The Barrister's Love in Town

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“Can’t you learn? Is it so difficult to learn to cook for the woman you love? Or is this the extent of your sincerity in pursuing me?”

She was deliberately making things hard for Elias in an attempt to let him have a taste of his own medicine.

Knowing that Amanda was filled with resentment, the man remained silent.

When she got up and left, he stood up as well, offering. Then let me send you home.”

“There’s no need. I want to take a cab back. You promised to fix your temper, remember?”

In reality, she was worried that they would run into Aiden if Elias sent her home.

The man fell silent once again. He did promise to fix his bad temper.

Suppressing his dissatisfaction, he followed Amanda out of the World Trade Center and watched her flag down a cab and leave.

He then drove his car out of the parking lot and followed the cab, wanting nothing more than to ensure her safe arrival home.

In truth, he understood why Amanda treated him this way.

He deserved such treatment for all the wrongs he had done.

After following Amanda all the way back to Galaxy Bay, Elias parked his car in a dark corner and stayed there for a long time.

As he recalled the various wrongdoings he had committed against Amanda four years ago, he couldn’t help realizing that each one of them was quite excessive.

His phone vibrated all of a sudden.

Frowning, he only glanced at it as he didn’t feel like answering the call. However, he quickly picked up the phone when he saw that it was from the nursing home.

“Did something happen?”

The voice of the attending doctor came from the other end of the line. “Mr. Elias, your mother’s condition seems to be deteriorating. She keeps asking to see you. Do you have time to come over?”

Elias’ expression changed abruptly. “What happened to her?”

always been a mystery, having disappeared for many years. No one in his circle knew the whereabouts of his parents; it was as if they had

his son and daughter-in-law had settled abroad, but

was not true.

afraid I can’t say for sure, but your mother’s condition has been getting worse. I’m sure you are

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come and see her if you

on my way.”

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Elias immediately turned his car around and headed

home.

it, it seems like I haven’t visited

wasn’t that Elias didn’t want to go, but every time he went, his presence would always trigger

Care after nearly an hour’s

inherently lifeless atmosphere, the place was eerily quiet.

way to the upscale ward where

he saw his mother’s frail figure in a patient’s gown as she sat in a rocking chair. muttering incessantly, “Waldo, all of this is retribution… Why

the name of Elias’

mother and kneeled slowly, observing

looked at the handsome man before her and hesitated to believe what she was seeing.

Elias replied softly, “Mom, it’s

come! I was

said that. She seemed to have been genuinely frightened, seeing as how

you afraid of? Are you unhappy staying here? I can find another nursing home for you.”

embrace. “No, it’s not

imagining things!” His face darkened the moment he heard the word

cruel as making someone else’s son be tortured to death in his place? And then he died in a car accident after he was crushed to a pulp. What is this,

ago, strange events had plagued the Winters Family.

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consecutively got into car accidents, ultimately tragically dying in the last one. Since then, Jennifer had suffered

had

never celebrated his birthday again.

birthday, only to have him leave