr watched the scene coldly.

Yosef frowned slightly and pushed Elianna away. “What’s going on?”

“Yosef, Skr’spany’s new meds had issues. She thinks I did it and called the police. The officers brought both of us in for questioning to get to the bottom of things.” Elianna chose her words carefully, giving a vague ount of what happened.

Yosef’s cold gaze turned to Skr. “Skr, what are you trying to pull this time?”

There it was again–that familiar line. Skr sighed. No questions. No hesitation. He always rushed to condemn her. She should be used to it by now, but her chest still ached faintly.

“What I do is none of your concern, Mr. Campbell. Just keep your woman in check. If she pulls another stunt like this, I won’t bgo /bbso /bbeasy /bon her next timeb,/bb” /bshe shrugged.

Yosef seethed. “Even now you’re being stubborn?”

Skr gave no response. She closed her eyesb, /bclearly refusing to engage.

A vein throbbed visibly on Yosef’s temple. He clenched his fists, struggling to control his rising anger. “Skr, you’reing bwith /bbme/bb./bb” /b

Elianna was stunned. “Yosef, weren’t you here to bail me out?”

Just then, Hudson appeared at the right moment. “Miss Elianna, I’m here bto /bbail you out.”

Skr had originally asked Sophie toe, but since someone else was bailing her out, there was bino /i/bneed to trouble bher/b.

She sent Sophie ba /bquick message, stood up, and walked off without saying ba /bword.

b08:17 /bbMon/b, b23 /bbJun /b

Yosef, burning with rage, stormed after her, grabbed her hand, and dragged her to his car. Skr knew she couldn’t break freeb, /bso she didn’t bwaste /bbenergy /bresisting. She let him pull her into the car.

Elianna nearly ground her teeth to dust. She red daggers at Skr through the car window.

Skr met her hateful stare with a slightb, /btaunting smile. That small smirk drove Elianna mad with fury.

“Miss Elianna, please get in,” Hudson urged.

Elíanna stomped her foot and gave an exaggerated huffb, /bthen bent down and bgot /bin the car.

Meanwhile, in Yosef’s car, both Yosef and Skr were sitting in the backseat. The air tense. Finally, Yosef spoke up first. b“/bWhere do iyou /iliveb?/bb” /b

“Block b1/bb, /bWillow Creek Estates,” Skr replied.

iAD /i