Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 393

The rain poured heavier gradually. Queenie read the online articles, which were getting on her nerves.

Once the car halted in front of the hotel, she hurriedly entered the building with an umbrella. She covered her face with it throughout the whole walk and did not even keep her umbrella in the elevator.

Standing before the room Elliot informed her of, she stretched out her arm to ring the doorbell.

Soon, the door swung open, revealing Elliot, whose lower body was covered with a towel. He teased upon seeing her. "Not bad, you're quick."

She looked at him coldly. "Just what do you want?"

He scanned her from head to toe. "Let's talk inside. It's no fun standing here."

It was not until she entered the room that she kept her umbrella. Elliot walked toward the wine rack while welcoming his guest. "Have a seat."

Queenie's gaze trailed along with him and she sat on the couch in the living room.

A while later, he came out with two glasses of red wine before placing one of them in front of her.

"Nevertheless, congratulations on your win," said Elliot as he raised her wine glass for her.

Frowning, she smothered the repulsiveness and hatred in her. She took the glass from his hand and took a small sip under his watchful eyes. He was content with her reaction as he stared at her.

She put down the glass. "Tell me how much you want. I'll get it for you."

"No, no, no." He polished off his drink before seating himself next to her. "If I wanted money, I wouldn't have come to you. Miss Kramer is rolling in cash! As for the reason why I called you, it is to talk about some personal matters between us.

Saying that, he placed his hand on her thigh.

sprang to her feet.

soon put on a serious face. "You came to my room and you're

here because—" She was halfway through her words when the surroundings suddenly blurred out in her vision. Meanwhile, Elliot just sat there

with quivering hands. Even her voice was trembling uncontrollably. "G-Get away

well, well. Seems like you're prepared. Didn't see this

difficult to stand still on her feet. He snatched the knife away with ease before pinning her onto the couch aggressively.

the medicine finally wore off and so Queenie got up. After reaching for a cloth to cover herself,

her was Elliot, who narrowed his eyes while smoking.

in her direction. "The evidence is here. All you have to do

exhaled a puff of smoke before adding, "I'm a coward too. If I'm under interrogation, I'd be super nervous that I'd tell them everything that happened between us.

Just as she was going to leave, he piped up, "Relax. As long as you make sure that you're always one call

Still, she could only rein back her anger

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to her contemporary place but to her real home

water-logged street could not be discerned

and shoes, she trudged along the street until she arrived at the doorstep of her place. No matter how long she knocked onto the door, the

on a while until it disturbed the neighbor. An old man in his sixties doddered out. It took him some time to recognize the person standing before

seeped into her voice. "Where has

well a while ago, so he went to the

"What about Ron?"

didn't come back either." After saying that, he wheeled

her flared, prompting her to kick it against the wall

man next door looked back upon hearing the clanging noise. "Tsk tsk." He

to find a clue that led to his whereabouts. At this point, Ron was the only person that could help her