Panic flooded Lauren. Hadn't she asked Kyle to leave the country? How was he captured so quickly? Had he betrayed her?

Just then, Jocelyn rushed out of nowhere, throwing herself at Mitchel's feet and begging for mercy.

Tears streaming, she asserted, "Mr. Dixon, my lady had nothing to do with this. I'm the one who's responsible."

As she said this, she covertly winked at Lauren.

Lauren caught on. If Mitchel had been sure of her involvement, he wouldn't be asking her about it.

In other words, he was still uncertain about it.

Feigning shock, she queried, "Jocelyn, what on earth have you done?"

"I paid off Mr. Palmer to alter the paternity test results for Raegan's child. I just couldn't bear to see my lady suffer. Mr. Dixon, she had no part in this. You can verify with Mr. Palmer if you'd like."

Mitchel's brow furrowed. There was no need to question Kyle again.

He'd already tried, and Kyle had remained tight-Lipped. That's why he brought Kyle here. It was to see if Lauren was involved in this.

Lauren glanced at Jocelyn with a mournful expression, saying, "Jocelyn, how could you do such a thing? You'd better apologize to Mitchel right away and beg for leniency..."

Jocelyn obediently began to kowtow, her forehead bleeding, her appearance pitiable.

Mitchel intervened, "Enough. This is a matter of corporate espionage."

Lauren's expression darkened at his words.

How could this matter be regarded as corporate espionage? It was merely about falsifying a paternity test.

Mitchel was just using this as a pretext. He intended to put Jocelyn behind bars!

With eyes wide open in shock and tears streaming down her face, Lauren reasoned, "Mitchel, Jocelyn just wasn't thinking straight.

Besides, she's old. How could she survive in jail?"

Mitchel's eyes met hers, and his following words sent a chill down her spine.

“Jocelyn gave Kyle two million dollars. Where would she get that much money? I need an explanation."