Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 978

The steel chain was thick. The officer took a while to cut it off.

The moment she was free, Larissa felt immensely relieved.

She thanked the officer and scrambled downstairs.

Freddy was already taken away by the first officer. Only Lewis was left.

He was staring off into space with an unpleasant expression on his face.

“Lewis? Larissa waved her hand in front of him.

He snapped back to reality and looked down at her legs.

“All good?” he asked.

“All good.” She jumped around happily.

“Let’s go to the police station.” Lewis began pulling her downstairs. “We need to make a report. And Marilyn His gaze tumed cold.”

no escape for her.”

Marilyn, Larissa’s heart

She elbowed him and complained. “If it weren’t for your charisma, I wouldn’t have

retorted. “If you’d revealed your identity in the first place and let

Allen in the police car on the opposite road. “That monster has nothing to do with me. It’s all you.”

he pointed and met Allen’s

her. His dark stare was enough to give anyone the chills.

away quickly.

behind. He was going with Larissa

gun to threaten me, and took

“She

Allen refused to admit that he had conspired with Marilyn. He did

he and Larissa were just quarreling and that Larissa had gone to his house

officers brought Marilyn in, she insisted on

bracelet. But she said she wanted to take a detour hallway and wanted

some

with her, the officers had no idea who to believe. They were both

that Marilyn was refusing to admit her

evidence.” He played a recording. It was the entire conversation

happening to Larissa. Before she headed out. Lewis gave her another phone and got her to hide it in her

a call with him the entire time. He’d arranged for it