Chapter 171
171–My Husband’s Nudes
Madeline:
After I was asked to identify the guard, and I confirmed it was Justin, I was taken back to the house.
The silence in the car felt heavy. Lord Eldon did not speak, and Baxter did not say a word either, but I could tell things were not going to end well for me.
Once I was inside, I told Elgin what had happened.
My kids were probably realizing how anxious I was. I tried to spend time with them, trying to distract myself until the others arrived.
The warriors returned with the three council leaders again.
This time Baxter and my sister were with them.
She clung to Baxter, looking timid, likely because the entire incident had been traumatizing for her. We all settled in the living room.
The kids were already in bed. It was quite late.
“We checked his phone, Madeline Sawyer,” Lady Abigail began.
The three leaders sat together on one couch while I sat on another with Elgin beside me.
Baxter and Yuvonne were seated on another couch. Warriors stood around us.
“Okay, did you find anything?” I asked.
I could already sense a problem from the way they were all watching me.
“The last conversation he had was with you, Madeline,” Lord Eldon told me.
A chill ran up my spine. That was when I remembered something.
“Oh, yes, I should have told you. Actually, I did ask him to come meet me alone. I had some job for him.” As I said it aloud, it sounded wrong.
They exchanged glances while Elgin and Baxter stared at each other.
“I am sorry, it just came out wrong. The job I had for him was to help me get in contact with Sawyer because I could not reach him through my phone,” I explained.
Because I was lying, it did not sound convincing.
What I truly wanted was to ask Justin which guard had been in contact with Sawyer, giving him information before.
I had even spoken about it to Nina, telling her that a guard knew something.
I assumed Justin would know because I thought he was close to Sawyer.
In my head, I expected him to come and admit it was him: But it was too late now.
The way they watched me already showed they had their own thoughts.
“Really? But you can contact your husband through emails. Your emails were unblocked,” Lord Eldon countered,
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and I shifted on my couch.
“I do, but there was a guard who was giving Sawyer misinformation about everything happening here, so I wanted to know who it was,” I replied, trying a more open approach and slipping in a bit of truth.
“So you can communicate with your husband via emails?” Lady Abigail asked, and I nodded.
“Yeah, I do, but I told you-,” was in the middle of speaking when she hushed me.
“Then we would like to see your laptop for further investigation,” she stated.
As soon as she said that, a bubble formed in my stomach.
“I am sorry, what did you say?” I asked her.
“We just want to go through the emails to see if there has been any mention of any tasks given to Justin, ” she explained and I frowned at her.
“What are you trying to suggest? That either my husband or I wanted my sister dead p>
I was blunt because I was terrified of them reading my emails.
That one email with the suggestive pictures of Sawyer and Nina.
If those pictures were exposed, it would cause a major controversy. It would invade their privacy too.
“The man who worked for you tried to kill your sister. There was a last text conversation with you where you mentioned giving him a job. We would like to hold your computer, go through the emails between you and your husband, and see if there has been any connection between Justin and you through emails as well,” Lord Eldon said sternly, making it clear there was no room to refuse.
I looked at their faces one by one. My body began to tremble.
“Give it to them. Just clear your name,” Elgin told me, unaware that I was not afraid of being accused of planning a murder but of other secrets involving my marriage with Sawyer.
“There are personal conversations between a husband and wife,” I tried to explain.
Lady Abigail scoffed.
“Then I will be the only one reading them. It is not like you have never done anything controversial before p>
As soon as she said that, I snapped my head toward her.
She was referring to the fact that I had a foursome.
“Oh yes, I do not think Madeline is very afraid of people watching her or reading her private conversations with her husband,” Lord Eldon remarked, making my fists clench.
“Fine, I will bring my laptop,” I said as I stood up. My feet felt cold as I stepped away.
I went toward my room, and the moment I entered, I placed a hand on my forehead.
A warrior arrived, informing me that they would not allow me to have any alone time with the laptop.
I picked up my laptop and stepped out, feeling all kinds of pain.
They would definitely keep those pictures. In the human world, things like that were taken very seriously.
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Not only that, everything would fall apart, and I would be angry at myself for not taking care of the pictures.
I handed the laptop to Abigail and turned around, covering my face with my hands as I heard her open it and the others lean in.
There was no privacy. Then I heard her grunt and gasp, and I knew they had seen the pictures. 1
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