A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 296 Elyse’s Comeuppance

“Listen up, Elyse, and your entire family too.” Leo’s voice was still and unemotional. “This is the last time I’ll answer a call from you. I won’t ask for the money you tricked me into giving you, but you will need to suffer the consequences of your actions. The lawyer will get in touch with you soon. You can get into the details with him.”

“Leo!” Elyse cried out once more as her face turned ghostly pale. She couldn’t resign herself to this.

All she got in reply was a dial tone.

He ended the call!

“What happened?” Michael quickly asked when he noticed Elyse standing there motionlessly with a strange expression on her face.

The phone slipped out of Elyse’s hand and clattered on the floor. Elyse looked defeated.

“What on earth is going on? Hurry up and tell me!” Michael urged when he realized that things weren’t going the way he had hoped.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Michael eyed Elyse for a moment before rushing over to get the door.

A stranger was standing outside.

Michael scrutinized the man with his beady eyes and asked, “Who are you? Did you come to the wrong address?”

“I’m Mr. Alston’s lawyer. I’m here to see Michael and Elyse Clayton,” the man answered. “You must be Michael Clayton.”

“L-Lawyer?” Michael instinctively took a step back when he heard that this man was a lawyer.

The lawyer walked into the house and saw a clueless Ellen and an ashen-faced Elyse.

He nodded and said, “I suppose Mr. Alston has told you why I’m here, Miss Clayton.”

He deftly opened up his briefcase and took out a stack of paper.

Alston. The truth is that Miss Ellen Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him

“What?”

scared out of

eyes were frozen as he gaped

too, and her

like that? How did it get exposed? What

but they

Elyse snatched the so-called evidence and

room during his time at the hospital. She never even said a single word to

“My sister kept a diary which contains a clear

right!” Michael

diary? If you people look down on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out and say so. How can you come up with these things to slander her? That’s too

indignant man demanding justice. His beady eyes were large and

Tell us whether or not you saw

with an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes

one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s tears streamed

so pitiful that other people’s hearts would

Clayton has a paranoid disorder. She took the interactions she saw between Mr. Alston and someone else and made them her own. She created a wonderful fairytale in her head with herself as the subject, and she recorded everything in her diary. Also, our investigations have proven that although Miss Ellen Clayton never spoke to Mr. Alston, she was constantly hiding in the dark and spying

“What…”

evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were stunned

her and she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that carried

serious trouble because of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken

well that her situation would be unsalvageable if she

I want to continue my life of glory! I can’t let this affect

know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the evidence that proved it was all a lie, or else, we’d

were tricked too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him and make

done anything if we knew the contents of the diary weren’t true.” Elyse

still trying to put on a show for him, the lawyer cleared his throat perfunctorily and said, “If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you that Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you leniency, but if you refuse to admit what you’ve done, then knowing his personality,

lawyer nodded

“That’s…”