The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 488 My Dad Is Called Elias Winters.

Moon gazed at Amanda. For some inexplicable reason, she felt a force in her heart urging her to trust Amanda.

“Alright. I believe you.”

“In that case, eat your meal and get a good night’s sleep. We only stand a chance at escape when we are well-rested and nourished,” Amanda advised.

Moon obediently nodded.

Amanda, however, glanced at the door and let out a soft sigh that only she could hear.

She didn’t know if Elias would come to rescue her. She had made two phone calls, and the second one was abruptly cut off. Elias should be aware of her perilous situation.

After a while, a man entered the room with two boxed meals as well as some toiletries and clothes.

“After you finish eating, take a shower and change into these clothes.”

With that said, the man left.

Moon had been hiding behind Amanda all this time because she had been beaten numerous times in the past two days. Every time she saw these people, she would tremble in fear, as if she had encountered a ghost.

“I don’t want to wear these clothes. I don’t want to sleep with those men. I don’t want to. I don’t want…”

Moon was afraid of these clothes because, on the first day, she was forced to wear revealing attire. However, she would rather die than comply. She even bit one of them, resulting in at beating.

Amanda noticed her fear and comforted her, holding her and saying, “Don’t worry. You don’t have to wear them. They won’t let you go out like this with your current injuries.”

That finally calmed Moon down.

Amanda picked up the boxed meal and began to eat. She was indeed famished. Since fleeing Simon’s house, she had not eaten a single meal or had a sip of water.

In the subsequent days, Elias scoured all the bars and nightclubs in the area, but there was no

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sign of Amanda. The worst possibility even crossed his mind.

Amanda might be dead.

fact that her phone was left behind while drops of blood stained the ground, it was difficult

of this

refused to believe it. It

for any leads from the bodyguards, but there

You can’t

chair behind his desk as he angrily reprimanded

speak. They had thoroughly combed through the area, but they just could not find Amanda. They had even checked the airport and train station,

in our search through the

Examine the car that was parked there that night. Review the entire dashcam footage!

“Yes!”

fingers were pressed

how she was

was still alive.

phone rang. It

frowned. Why was there an international call? Amanda’s phone didn’t have any saved numbers; it had a completely new

hesitated momentarily, but the phone rang as if determined to keep ringing until the call was

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permission, he

swiped the screen and answered the call, placing it against

utter a word, a child’s voice came through the phone, brimming with. innocence and cuteness. “Mommy, what are you doing? Why haven’t you called me

of

in his chest. Could

recalled the day he went to the Nicholsons’ house and heard

other end of the line coquettishly pleaded, “Mommy, why aren’t you talking to me? Today, that strange man was acting weird again. He wanted me to call him Dad, but I won’t call him Dad. I have my own dad. I told him my dad’s name was Elias

the phone tightly, his entire body stiffening as his pitch-black eyes

with shock.

boy called

aren’t you saying anything? What are you doing?

a surge of excitement. His fingers tightened around the phone as he slowly explained, “I’m

could finish his sentence,

Elias froze.

Dad just by hearing