He Never Loved Me Until the Day I Finally Left Him novel Chapter 648

But now, he weighed every move with cold calculation.

Truthfully, there was no better way to handle the disaster.

"Everything that's happened lately has probably left Janetta feeling deeply insecure," Beau remarked, offering a slight defense for her actions.

Sebastian didn't reply.

A moment later, Beau ended the call.

The car finally rolled to a stop at the back entrance of the police station.

The main doors were barricaded by reporters, all hungry for the next big headline.

Flanked by his bodyguards, Sebastian slipped inside unnoticed.

The Commissioner hurried over to greet him. "Mr. Hayes, your wife is inside. Please rest assured, she hasn't been interrogated. We're strictly following routine procedure. She's been extremely distressed, demanding to see you and her lawyer. The lawyer just left. Once you've spoken with her, we can discuss the next steps."

"I appreciate it," Sebastian replied politely.

With a nod, the Commissioner led him down the hall toward the holding room.

When Sebastian finally saw her, Janetta looked pathetic.

She was deathly pale, trembling with fear.

The moment she laid eyes on him, she crumpled into a puddle of grievances, completely stripped of her usual arrogance.

"Sebastian..." she sobbed. "I just went to the set for a script reading. I had no idea Helena hated me so much! She attacked me first, and I only fought back to defend myself. I don't even know where that kid came from! It was purely self-defense, but Helena tried to kill me! The reporters saw it all—she even shattered the glass doors!"

Her voice cracked, tears streaming down her face. "And now she's twisting the truth, accusing me of attempted murder!"

Seeing him seemed to shatter the last of her emotional dam.

She completely inverted the narrative, spinning a web of blatant lies.

She was absolutely convinced that he would take her side.

After all, she was Mrs. Hayes; their reputations were permanently tethered together.

He couldn't afford to leave her out to dry.

Yet, she had never elaborated on what exactly that meant.

"Sebastian..." she whimpered, her anxiety spiking.

"Janetta," he finally spoke.

He calmly pried her clutching fingers off his arm, his demeanor icy.

"Did you have a grudge against Helena?" he asked softly.

The question caught her completely off guard.

She frantically shook her head.

"Before Destiny's Choice, I had never even met the woman! How could I possibly have a grudge against someone I didn't know? Besides, she isn't even in the entertainment industry. She works in tech, in the corporate world. I barely interact with business moguls, let alone tech executives!"

She didn't understand why he was asking, but she frantically tried to clear her name.

Staring at him with tear-filled eyes, she doubled down. "Sebastian, I swear, Helena planned this to set me up!"