Semua Bab The Billionaire's Deal : Bab 111 - Bab 120

Elizabeth's point of view: I stared at her, my heart racing as I wondered what to do — confront her, ask her why? I watched as she finished talking, lowering the phone with a proud smile. This woman was truly the devil.She turned towards me and I ducked, backing away from the hallway and rushing back to the room.I got into the room to find Richard, eyes red, swollen, just surfing.“Richard!” I called out almost immediately.He looked up at me, narrowing his eyes as I scrambled to find the words.“I know who took Lilly!” I blurted — the only words I could manage.Richard shot to his feet. “Really?” he asked, gripping my arms, and I nodded.“Laura! Laura took her,” I said, and I immediately felt his grip loosen. He blinked, disbelief clouding his eyes.“What are you talking about?” Richard asked, and I nodded again.“I heard her. She was talking to the kidnappers on the balcony.” I tried to explain, but I could see it — Richard didn’t believe me.“Elizabeth,” he said, taking a slow s

Elizabeth's Point of view:“What!” My heart stopped. My chest tightened, and hot tears began to slip down my cheeks, faster than I could wipe them away."It can't be" I muttered as I shot to my feet, grabbing my robe,following Richard as he began walking out of the room. My legs felt shaky, but I didn’t slow down, keeping my eyes on his back as he walked quickly down the hallway. He didn’t even glance at me — he went straight to Laura’s door and pushed it open.I stopped by the door, leaning by the wall, my heart pounding, my mind racing.“The police found something…” I heard Richard say and Laura broke down, her crying cut through the air “It can’t be… not my Lily! Not my baby!”Her voice cracked, the sound so raw it made my throat ache. She sobbed and wailed like the world had ended, and for a moment, I almost believed her. Would she really let her daughter die?Richard murmured something I couldn’t make out — gentle words meant to calm her. After a minute, the sound of her sobs

Richard’s Point of View:"Please hold on, sir, while I talk to the morgue technician," the officer said, pointing to a chair in the waiting area at the police station.I nodded and sat down, my legs tapping against the floor without me thinking about it. My mind was moving faster than my body, looping through the same thoughts. I told myself not to let it wander, but it kept drifting there anyway."Poor Laura," I muttered under my breath. If my heart felt this heavy, I could only imagine hers — three years raising our daughter, only to lose her like this.Then I thought of Elizabeth. This would crush her too. The trauma she was already going through, I could almost see her spiraling.I glanced at the clock. It felt like I’d been sitting there for hours. Did the detective fall asleep? Why was he taking so long?The more minutes passed, the harder it was to stop my mind from going places. I thought about what it would mean losing Lily again. The thought made my chest tighten.Suddenly m

Elizabeth’s point of view:Three months later:Richard was right—I did need a lawyer. Laura's plan was deeper than I thought, and the evidence against me was solid. She managed to make it look like I kidnapped Lilly and shot my accomplice to keep it a secret. My fingerprint and DNA were everywhere.It took months of going to court and even a night in jail, but somehow Richard’s lawyer, Benjamin, had managed to get the case against me thrown out. He made the evidence look circumstantial—saying I was only there to save Lily after receiving a call from the kidnappers, that my fingerprint was on the gun because I’d grabbed it and accidentally fired in self-defense. Richard and Benjamin even went as far as creating a fake ransom call and backdating it to the day it happened. I had no idea how they pulled it off, but I guess that was the perk of being engaged to the best software engineer in the world.Now I was free. The police were preparing to close the case due to lack of any other evid

Richard's point view: My heart dropped and my phone almost did too, so there was a burner, Elizabeth was right? Why did it feel like I wanted her to be wrong so badly. I walked out of Rachel's office calling Benjamin almost immediately. “You said you found the burner?” I asked.“Yes, sir. She hid it in the bathroom ceiling.”I shut my eyes, a sharp ache pressing behind them. Elizabeth’s words came rushing back, her fall in Laura's room, how I had thought she was losing it. God, I owed her an apology. A big one.“What did you find? Who has she been in contact with?” I asked, remembering how Elizabeth swore Laura had an accomplice, the one who pulled the trigger.“Nothing, sir. The phone looks brand new, like it’s never been used.”“That’s impossible,” I muttered, pacing. “If Elizabeth was right about the burner, then she must’ve been right about everything else.”“Sir?”" Laura is a smart girl, I am certain she is hiding something in that phone" I said pausing as my mind swirled, I n