He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 340

"Officer, she is slandering me! She's spreading malicious lies! Arrest her immediately!"

Corinne shrieked confidently, acting completely untouchable.

Hearing her defense, the officer actually chuckled in agreement. He shot Jacqueline a disdainful glare.

"Ms. Langley, you need evidence before making such serious accusations."

"If a case wasn't opened fifteen years ago, it means whatever proof you provided was insufficient. I'd advise you to stop making things up. Ms. Quinn is the mother of the CEO of the Flynn Group. Slandering someone of her status can land you in prison!"

Jacqueline's gaze turned razor-sharp.

"You haven't even investigated, yet you've already decided I'm slandering her?"

The moment she finished speaking, Yardley's cold, commanding voice echoed from the entrance.

"Because you *are* slandering her! Apologize to my mother right now!"

His tone left no room for argument. Before his words even settled, he had already stormed over to Corinne, instinctively shielding her behind him.

Sylvia followed closely behind, rushing to grab Corinne's other arm with a look of deep, theatrical concern.

Standing on either side of Corinne, the three of them looked exactly like a perfectly united family.

Seeing this, a sharp pang of betrayal pierced Scarlett's chest.

She tightly gripped her mother's arm and fired back icily.

"Apologize my ass! Yardley, is it slander? Maybe others don't know the truth, but you certainly do."

Just a few days ago, he had used those exact photos and videos to blackmail her.

He knew better than anyone what his mother had done, yet here he was, blatantly lying through his teeth to protect her.

As expected, to Yardley, his family would always come first. The coldness in Scarlett's heart completely froze over.

Yardley stared at her with icy condemnation.

The photos and videos were still saved in his camera roll.

He hadn't deleted them yet.

If Scarlett exposed those files, it would undeniably prove that his mother and her high-society friends had brutally bullied Jacqueline all those years ago!

He had always assumed the incident was a lifelong trauma Jacqueline would take to her grave, something she would never dare speak of again.

He never imagined she would sacrifice her own dignity and willingly walk into a police station to report it.

And what terrified him even more was that he had only intended to use the files to threaten Scarlett.

Now, the phone was in her hands. If the police extracted that evidence, his mother and all those other women would actually go to prison...

Cold sweat drenched Yardley's back. Almost instantaneously, he lunged at Scarlett, his eyes vicious and terrifying as he growled,

"Scarlett, give me back the phone."