A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 199

“Any recollection?” Leo’s expression remained unchanged, but Elyse could sense his hostility. The frostiness sent chills deep into her bones.

She finally looked up shakily with darting eyes. “Leo…”

“You can’t hide what you did forever. Calista from Kirkford Village is the daughter of the family who got Bria buried under the pillar. The other three are related to their family.”

She did not need further explanation to understand what he was getting at. Not only had he gotten to the bottom of the incident, but he also hurt everyone she worked with to take revenge on her, and he didn’t even bother to hide the truth. It was a clear attempt at taunting and humiliating her.

How ruthless!

Elyse sat tensely on the bed and realized belatedly that, before this, Leo had only shown her a tenth of the ruthlessness he was capable of.

“Get her the best medicine, doctor, and nurse,” Leo gave some instructions and left.

Eugene, who had been following Leo around, stole a glance at Elyse and looked at Leo with pursed lips. Leo took revenge on Elyse because of her wrongdoing, but he asked Eugene to take care of Elyse out of courtesy. It was Leo’s way of telling Elyse that Ellen’s kindness could only go so far as to spare Elyse’s life, and served as a warning that Elyse might end up in a worse situation if she dared to misbehave.

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Bria suffered from some fractures but was not in serious condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she brought Bria home with her and hired a doctor to look after Bria.

Meanwhile, Samuel and Julia did not slow down on their investigations. One day, he and Julia visited Amelie with the results of their investigation. “Someone purposely shoved Bria under the pillar.”

expected the answer, but

could not hold

He could not deal with her temper, but he also understood that she suffered from guilt for failing to protect Bria in the

Samuel read their expression and stared at Amelie with a knowing look. “I found the people behind the accident, but something odd happened to them. They were all hurt to different extents over the past

days ago and lost both arms. The couple who shoved Bria under the

into different troubles as well, to the point that the Kirkford villagers thought there must be some paranormal activities around. They have been holding ceremonies for days to drive away the

merely superstitions. Someone was behind the rogue justice, leaving them wondering about the identity of

her guess, “Could that person be… Leo…” Leo’s figure popped up in

her sentence. “Is

added. Amelie’s expression crumbled as she struggled to comprehend. She knew that the perpetrators were seemingly after

avenging

when he heard that. After a pause, he explained, “This has been the focus of our investigation. But someone clearly destroyed the evidence by erasing the

information?” Julia’s heart sank. “Who would do

Samuel shook his head. “But one thing is clear—two different

get help from two different groups.”

list out the

“Yes! Why have we not thought of that? My kind Elie, you rarely make enemies. There are only a few who hold

did not name the three people, but they knew the

Alstons would never mess with Bria to hurt Amelie,