Chapter 381

The woman who stood at the door had her long hair tied up elegantly, and was dressed in a white tailored dress. Though she only had a pair of pearl earrings on, she appeared graceful despite the simplicity.

“You are…?” she asked as she watched Irene.

Irene was left spacing out for a moment–the woman looked exactly like she did in the photo.

Still, she quickly came to her senses and cried, “Please, you have to help me…”

Behind her, Ricky kept up his act. “Get back here or I’ll kill you! Did you think you could run from me?!”

Irene then looked pleadingly at Layla, saying, “He’ll kill me if I go with him–please, you have to help me!”

Fortunately, Layla was kind enough to stop the man behind Irene. “Please let her go, or I’ll have to call the cops.”

“She’s my woman! I can do whatever I want! Mind your own business?!” Ricky snarled, really looking the part of a rogue just then, although he lacked the appearance to really look menacing.

He took after his mother, and was good looking but has a rather kidlike face, and was not really brutish.

Layla frowned. “There are cameras here. You are breaking the law, and I can call the hotel staff here right away.”

the cue to release Irene. “Call them all you want! I’ll be right next door–tell them to

pretending to be scared and

“It’s fine,” Layla replied.

just as she was about to close the door, Irene quickly

and

“Thank you,” Irene said.

Layla poured Irene a cup of tea, she said, “Here, have a drink to

that I’m cheating on him and he’s trying to kill me,” Irene said as she picked up the

shouldn’t stay with men with violent tendencies,” Layla asked. “You should

and suddenly

asked it–what even was she asking?

smiled in amusement from her question. “Yes, my daughter is twenty this year,

Irene stunned–Layla has a

having a sister, or

name?”

“Erin Gooding,” Lalya replied.

never heard of that name. Moreover, the

could not make heads or tails of their relationship, Irene knew that she should

person I know, Isaac Jefferson…” She mentioned Isaac out of

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