Gareth felt annoyed with Elisa’s reluctance to divulge what had happened.

Julia looked at Elisa in disbelief. “Darling?”

Elisa’s eyes shone as she held Julia’s hand back tightly. “Well, I learned some when I was young. I practice it often too, so I’m quite skilled in it. No one can hurt me.”

Gareth’s phone rang right after Elisa finished speaking.

It was Thomas.

Gareth answered the call.

“What is it?”

“Mr. Wickam, I went to the police station just now to follow up on the case. A total of seventeen people were detained. Twelve of them have broken bones, two of them have permanent penile fractures, and three of them suffer from injuries all over their bodies.”

The corner of Gareth’s lips twitched as he glanced at Elisa.

sat beside Gareth. She could hear Thomas’s words even though

in her moves. Ms. Benett had acted swiftly to stop the hooligans when they wanted to escape. She even fixed one of

Gareth and Julia were taken aback by the

in disbelief, as if she could not connect two and

pick up Thomas’s voice on

did not speak. Thomas continued, “The police are interrogating them about the mastermind behind this. They might need some

“Mmm.”

the call after Thomas finished his report. His

could not help but ask Elisa, “Elisa, Did you… Do all

lightly to cover

was at a loss

quiet. But he seemed to look more

her doubt, “But Elisa,

didn’t know about Iris before this,

lips and frowned as she looked at

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