Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 340

Chapter 340 Get the Mistress

Chapter 340 Get the Mistress

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He slipped behind the wheel of his car and drove away.

“Bessie!”

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Lyra snapped her fingers against Bessie’s arm, dragging her out of the storm of curses she was muttering about Henry.

“Come on, we’re going upstairs.”

Before Bessie could even process what was happening, Lyra had yanked her forward with firm insistence.

Her shoes barely found balance, and they were already beneath the hotel’s glowing awning.

“Welcome, ladies. Are you here to check in?”

The receptionist’s voice carried rehearsed brightness.

Lyra’s gaze cut across the street.

The hotel stood at the center of downtown, wrapped in layers of bustling malls and neon signs. Directly opposite rose the grandest theater in Aetheris, its brilliant marquee glittering like a crown and drawing eyes from every corner of the square.

“I want a room facing the theater. On the third floor. Is there one open?”

The receptionist shook her head with an apologetic tilt. “I’m afraid that room is already taken.”

“How long is the guest staying?”

Lyra’s voice was sharp with purpose, leaving no room to ignore the question.

“You could take a look at our other rooms,” the receptionist offered with a cautious smile. “There’s still one on the fifth floor that faces the theater.”

“No. The view is best from the third floor.” Lyra’s tone left no room for negotiation. “That is the one I want. Tell me when that guest plans to leave. Or I’ll put down a deposit now to guarantee my stay.”

She drew a sleek black card from her purse and set it onto the counter with casual precision.

The card shimmered beneath the light, intricate golden lines winding across its surface like

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The receptionist’s brow twitched, recognition flickering in her eyes. This was no ordinary guest. Her voice lowered into careful respect. “There’s no need for a deposit, ma’am. Allow me to make a call and confirm with the current occupant.”

Lyra gave a small nod.

The phone rang, breaking the tension like a bell.

“Hello, this is the front desk. May I ask how long you plan to extend your stay?”

A woman’s voice burst through the line, dripping with arrogance.

“Why are you calling me out of nowhere? Are you saying I didn’t pay enough?”

Lyra and Bessie exchanged a sharp look, their disgust mirrored perfectly in each other’s eyes.

“That isn’t the case,” the receptionist replied, voice steady but cautious. “Another guest is interested in your room. We wanted to ask if you’d consider moving. Of course, we’d provide full compensation.”

“No. You’re not listening. I already paid for six months. If you call me again about moving, then your hotel won’t stay in business much longer.”

Six months.

Lyra’s eyes flickered. For a heartbeat, her expression shifted, but she forced it back under control.

The call ended. The receptionist looked back at her, guilt etched across her face. “I’m sorry.”

Lyra lifted a hand in dismissal, though her voice still carried a quiet edge. “She paid for six months, yes? Do you know when she checked in?

“I don’t mind waiting if her stay is almost up.”

“She’ll need to renew in two months. She doesn’t live in Aetheris, but she visits several times a year. Each time, she stays for weeks,” the receptionist answered.

“I see.”

Lyra schooled her features into a mask of mild disappointment, then turned with Bessie and walked away.

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The instant they stepped out of the hotel, their polite façades vanished. They were replaced with cold looks.

A figure in black slipped out of the shadows and appeared at Lyra’s side as if conjured from the night itself.

“Send everything we’ve recorded these past few days to Ms. Ember.”

Lyra handed him the camera she had carried so carefully.

“Yes, ma’am.”

He disappeared almost instantly, swallowed by the dark.

Bessie’s mouth fell open in stunned silence.

“Tess, I’ve got news I know you’ll want to hear.”

“Hm?”

Lyra recited every detail she had coaxed out of the receptionist.

Tess sat at her desk, Layla finally asleep in her crib.

As Lyra’s words reached her through the phone, Tess’s eyes turned cold and unyielding.

Shannon had been in Aetheris for four months. There was no way she would linger alone. That meant Henry was here as well. 1

Every year, Shannon returned to Aetheris more than once, and every visit lasted weeks.

A bitter curve pulled at Tess’s mouth.

Henry’s recklessness stunned her. He had hidden a woman who should have stayed dead, in the center of the city right under her nose.

Was he so confident because he believed his trail was invisible? Or was it because he thought she and Kylie were too blind to see the truth?

“I sent the files to your email.”

Lyra’s voice carried the final blow before the line went dead.

Tess shook off her haze, opened her laptop, and pulled the files onto her screen.

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