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.”

you give it up?”

darkened. “Because…

to be a housewife. Evelyn, deeply in love with Jerry, agreed to everything. But her passion for the law remained.

as possible. After all, she needed to secure her

silent. He lit a cigarette and looked at Evelyn through the smoke, making her anxious.

peering down at her. He exhaled a smoke ring.

come to Royal Villa at

the smoke, while Huston had already turned

Law Office, she received a call from Grace. Evelyn mentioned that Huston had taken the case, but she

rose in disbelief. “Are

“Yeah. Why?”

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to seek his help, but it’s all about luck when it comes to

Evelyn avoided talking about her complicated relationship with Huston.

You can’t lose a lawsuit with

Evelyn frowned. “Really?”

so you should know that the most formidable people are not those with money or power, but those who wield the

ending the call, she Googled Huston’s info while

22, he finished his studies at the University of Cambridge

a prestigious local university while serving as the lawyer of a Fortune 500

Huston co–founded HM Law Office with Matt Harrison, establishing it as one of the most renowned

was impressed, but she couldn’t find much info regarding Huston’s family background

new awareness of what an elite she messed with, and prayed that

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go back to Hill Villa, Evelyn had to retrieve some important documents.

caught her attention. One of Jerry’s cars.

as quickly as she could, but the car

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