Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 284

Chapter 284 You Want Me to Call You Naive?

Chapter 284 You Want Me to Call You Naive?

“Call the police. Tell them we’ve got an attempted murder suspect.”

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Finn’s voice was lethal. He was ready to end this. The nanny crumpled, dropping to her knees, forehead smacking the floor in frantic bows. “Mr. Lock! I–I lost my mind! Please, let me go! I have elderly parents depending on me. I can’t survive prison!”

She was sobbing, snot and tears running down her face, stripped of all the neat composure she once carried. Pathetic, like a stray cat drenched in a downpour.

Neither Finn nor Zane flinched. They just stared coldly.

“Ah!”

She toppled over as Zane’s boot slammed her down. Her whole body trembled.

“When you tried to hurt Miss Layla, did you think about your parents then? Did you think about the consequences?”

Zane kicked her again, not showing a shred of sympathy.

She stared at him, wide–eyed, desperate. But outside, the rising wail of sirens

grew closer.

The door opened. The officer in charge, his chest pinned with medals, dipped his head respectfully toward Finn before gesturing.

Silver cuffs clicked around the nanny’s wrists, and she was hauled away to the car.

Her face was pale, hollow, but not frantic–not like someone whose world had just collapsed.

It was as if … she’d expected this.

Finn’s gaze followed the squad car until it vanished. His lips pressed into a hard line, his eyes darker than night.

Zane muttered, seething, “She really must be insane. Pretending to be harmless while she was actually this vicious? Did her jealousy eat her alive enough for her to go after a child?”

He would’ve kept going, but one sharp look from Finn silenced him.

Evermount Villa fell quiet again. Finn didn’t head to the office. Instead, he drove straight back to the hospital where Tess and Layla were resting.

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“How’s recovery?”

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He stepped in smoothly, setting fresh flowers in the vase on her bedside table as if it were a habit.

Tess’s smile faded the moment she saw him. She barely glanced at the bouquet before looking

away.

The air went stiff, awkward, broken only by Layla’s steady gulps at her bottle.

With Tess injured, she’d switched her to formula for easier digestion.

Finn sat beside her, unbothered by the chill, though a sigh pressed heavily in his chest.

Her resistance had become routine.

He pulled out a chair and sat next to her.

“The one behind Layla’s attack–it’s been found.”

Tess’s hand stilled on the bottle. Her throat worked before she rasped, “Who?”

Just that one word sent a chill through him.

“The nanny?”

She let out a bitter laugh, eyes snapping up to lock with his. “Do you honestly believe a nanny acted alone? That she had the guts to move against Layla on her own?”

Finn frowned. “What are you implying?”

“What about Nadine? Did you even look into her?”

Tess pressed, her voice cutting.

Her intensity ground against him, made his chest tighten.

She could smile for anyone else–even that judge, Lyra–but when it came to him, she looked at him like he was the enemy. He hated how much that stung.

His tone hardened. “What’s Nadine got to do with this? There’s surveillance of the nanny buying medicine from outsiders. She admitted it herself–you disciplined her, she held a grudge, she lashed out. Isn’t that enough proof?

“Or tell me, Tess–what exactly do you want?”

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