Chapter 21

Someone shouted, suddenly interrupting them, and breaking the tension.

Howard’s face darkened as he stepped forward, forcibly separating the two and swiftly

punched Elijah in the face.

Elijah could not dodge in time, grunting in pain as he wiped the blood from the corner of his lips.

Sheena was then safely hiding behind Howard. While she was concerned about Elijah being. hurt, she could not help but feel a sense of satisfaction.

A single punch was too light a punishment for someone who dared to bully her! Instead, he should have been tortured mercilessly!

“Mr. Freeman, I heard you already have a new girlfriend, so why are you still bothering your ex -wife? Isn’t that inappropriate?” Howard chuckled lightly, reverting back to his usual gentlemanly demeanor as if he did not just punch someone.

Elijah looked straight at Howard, showing no signs of weakness despite the injury. “Even so, she was once my wife. Mr. Lawson, why are you so protective of her?”

He emphasized the words “my wife” like an arrogant lion facing an enemy that threatened its prey, asserting his dominance.

Howard’s sister, which was why he

replied, “Mr. Freeman, Sheena is an independent person, and she has the right

yielding an inch, as if they were engaged in a battle of wills. Tension ran high, and neither side was willing to

hostile atmosphere. She had worked all day, and

and tomorrow

saw that she was about to leave and stepped

well, blocking Elijah with

Elijah’s company’s territory, and he could not act as he wished. Hence, he smiled and turned to Sheena,

“I’m not hungry. I’m not eating, nor talking with

instantly turned sour. Meanwhile, Howard could not help

had always been straightforward and assertive!

locked eyes with Elijah, but his words were directed at

the intense gaze between the two men once

sighed inwardly, ‘Here they go again.‘

both of them away and give her some peace of

need for that. I’ll familiarize myself with the route.‘

into her

the two men in the car park

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