The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 471 I’ll Deal With You When I Return

In other words, Rosie didn’t return home that morning and then appeared at a cafe at 2:30 p.m. So, the kidnapping must have taken place between the afternoon and evening.

Elias looked at Amanda and asked, “Which cafe was it?”

“It’s the Lily Cafe on Tessin Road.”

After getting the name, Elias immediately picked up his phone and dialed the bodyguard’s number, giving orders, “Go to the Lily Cafe and check the surveillance footage from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Rosie went to that cafe.”

“Yes, Mr. Winters.”

After hanging up the phone, Elias returned to reality and looked at Amanda, asking, “Why did you go to that cafe?”

“I… went to meet a friend.”

She chose to keep the phone call from the stranger a secret. After all, she had no evidence and hadn’t even seen the man. Even if she told Elias, he might not believe her.

Elias let out a disdainful laugh. “A friend… Are you talking about Simon Nicholson? I interrupted your date yesterday, and you two made up for it today while I wasn’t home. You two seem quite close.”

“That’s nonsense!”

“You shouldn’t have let him send you home. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known about date today,” Elias mocked her, clearly showing his jealousy.

“Elias, you’ve gone too far. Today, I…”

your

She stopped halfway through her sentence, suddenly realizing that Rosie appeared at that cafe before she was kidnapped. How could there be such a coincidence? Could the stranger who called her today want to kidnap her but mistook Rosie for her? It seemed possible.

“Why did

I’d like to hear the rest of your explanation.” Amanda suddenly became serious and asked Elias, “Are you sure that the person who kidnapped Rosie is your enemy? 1 also received a call from a stranger today, asking me to go to the Lily Cafe. Could the kidnapper who

Who called you?”

unknown number that I didn’t recognize However, the guy told

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described a very brutal case. I couldn’t refuse him, so I agreed meet with him and thought about handing the case over to Simon, but he said he had neve heard of such a case and thought I might be tricked. That’s why he appeared at the cafe. H was there to protect me, afraid that

instead of understanding her, Elias became even angrier and sarcastically said, “So, when encountering such a situation, the first person you think

“I… Can you

Simon is a lawyer. Since I can’t take this case right now, of course, I would hand it over to him. You’re not a lawyer, so what’s the use

was deliberately picking a fight.

and

checked the surveillance footage. Miss Momsey did enter that cafe but left around 3 p.m. We don’t know where she went after that, and the street surveillance

“Understood.”

hanging up the phone, Elias fell silent. They were stuck in a dead

“Let me see

he wanted to see if the phone

number. After looking, Elias realized it was

have used a different phone number for each call, which meant that locating him would be meaningless.

has something to discuss with

already entered the living room.

walked nuo the living room anxiously and noticed that Amanda was

Elias said, “You can leave. We do have something to

“Yes, Mr. Winters.”

left the living room and asked the cleaning maid to leave

on the coffee table vibrated as a call came

them looked at the phone vibrating on the coffee table at the same time. Taylo urged, “Answer it quickly. It might be the kidnapper. Looking at the time, he might be

and put it on speakerphone. The stranger’s voice came from the othe end. “Elias, is the money ready? I’ve given you plenty of time, and the amount of

ready. Where do we make the exchange? If you’re onl in it for the money, I suggest that