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.

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

“What?”

scared out of

beady eyes were frozen

were flickering wildly too, and her

How did it

at each other, but they couldn’t

snatched the so-called evidence and flipped through

which clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time at the hospital. She never

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

That’s right!” Michael backed Elyse

on Elie because she’s mentally unwell and don’t want her around, then just come out and say so. How can you

an indignant man demanding justice. His

whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse

aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened as

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

so pitiful that other

this. He took out another set of documents. “This is the report from the mental hospital which confirms that Miss Ellen 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

“What…”

was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse

We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that

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

full well that her situation would be unsalvageable if she admitted

need to turn things around! I want to continue

didn’t know it wasn’t true. Her diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank

before continuing, “Mr. Lawyer, please talk to Mr. Alston and tell him that we were tricked too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him and

diary weren’t true.” Elyse

not do it in court? However, let me remind you that Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked.

nodded

“That’s…”