Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon novel Chapter 344

The officers didn’t buy it and insisted on checking the footage.

To their surprise, just as the manager had claimed, there wasn’t a single useful frame—the cameras had captured nothing at all.

Lyman shook his head. “Next time, don’t waste police resources. Filing false reports is a crime, you know.”

He stood his ground, insisting he hadn’t laid a finger on Mitchell. And even if he had, Mitchell started it.

Mitchell was livid. He’d honestly thought this time he’d finally get justice, but things had turned out the opposite.

“Lyman, do you even have a shred of decency left?” Mitchell ground out, glaring at Lyman with enough intensity to burn holes through him.

Lyman just shrugged. “Not anymore. Lucky for you, you never had any to begin with. Consider it a gift.”

“You—!”

“Officer, if there are no witnesses and no evidence, I’m free to go, right?”

The officer nodded. “You’re free to leave.”

Lyman didn’t waste another moment. He left, Effie following close behind.

Neither of them spared a glance back, while Mitchell stared daggers at their retreating figures.

Not long after, Lyman’s phone buzzed. It was Fenton calling.

He put him on speaker. “Spit it out. If you’ve got something to say, say it.”

Fenton snorted. “Well, well, look at you—turning into a deadbeat, huh?”

Lyman genuinely hadn’t expected the news to spread so fast. It had barely happened, and Fenton already knew.

“Reception’s bad here, gotta run,” Lyman replied.

Right then, a woman’s high-pitched giggle drifted through the speaker, so suggestive that even Lyman felt his ears burn.

“You sound busy,” Lyman said dryly. “I’ll let you get back to it.”

Before Fenton could reply, Lyman hung up.