All Chapters of After Eight Years, She Left Me at the Altar for Her First Love: Chapter 261 - Chapter 270

The female officer also warned Lucas, “Don’t threaten her.”Lucas had no choice but to raise his hand and hold it loosely in front of Gwen’s face.Miles and Gwen both looked at him suspiciously.Only the female officer understood immediately.The pity in her eyes as she looked at Gwen faded.“His hand is bigger than your entire face. The handprints on your face are obviously much smaller. Those slaps couldn’t have come from him.”Gwen instinctively touched her cheek.Damn it.She had completely forgotten about that.At the time, she had only wanted to make herself look as miserable as possible, so she had slapped herself especially hard. The marks still hadn’t faded.She hadn’t expected that very detail to expose her.If she had known, she wouldn’t have hit herself so hard.Miles was furious too.Inwardly, he cursed Gwen for being stupid.If she was going to fake evidence, she should at least have done it properly.Leaving two obvious handprints like that was practically

As Lucas waited in tense, restless silence, Ivy came, just as she had promised.It took her less than half an hour.Whether she had left from the Quinn estate or the office, either trip should have taken at least an hour.That meant Ivy had probably already been on her way to pick him up when Lucas called her.How had Ivy known he was at the police station?Lucas knew he should stay clear-headed, but right now, he didn’t want to think about any of it.Because Ivy was here.Ivy walked into the interview room and smiled at the officer.“I’m here to pick up Lucas York.”When the female officer saw Ivy, she frowned.This girl looked like she could still be in high school.She asked suspiciously, “Are you his sister?”Ivy blinked, perfectly calm.“I’m his wife.”The officer froze.Then she shot Lucas a judgmental look.This guy. How dare he?Lucas knew from her expression that she had gotten the wrong idea.He rubbed his forehead helplessly.This was not the first time so

“What happened between you and Fiona did damage your reputation,” Ivy said. “But it did not cross any real moral line. What Gwen pulled tonight is different. It will make everyone think you’re a terrible person. If they had succeeded, you might even have gone to prison and ended up with a criminal record.”The more Ivy spoke, the tighter her brows drew together.“What Miles did actually feels like the kind of fight that happens between powerful families. They use public opinion to throw dirt on the other person. Families like that care about reputation more than anything. If one of their own gets caught in a scandal and damages the family name, they’ll often cut that person loose to protect everyone else.”Ivy understood how these things worked.After all, she had almost been “cut loose” like that once herself.Lucas was confused by her words.“But I’m not from a powerful family. What’s the point of Miles targeting me like this?”Ivy looked steadily at him.“What if you are?”

Luckily, Miles had already stationed his own people near the alley.Once he had taken enough of a beating, his men stepped in and chased the thugs away.To make himself look even more miserable, Miles forced himself to lie on the freezing ground for two full hours.In the end, he really did pass out from the cold.His men followed his earlier instructions and called 911 anonymously.That was how this whole scene had unfolded that morning.Miles had sacrificed this much. He refused to believe Lucas could still slip out of his grasp this time.When Officer Reed saw that Miles was awake, she began questioning him.“Do you remember who attacked you?”After Serena helped him drink a glass of warm water, Miles’s throat felt a little better. His voice was no longer quite as hoarse.“The alley was too dark last night. I only remember there were two big, rough-looking men. They both had scars on their faces, and they didn’t look like ordinary people. I didn’t get a clear look at anyth

Before long, the officers left the hospital room.After everything that had happened, Serena was exhausted.She sank weakly into a chair.Miles looked at her with concern.“Serena, I’m sorry I made you worry. I’m okay now. You should go home and get some rest.”Serena stroked his hair affectionately.“Silly boy. I’m your sister. Of course I’m going to stay with you when something happens.”When her gaze landed on the injury near Miles’s eye, Serena almost started crying again.She choked out, “How could Lucas do this to you? How could they hit you that hard? If that punch had landed just a little differently, you could have lost your eye.”Miles forced a brave smile.“He was probably angry that I got him taken to the station last night. After this, I’ve finally seen him for who he really is. From now on, I’ll just pretend I never had him as a friend.”Only then did Serena manage to hold back her tears. She said with relief, “I’m glad you understand that now. I was even plann