Chapter 248 Unraveling Lies 

Chapter 248 Unraveling Lies 

45 Free Colts 

Laura needed no further explanation; she could already piece together why things had erupted like this. 

After all, Quinn’s brother, Rowan, occupied a sacred place in her heart. 

Harlan drove his boot into Lindgren’s backside. 

“Not going to say hello?” Harlan taunted. “You and Sidonie are close enough to share a motel room, aren’t you?” 

“A motel room?” Trent blinked. “Sidonie, you and Mr. Lindgren…” 

“He’s lying!” Sidonie denied at once. “Trent, I don’t even know this man. Quinn must have colluded with them to frame me…” 

“You’re the one trying to frame me, Sidonie!” Lindgren barked. “You promised me fifty million, but after I received the final transfer, you called the cops, accused me of extortion and fraud, and had them come after me! If I hadn’t run, I’d be sitting in a cell right now.” 

He had escaped arrest, only to be snatched by this Harlan fellow and dragged here instead. 

Given the way Sidonie had set him up, he had no intention of letting her off easily. 

“Fifty million? The cops? Extortion?” Trent felt completely lost. “Sidonie, what’s going on? You said you had no money. Where did you get that kind of cash?” 

“I… I…” Sidonie stammered. 

Before she could stumble through an answer, realization struck Trent. “Don’t tell me the fifty million is the same loan I took out–the money you said your uncle needed to verify his capital and would be frozen for a week… Is that it?” 

Cold sweat beaded on Trent’s forehead. If that money wasn’t frozen for verification but handed to Lindgren instead, then my plan to pull the company out of crisis is in ruins. 

“I–It was because Mr. Lindgren threatened me that I transferred the money to his account first,” Sidonie blurted. “But since it’s extortion, the police will retrieve it soon and refund us. We won’t lose anything!” 

She had carefully plotted it out: wire the money, call the police, have them arrest Lindgren, and reclaim the funds once his blackmail was proven. 

She had not expected Harlan to wreck the entire arrangement. 

“So,” Harlan drawled. “A moment ago, you claimed you didn’t know the man, and now suddenly you do?” 

Sidonie flushed with mortification. 

Trent studied her, his expression a tangle of hurt and confusion. “Mr. Lindgren… threatened you? With what? What could he possibly hold over you that’s worth that kind of money?” 

In Trent’s memory, Sidonie and the detective had no connection whatsoever. 

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Chapter 248 Unraveling Lies 

No–there’s one link: years ago, I’d hired Mr. Lindgren to investigate who had rescued me from the river. Back then, Mr. Lindgren had reported that the savior was Sidonie herself. But if that report had been a lie… 

Trent felt the other possibility clawing at the edge of his mind, and he dared not follow it to the end. 

If the charge were ever proven true, it would condemn him to utter, irreversible ruin. 

At that moment, Lindgren, already furious that the money had slipped through his fingers and that the rotten woman had dragged him into such a mess, decided he had nothing left to lose. He certainly had no intention of letting her walk away unscathed. 

“Why else?” he shouted, voice raw with anger. “Because that vicious woman was never your savior at all- she only pretended to be! She offered me fifty million to keep quiet so you’d never hear the truth!” 

Sidonie forced herself to remain calm. She caught Trent’s sleeve and said, “Trent, Mr. Lindgren must have been bribed by Quinn and the others. You believe me, don’t you?” 

Trent’s throat tightened. His gaze slid past Sidonie and locked onto Quinn. If… the person who rescued me wasn’t Sidonie… 

He swallowed hard, voice trembling. “Quinn, you… never saved me, did you?” 

Quinn let out a cold, mirthless laugh. “Trent, do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? You decided Sidonie saved your life, so you worship her like some flawless first love. You betrayed your marriage for her, shielded her even when you knew she was in the wrong. But if she never rescued you in the first place, what will you do then?” 

“It can’t be,” Trent murmured, almost pleading with himself. “She’s the one. Sidonie saved me–Sidonie!” 

“Let’s test it and see,” Julius broke in abruptly. With a sudden lunge, he clamped a hand around Sidonie’s throat, slamming her back against the railing of the riverside embankment. “Toss her in. If she can save someone, we’ll find out soon enough, won’t we?”