Chapter 6 Caught in Action

Evelyn had reached her breaking point, but the man didn’t even care.

“You won’t let me go, will you?” she asked in a trembling voice.

He was silent for a moment. You came to me first.”

She was the one who approached him in that club and spent the night with him.

Unpleasant memories from the past had caused him to lose interest in a sexual partner. But at only 32 years old, Huston realized that he still desired someone who could fulfill his needs.

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Evelyn, meanwhile, was filled with regret. If she had known Huston’s true identity, she would’ve never approached him!

But there was no changing the past.

Huston’s gaze shifted to the woman crouching on the ground. He finally slid his arms under hers, lifted her up, and gently placed her on the bed, covering her with a blanket.

“Rest. Then clean yourself up. I’ll be back soon.”

Anger/surged within Evelyn as she watched him walk away. She seized his sleeve and spoke with audacity, “If I pay you with my body… will you help me seek revenge against the Graves?”

Huston’s eyebrows rose in surprise. He hadn’t anticipated her change of heart. “Yes.”

“Then… I have another request,” Evelyn said, summoning her courage. “I’m only 24 years old, and I graduated from the University of Toronto Law School. I have all the knowledge and qualifications. Can you help me become a real lawyer?”

He was taken aback. He had expected her to ask for anything else, but not this. He had no idea she was so well–educated.

“You went to school to be a lawyer?”

“Yes.”

did you

“Because… I got married.”

insisted that Evelyn get married right after graduation because she wanted Evelyn to be a housewife.

After all, she needed to secure her livelihood after the divorce, and her parents depended on her as

lit a cigarette and looked

the bed, peering down at her. He exhaled

to Royal Villa at eight o’clock

away the smoke, while Huston had already turned and left.

call from Grace. Evelyn mentioned that Huston had taken the case,

Grace’s voice rose in

“Yeah. Why?”

A

the most powerful lawyer in the world, that’s why! So many big shots try to seek his help, but it’s all about luck when it comes

said he’d handle it,” Evelyn avoided talking about her complicated relationship

can’t lose a lawsuit with Huston Lloyd on your side!”

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

with money or power, but those who wield the law as their weapon. And to Huston, Lloyd,

stunned. After ending the call, she Googled Huston’s info while waiting at the

his studies at the University of Cambridge Law School. Returning to the States, he won numerous significant cases and earned a prominent reputation.

university while serving as the lawyer of a Fortune 500 company.

Matt Harrison, establishing it as one of the most

but she couldn’t find much info regarding Huston’s family background and personal life.

whole new awareness of what an elite she messed with, and prayed that the days ahead

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back to Hill Villa, Evelyn had

a black Mercedes–Benz caught her attention.

quickly as she could, but the car suddenly started to move back and forth… like

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