Chapter 383
Shane had purposely stayed late at the office to wait for Lydia’s report. Because the plot involved narcotics, he wanted to minimize his exposure, delegating the entire operation to his mistress.
“Shane! Lexie was arrested! They took her!” Lydia wailed, clutching his desk.
“What the hell are you talking about? Who got arrested p>
Because the case involved a toxic substance, Liam’s unit had initiated a complete information blackout the moment they detained Lexie. Shane had been entirely in the dark.
Lydia had only discovered the truth when Lexie failed to come home from school and she frantically drove to the campus to demand answers.
“It’s Lexie! Our daughter p>
“Shut your mouth!” Shane hissed.
Lydia quickly covered her mouth and looked around. The fact that Lexie was his illegitimate child was his most guarded secret. Even his lawful wife only thought of Lydia as a pathetic widow he occasionally pitied.
“Explain yourself. How was she arrested p>
“She tried to stab Mira on the sports field today! She missed, and the cops grabbed her!” Lydia sobbed.
Shane slammed his fist onto the desk. “I explicitly told her to pass the syringe to Mara! And if she missed, how did they find the drugs p>
“She went rogue! She wanted to do it herself. I don’t know the rest of the details p>
“Idiot! Absolute lunatic!” Shane roared, his face turning purple.
“The entire point of using a proxy was to keep her hands clean! All she had to do was slip it to someone else in the crowd and walk away.. Who intheir right mind does the dirty work themselves? She didn’t have the skills to pull it off, and now the plan is completely burned! How the hell did you raise such a stupid child p>
Shane paced the room, his chest heaving. Devising a trap for Mira Mercer was incredibly difficult. The girl’s defenses were practically impenetrable.
“It’s my fault, I spoiled her,” Lydia wept, grabbing his sleeve. “But what do we do now p>
As a mother, Lydia only cared about her daughter’s survival. Lexie was her only child, her life.
“What do we do? She screwed up the operation. She faces the consequences p>
Lydia froze, staring at him in horror. “But she’s so young! She’s still in school. What about her future p>
She knew Shane was a ruthless businessman, but to abandon his own flesh and blood without a second thought?
Shane stepped close, his voice
dropping to a terrifying whisper. “Do
not come back here. If the police
interrogate you, you will take fuet
ef
responsibility for the drugs. Understand? I will compensate When you finish your sentences, I’ll buy you a company and ship Lexie off to Europe for her education p>
Lydia took a shaky breath, realizing she had no leverage. “Fine. I promise this won’t
trace back to you. I just beg you to look out for us when we get out p>
It was the best deal she was going to get. Pushing him further would only turn him into an enemy, and then she’d truly have nothing.
The next morning at school, Liora gleefully informed Mira that Lydia Fontaine had been arrested the night before. Mira immediately deduced that Shane was cutting his losses.
Shane was meticulous. Mira never expected this botched attack to bring down his entire empire.
Clearly, Lydia and Lexie meant nothing to him. She had certainly gone all out for Shane, even going so far as to use drugs herself Yep Lydia was willing to take the fall claiming she had smuggled the narcotics from across the border for personal use and that her daughter had stolen them by accident.