A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 298

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.

your attempts to trick Mr. Alston. The truth is that Miss Ellen Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him on purpose to make him think that Ellen Clayton was Big Eyes. In the eyes of the law, this counts as

“What?”

out

beady eyes were frozen as he

eyes were flickering wildly too,

been exposed just like that? How did it get

at each other, but they couldn’t figure out where they

the

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

Elyse shrieked. “My sister kept a diary which contains a clear record of every single detail

right!” Michael

diary? If you people look down on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t

an indignant man demanding

us whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

pouted with an aggrieved look on her face. Her

Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could

pitiful that other people’s hearts

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

“What…”

irrefutable. Michael and Elyse

there’s something wrong with her and she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that carried a serious penalty. They would have to

because of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken to court over

would be

turn things around! I want to continue my life of

“Yes! That’s right! I didn’t know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the evidence that proved

too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him and make her apologize in person, so let’s… put a stop to

of the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped

innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you that

nodded and

“That’s…”

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