Billionaire's Betrayal: My Ex Beg Me To Love Him Again novel Chapter 84

Caroline’s POV:

In an instant, the situation had been reversed, and now I was on the defensive. With the barest traces of a smirk making its way onto the nanny’s lips, I knew she thought she had me trapped. Little did she know I wasn’t going down without a fight. With little way to defend myself, however, the odds were looking grim.

William’s look was tinged with suspicion as he shifted his gaze from the milk tin over to me. “Caroline, why did she find the milk tin in our bedroom?”

Backed into a corner, I had no choice but to tell the truth and hope that William was sensible enough to take my side. “It was buried in the garden!” I tried to explain.

“And yet there isn’t a speck of dirt on it,” Laura replied, looking over it with a scrutinizing gaze. She must have expertly wiped it clean.

“I’m serious!” I continued, fighting past her interruption. “Sandra buried it to hide her crime. She poisoned George.”

Laura made a noise of disgust. “Of course you’re blaming her! She’s not even here to defend herself.”

My cheeks burned with anger at this woman’s continued antagonizing. “Sandra did it at the direction of Sophia!”

William’s expression remained hardened, but traces of shock lingered in his eyes. “Sophia?”

This would undoubtedly be the hardest piece of the puzzle to get William to believe, but I trudged on, trying to get him to understand that he was being manipulated.

“Yes, Sophia. She’s trying to get me out of the picture and trying to get you to love her again.”

“By poisoning her own baby?” Laura asked, laughing with incredulity. “Do you know how insane you sound right now?”

I wanted to yell at her to shut her mouth, but William quickly held up a hand to stop our bickering. His face was burning with embarrassment, and while his mouth was open to air his opinions, nothing came out.

Finally, he gave me a firm, but not antagonizing look. “Listen, Caroline, I know you care about George, but… I think you need to stay away from him. At least for the time being. I’m going to let Laura here take care of him in the meantime.”

The thought of George being in the hands of this wicked woman had tears springing into my eyes. “You’re doubting me?” I rasped, trying to keep myself from shaking.

My ex-husband adamantly shook his head. “I’m not saying that. I just… need to be sure. We can discuss it in the morning, but right now, it’s late and we should sleep.”

“But Laura—!” I cried in protest.