My extraordinary wife novel (Ashlyn and Lucas)
Chapter 481

Chapter 481

"Ms. Berry, I doubt my mother has anything to do with Lottie's disappearance," Lochlan frantically insisted before rushing over to the glass case in an attempt to save Mrs. Fraser.

However, the men dressed in black stood their ground and didn't allow him to get close.

"Mr. Lochlan, as long as your mother tells me what I want to know, everything will be easily resolved. Or... are you not worried about Charlotte at all?" Ashlyn lowered her eyes and sighed. "I guess Mrs. Fraser really is just too stubborn."

She waved her hand and Anderson immediately brought a laptop over to her. She turned it on, then pointed the screen towards Lochlan and his father.

"This shows Mrs. Fraser's whereabouts during the day. She left the Fraser house very early in the morning and didn't even ask the family driver to send her. Instead, she grabbed a taxi and went to Lochlan's mansion."

Lochlan and Mr. Fraser both leaned in to take a closer look at the screen where there were multiple images of Mrs. Fraser.

A look of alarm crossed Mr. Fraser's face. The usually calm middle-aged man stared at Ashlyn in disbelief. "You... Where did you get all of this?"

"You think this is difficult?" Ashlyn curled her lips into a sneer. "The only reason I'm here now is because Charlotte disappeared at an intersection without any surveillance cameras."

Lochlan's heart skipped a beat. "What did you say? Lottie disappeared at an intersection without any cameras? But... But it's raining so heavily! If anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself!" Ashlyn ignored Lochlan. Her impression of him had turned from 'not bad' to 'utterly despicable.'

"So Mrs. Fraser, are you going to tell me what you did to Charlotte?" asked Ashlyn in an intimidating tone.

Cold sweat broke out over Mrs. Fraser's body. Both her clothes and her hair were matted with sweat. She hadn't gone into the rain, and yet somehow it looked like she had.

After being threatened by the venomous scorpions for so long, she barely had any strength left to speak. It took her a while before she could squeeze out some words. "I... I only said a few words to her. She probably couldn't handle it and ran away by herself."

"Looks like Mrs. Fraser isn't planning on telling the truth." Ashlyn waved her hand, and two strong men immediately pushed Mrs. Fraser towards the glass case again.

"No! No, please, Lochlan, save me!" Mrs. Fraser had barely caught her breath when she found herself staring death right in the eye again.

Her screams echoed through the vast living room.

Lochlan was getting pretty frantic, but he was no match for the men at all. He turned to Ashlyn and spat, "Ms. Berry, I know you're only doing this for Lottie. But she is still my mother. She hasn't done anything unforgivable, and you're not an executioner either! So why must you be so ruthless?"

"Ruthless? Me?" scoffed Ashlyn. "Look at all the blood on the floor. Your mother looks perfectly fine, which means that blood can only be from Charlotte. She's my student, so I am responsible for her. And I will make sure she gets her justice!"

"Mom, what did you do to Lottie? Just tell us, then Ms. Berry will let you go."

Lochlan couldn't help but feel like there were two sides pulling at him internally. On one hand, he didn't believe that his mother really did anything to harm Charlotte, and he was feeling very sorry for what Ashlyn was putting her through.

On the other hand, he was also worried about Charlotte and feared that something terrible had happened to her.

Feelings of anxiousness and restlessness were consuming him.

It hadn't even been a day and Lochlan already looked nothing like his former proud firefighter self.