After getting Elijah on the line, Alice put the phone on speaker mode and placed it on the table with its screen down.

“Josh, is it? I know Elijah sent you to meet me.” Her tone was not inquiry but rather a direct statement of affirmation.

As Elijah was about to speak on the other end of the phone, he fell silent and listened attentively upon hearing her words. Did she accidentally call me?

He believed that Alice was foolish, but little did he know that this was all part of her plan.

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about.” Although Josh had a moment of panic, he knew that admitting to anything would jeopardize the fourteen thousand that had been promised to him.

Without even glancing at Josh, Alice pulled out a check from her bag and started filling it in for an amount clearly stated as seven hundred thousand.

Meanwhile, the man stood beside her with his greedy, red eyes fixed on the check, his heart racing with excitement at the sight of so much money.

He surmised that she wanted to ask him questions, and he was more than willing to oblige if it meant earning seven hundred thousand with just a few words.

“Mr. Hayes, do you understand now?” she asked casually without even glancing at Josh.

Elijah anxiously listened to their conversation, hoping Josh wouldn’t mess up. However, the next second brought an unexpected answer from Josh on the phone.

“Yes, Elijah asked me to come. He gave me fourteen thousand and instructed me to find you. The things I said earlier were also taught by him,” Josh admitted without hesitation.

Only then did Alice lift her gaze toward Josh. “Did he say anything else to you?”

didn’t even fully grasp the

“Uncle Elijah, I’m sure you heard everything. If you didn’t, it’s not a problem because I have recorded the conversation.

even know who that Josh guy is. This is ridiculous.” Guilty, Elijah

did not expect that Alice had just

that he wouldn’t be able to get any money from Elijah now. However, he didn’t mind as she had prepared him a check for seven hundred thousand,

rushed to intercept her. “Aren’t you going to give me the

you’re talking about is actually intended for a charity organization,” Alice

likely that she learned this move from

Emma’s scheme by simply writing

dealing with such unscrupulous people, one had to resort to the same

had sold out Elijah as he thought he could get a higher amount, yet he didn’t

as he moved to intercept Alice, but she quickly showed him the earlier recording. “Mr. Hayes,

the police if there was a conflict. There was

instantly calmed down. He remembered Elijah had described her as foolish, gullible, and easy to manipulate when he approached Josh earlier,

Elijah was fuming as he had never imagined Alice could so easily dismantle Emma and his supposedly perfect

had suddenly become so astute or if it was just

instead wandered around outside. She only

sitting on the couch with a gloomy expression. Britney was trying to

Caroline was a sensitive child. She

sorry for Caroline when she saw the girl looking like this. She realized she might have acted too hastily in keeping her distance from Caroline. After all, Caroline had only

looked up. When she saw Alice, her eyes instantly lit up, and her previously listless face suddenly burst

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