Chapter 272

Holding her neck. Elyse coughed vigorously, nearly hacking her lungs out.

"You should know there's a price to pay for deceiving me." Leo's cold tone came from above her.

Still choking for her life, she felt tears rolling down her cheeks as this terrifying man stunned her. She frilly believed Leo was adamant about strangling her to death earlier. Although she had always known of his cruelty, it was today she realized she had underestimated him. There's no end to how cruel he can be!

Up to this point, she knew’ she could not admit to her deeds no matter what. Once she did. she would die a dog's death. Leo doesn't have any evidence anyway, and I didn't leave any signs behind.

With this in mind. Elyse clenched her teeth and nodded. "I did go to the race track that day and texted Ashton to increase the difficulty of the track layout. I was upset inside and wanted to teach Amelie a lesson. I never thought there'd be something wrong with the logs."

She communicated that rapidly out of fear that his grip might tighten around her neck if she spoke any slower. The sensation of death, pain, and desperation was something she never wanted to experience again.

"I mean, it was Amelie w’ho insisted on being completely blindfolded when Ashton kept emphasizing only one eye was to be covered. If not for her stubbornness, such a dangerous tiling wouldn't have happened, though it did prove her abilities. Even under those circumstances, she still came out unscathed. I don't understand why you're suddenly pinning the blame on me. I-I-I feel so wronged."

Her tears started to fall, yet they stemmed from fear rather than aggrievement.

Amelie could only blame herself for this incident at the end of the day. From the outsiders' perspectives, it w’as her ego

should talk her out of it. It isn't safe to

not be trusted, he indeed

is she so adamant about targeting

er this and thought she might've misunderstood me. just like you did. Since she saw’ me

with ease despite her subpar acting chops. While she bit her lip. she looked at the ground all teary-eyed with tears dripping from her cheeks.

sympathy for the pitiful-looking w’oman before him. As if liis heart had been frozen, he found it hard to be patient with her again. Then,

to leave made Elyse realize she

did not begin walking. Instead, his cold voice echoed. "If I come to know you were lying,

she could relax, her breath was once again taken away

hand from her mouth back onto her chest and gripped her clothes so tightly

this what we've come to now’? You're all about protecting her." she muttered under

going to be shielding Amelie like this from now on? He doesn't even know she donated her cornea to him yet!

without prior knowledge of the secret. Elyse felt like she was thoroughly humiliated. Sheer pain,

In the middle of the night. Melissa went downstairs to get some water, only

looking at her son.

to say the least. Just as he was about

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