Chapter 40

The manager found some pink pills and white powder in the room and showed them to Manley ‘Mr. Scott, should we call the cops?”

Noel, who was lying on the ground with his head smashed by a wine bottle, staggered to his feet “No, don’t call the police! Pleasel”

He was more afraid of the police than anyone else!

“Call the cops!” Manley said coldly, kicking Noel away “How dare you do drugs in my place? You’re asking for

The manager cautiously asked, “What about the surveillance footage? Should I hand it over to…”

“Destroy the footage!” Manley interrupted him, speaking softly. “Destroy any footage with her in it. If the police ask, just say we had a network outage.”

The manager didn’t know why Manley was doing this but complied anyway.

Manley then called over a waiter. “You will go to the police station later to be a witness. Just say that these people in the room got drunk and started fighting over the money. Understand?”

signaling his understanding

police station would likely

group of people in the room. “This girl’s got a heavy hand,” he thought, then recalled his own beating from before. He couldn’t help but smile, thinking she must have gone easy on

private room, Manley had the manager transfer the video

calm expression, casually taking off her

feud, he would have wanted to become friends

her such a huge favor, he had to think about how to get

her!

minutes later, when Jonathan carried Estelle out of the

the elevator, Estelle seemed to regain some consciousness, but it was almost worse. Now, she was like a

tightened his grip, his fingers firmly pinching her face, as he spoke with a deep voice, “Behave yourself,

confused and blinked pitifully, then rested her head

inhaled deeply to

rather than tens of seconds. The silence was deafening, broken only by the faint sound

exerting great

the drug, while

down.

inputting his fingerprint to unlock the door. He didn’t switch on the light and

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