Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 172

Chapter 172 Car Accident

It wasn't until we entered the car that Leonard finally eased his long face. "Your uncle is so persistent. Did I do good earlier?"

"You did. Here, a thumbs-up for you." I flashed him a thumbs-up. "So, how did someone with such good acting skills like you get you get hurt?"

Leonard cleared his throat, looking slightly embarrassed. "Would you believe me if I say I was attacked?"

"You're kidding." I looked at him in shock. Indeed, I didn't believe that.

Back in college, Leonard was infamous for beating people up. I had many admirers back in the day, and he tackled almost all of them. Therefore, I found it hard to believe that he would be bashed, especially with his status as a CEO now.

He glanced at me with a hint of guilt before perking up. "A dozen of them ganged up on me. I'm lucky to have only suffered some bruises."

get hurt from protecting Alisa?" I raised my brows at him,

being relocated for this project were willing to leave;

the beginning, Keenan handled things ruthlessly, and with pressure from the higher-ups, the residents had no choice but to move, taking only a small compensation. Yet, later on, someone escalated

over a million dollars in compensation, nobody wanted to be on the losing end. Except for a few elderly couples who didn't send anyone, all the other families sent representatives, bringing along relatives

crowd assumed Leonard was the representative of the Green family and got into a scuffle with him, involving

must've earned a hefty profit this time. I did a rough math, and over 20 households were displaced using the same tactic. Some families had no one at home and didn't want to stir up trouble, so they

is a shark

Keenan had indeed made quite a profit. "What about the police?

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at all." Leonard's

police could only handle assault cases, while other matters could only be resolved. through litigation. Moreover, the Green family was influential all over Melgrove, making it hard to

Leonard, thinking I could uncover Keenan's criminal evidence. However,

leave your house tonight! Something happened! The people who caused a ruckus at the Greens' construction site from the news got into a car accident; over a dozen people died!