All Chapters of Loving You Is My Greatest Mistake : Chapter 71 - Chapter 78

Sophia Carter's POVThe prison cell smelled like disinfectant and defeat. I sat on the thin mattress staring at concrete walls that had become my entire world. Three weeks since my arrest. Three weeks of silence from the organization I served my entire life. Catherine Cross did not rescue failed operatives and I had failed spectacularly.My lawyer arranged the video call. Maxwell Anderson's face appeared on the screen looking exhausted and desperate. Good. Desperate men made deals."You have five minutes," he said. Voice cold. "Convince me you are telling the truth about Catherine or this conversation ends.""Catherine Cross is my biological mother," I stated. No preamble. No buildup. Just the truth that had defined my existence. "She gave birth to me twenty nine years ago. A mistake she called it. An inconvenience that came from a brief relationship with a man she deemed beneath her standards."Maxwell's expression shifted from skepticism to shock. "Nathan never mentioned having a

Catherine Cross's POVI watched Maxwell Anderson stumble through my abandoned medical facility on three different monitors. The infrared cameras captured his desperation perfectly. His shaking hands. His hollow eyes. The way he touched dust patterns on the floor like they might lead him to his precious wife.Pathetic."Ma'am, all three teams have cleared the decoy locations," Marcus reported from his station. My head of security stood at attention waiting for further instructions. "Should we initiate the media leak now?""Already done," I replied. Sipped my tea. Earl Grey. Hot. The simple pleasures mattered even during operations. "Every news outlet in the city will be reporting the FBI's failed rescue attempt within the hour. Let Maxwell see how thoroughly he has been outmaneuvered."The monitor showing Agent Torres revealed her growing panic as she realized someone on her team was feeding me information. Good. Paranoia destroyed organizations faster than any external threat. Once pe

Amelia Clarke's POVI watched Catherine Cross crumble in front of my daughter. The most dangerous woman I had ever encountered stood by the window with tears streaming down her face while Lily spoke about forgiveness with the simplicity only a child could manage. Something fundamental was shifting in the room and I felt it in my bones.Catherine's hands trembled as she wiped her eyes. The calculated composure she wore like armor had cracked and the woman underneath looked nothing like the criminal mastermind who orchestrated kidnappings and murders. She looked like a mother who lost her son and never learned how to grieve."Nathan forgave me," Catherine repeated. Her voice was hollow. "After everything I did to him. After I chose my organization over his happiness. After I arranged his death to protect my empire. He forgave me.""That is what Uncle Nathan said," Lily confirmed. She leaned against me but her eyes stayed on Catherine. "He said forgiveness does not mean what you did was

Sophia Carter's POVI sat in the prison interrogation room with handcuffs biting into my wrists and waited for the call to connect. The fluorescent lights hummed overhead and cast everything in a sickly yellow glow. Two guards stood by the door and watched me like I was a bomb that might explode at any moment. Maybe I was.Maxwell's voice came through the speaker. Sharp. Desperate. "Sophia, we are running out of time. If you have more information, I need it now.""I know," I said. Stared at my reflection in the metal table surface. Hollow eyes. Hollow life. "That is why I called. There are things I did not tell you before. Things Catherine made me swear to protect.""Then why tell me now?" Maxwell demanded.Because I am dead either way, I thought. Catherine's reach extended into every prison in three states and I knew too much to be allowed to live. The only question was whether I died as the villain who helped destroy families or as the mother who tried to save her daughter."Because