Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 250

Chapter 250 If Finn Wasn’t My Uncle

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Nadine had just smiled gleefully when Zack, surprisingly, decided to be smart for once.

His gaze locked sharply on her. “And why should I believe you?”

The confident curve at the corner of her lips froze for a moment. She quickly recovered and tilted her chin slightly. “It’s fine if you don’t believe me. What about Mr. Lock? Do you believe him?”

She looked right into his eyes without wavering, and that made Zack hesitate.

He got to his feet. “Then I’ll wait until Mr. Lock says it himself.”

After all…

He rubbed his hands together as a certain elegant face flashed in his mind.

Nadine bit her lip, silently cursing him for refusing to take the bait, yet she could only force a pleasant smile. “Fine. I’ll go to Finn right after this.”

In the end, it was the mention of Finn that made Zack, who had been looking for trouble, drop

the matter.

Meanwhile, Tess was meeting Lyra at the highest floor of Aetheris’s revolving sky restaurant.

Lyra set down her drink that had arrived first. “What do you want me to do?”

Tess raised her brows slightly, clearly not expecting such directness. She placed her own glass down and looked at Lyra earnestly. “The rumors online are spreading wildly. They’re hurting my career—and my friends as well. I’d like to ask you to help set the record straight.”

Lyra’s fingers tightened on the delicate glass. “But there were so many people present that day. Do you know why the rumors are still spreading, even growing?”

She looked up to study Tess’s expression.

“I’ve guessed,” Tess said with a soft laugh.

She was calmer than Lyra had expected.

Her gaze met Lyra’s without flinching. “And you? Have you accepted it?”

A brief silence hung in the air before Lyra shook her head, breaking it. “As a presiding judge, I

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can refuse to accept it. But the moment I speak out to clear your name, it will be the same as overturning my superiors‘ table and slapping my colleagues in the face.”

Tess’s heart sank upon hearing that.

She sighed. “I didn’t think it through. I’m sorry for putting you in such a difficult position.”

“Mhm.”

Lyra’s brows were drawn together. Though her face still carried a trace of childlike delicacy, the tension there made her intimidating.

That was the end of the subject. Tess wouldn’t press her for more. She called a waiter over to hurry the food along. “Then let’s just treat this as a get–together.”

She smiled warmly at Lyra.

But Lyra seemed caught off guard. Her puzzled gaze flicked to Tess as an inexplicable tremor stirred in her chest.

“No, thanks,” she said, standing up.

Right now, Tess was at the very center of public controversy. Getting too entangled with her would do Lyra no good.

Lowering her lashes, Lyra added quietly, “You’d better keep an eye on the plaintiff’s attorney from that day. She has quite a background.”

Tess’s eyes widened in surprise.

She had known Nadine was involved, but she hadn’t expected Lyra to bring it up herself.

“Thank you,” Tess said solemnly.

Lyra picked up her leather briefcase and left without another word.

The seat across from Tess was suddenly empty–only for a new figure to slide into it naturally moments later.

Tess looked up, her brows twitching slightly when she saw the flamboyant, handsome man in a fitted motorcycle jacket.

She had deliberately chosen a secluded window seat, but Abel’s arrival immediately drew curious glances toward her.

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He didn’t care in the slightest. Leaning lazily on one arm, he looked at her with bored eyes. “Tough situation?”

Tess’s lips twitched. She was beginning to suspect Abel had been following her.

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