Imprisoned While Pregnant, She's Back for Payback novel Chapter 445

Chapter 445 The Postulation

“Nadine.”

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Lyra’s brows furrowed hard, her eyes narrowing as she fixed on the last photo at the bottom of the screen.

“Yeah. When she walked out, it looked like she slipped something out with her.”

Raven tapped on the screen, forcing the other two to zero in on Nadine’s hand.

The grainy footage showed Nadine leaning carefully out of the camera’s reach. Her body tilted, blocking the lens, while her right hand brushed over the pocket on her thigh. That same hand slid across the shelf in the records room. The movement was unclear, too quick and hidden, but it was purposeful.

That strange, deliberate motion reeked of suspicion.

“Wait.”

Lyra’s voice cut through the air, snapping the thread of thought that ran between them.

The others turned their eyes on her. “What’s wrong?”

“How did you manage to get Lock Group’s surveillance so easily? I know you’re skilled, Raven. I trust you. But Lock Group’s security system is no joke. It’s one of the strongest in this country. Maybe even the strongest anywhere.”

Lyra’s gaze locked on Raven like a blade.

Raven fell silent.

“And Finn kept insisting he was digging into what happened a year ago. But he never turned up any proof. If he really did check, then how could Lock Group’s own CEO not get access to footage from his own company?”

Lyra’s words carried weight, each syllable heavy.

Tess’s eyes went dark with thought.

She scratched at her scalp, hesitant. “Uh… I found it in the trash folder on one of Lock Group’s computers.”

The room froze. Silence hit like a wall.

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Tess’s lips curved in awkward hesitation.

If that was true, then maybe it wasn’t impossible.

Who would ever think a year–old deleted file would still be sitting there in the trash?

Lyra pinched the bridge of her nose. Awkwardness settled heavily over her.

So Raven’s angle was odd, but maybe it worked.

You kept the original file, right?”

Lyra cleared her throat, breaking the silence.

Raven pulled out a flash drive and pressed it against her chest with pride. “Of course.

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“Even if it doesn’t show me inside the records room, it proves I wasn’t there. That means the story from last year finally has an explanation.”

Tess pressed her fingers into her forehead, thinking hard. But unease gnawed at her.

If the footage didn’t catch her, then why had Nadine sworn it was her? And why had Finn believed her without a shred of evidence?

She gave voice to the doubt burning inside. Lyra’s face turned grave.

Tess knew Lyra understood the law better than anyone here.

The law in Aetheris was strict. No one should ever be locked away without hard evidence.

“Nadine’s poison. She probably played some dirty trick back then.”

Raven’s voice was cold and sharp, slicing through the heavy silence.

The moment snapped.

“Tess, right now what matters is catching Henry. The mess from a year ago can wait.

Lyra’s tone was steady, leaving no room for argument.

Tess’s fingers dug into her palm.

She nodded and forced herself to breathe.

The one stuck in the past was her.

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She pushed it down and spoke clear. “Ken’s already been found. Once he’s ready, he can testify. And Zane gave me the paternity test. It proves Henry and Nadine are father and daughter. That’s enough to corner him.”

Each piece stacked higher. With every word, their case grew stronger. Lyra and Raven both let faint smiles soften their faces.

Henry’s day of reckoning had come.

“But what about Shannon?”

Lyra lifted her head, her voice tight. “Are we really letting her go without justice?”

The evidence only tied Nadine to Henry as his illegitimate child. It couldn’t erase the claim that Shannon was gone. It couldn’t prove Nadine was truly Shannon’s daughter. Ken’s testimony only showed Henry’s cruelty and his part in the crash years ago.

“Exactly. If Henry keeps denying it, then all we’ve got is proof of cheating. That’s nothing more than scandal. It won’t destroy him.”

Raven’s voice dropped. Her jaw locked, her eyes dark.

She had always been the type to return hurt with tenfold vengeance.

To dig so deep and gather so much, only for Henry to walk away almost untouched–it was unbearable.

“Of course not. I’ll see him ruined. I’ll see him shattered.”

Tess’s head lifted. Her dark eyes burned with iron resolve.

Kingsland.

Shaw Corporation.

“Abel.”

Demi no longer wore the leather jacket from the airport. Now she stood in a tailored light–blue suit that hugged her waist and cut a sharp, professional line.

Abel, in contrast, wore only a plain white shirt and trousers. A pair of dark glasses rested on his

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He looked clean, boyish, and strangely gentle, so out of place against the towering steel and stone around them.

“Mom sent me to tell you this. She won’t see you.”

Demi’s lips curved as she spoke. Her tone was cool, clipped, all business. Yet her words hit Abel’s chest with a sting that made it ache.