Chapter 619

Lucas was left staring at Cordy—was she some sort of demon of logic?

"You have five minutes to consider. Either do it my way—pay him off to settle the issue and I will post bail, or do it your way—file a lawsuit to maintain your innocence. In the case of the latter, I'll leave right now."

Cordy certainly did not want to waste time.

Lucas was in turn left pursuing his lips, obviously reluctantly to go with Cordy's solution.

However, he had the misfortune of spending enough time with Cordy to know that she walked the talk—and he did not want to stay the night at the precinct.

With that, he did not hesitate further and growled through his teeth, "I'll pay."

Cordy was not at all surprised in turn, since the smart ones would always pick this option—for them, any amount of money was spare change, whereas time was far more precious.

"Don't say a word later. I'll handle it for you," Cordy added as a condition.

Lucas nodded, deciding to fully cooperate just then.

As Cordy and Lucas re