Chapter 2116

Clara was seething with frustration as she ranted about the unreliable gang she had hired. “Those goons have no sense of loyalty: they flip sides faster than pancakes at a Sunday brunch. Look at them now-not a dime to show for their treachery. Serves them right, it’s karma!”

Oblivious to the fact that she was on the verge of being arrested herself, Clara scorned the thugs with a sneer.

“So, what exactly do you mean by ‘flipping sides’?” Asked the officer, a hint of curiosity in his voice..

Clara recounted the tale of the gang being duped by Ivy as if it were a joke. “I told them from the start that that woman doesn’t have two nickels to rub together-just a con artist. But did they listen to me? No!”

The officers could sense Clara’s underhanded nature from just this brief conversation.

In her eyes, Ivy’s misfortune was her only source of joy-a classic case of spiteful envy.

“She plays the innocent, the damsel in distress, but behind the scenes, she’s the lowest of the low! Even that man was fooled by the act she puts on!”

mention of ‘that man,’ her expression a mix of longing and

about?” the officer

and walking away, “The fool who

they could all read the same disbelief in

this woman completely lost in her own fantasy world? She was clearly jealous of Ivy,

our own assessments, especially Mr. Howard. He knows Ivy far better than you ever could,” the officer said with a tone

believe Clara at all, only treating her as

to stand up, forgetting that

guys will regret not listening to me like those three thugs! You have all been fooled by the facade

her account without judgment. “Those thugs got caught because they got greedy. They broke the law, so we arrested them. And you, Ms. Dunhill, have been arrested for conspiracy to commit harm. In a way, you’re no better than those thugs

on Clara. She panicked, her cuffed hands fumbling beneath the table. “What evidence do you

tone was icy, “I’m in a fix because of Ivy, stuck here at the station. Get me

bolt upright from the

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