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.

that Sheena was Howard’s sister, which was why he was

but he refrained from speaking further as Sheena tightened her grip on his arm. Instead, he scoffed and replied, “Mr. Freeman, Sheena is an independent person, and she has the right to choose who

if they were engaged in a battle of wills. Tension ran high,

worked all day, and she just wanted this

late, and tomorrow is a workday. Mr. Lawson, Mr. Freeman, you should both

about to leave and stepped

blocking Elijah with

Hence, he smiled and turned to Sheena, “You must be hungry. How about

hungry. I’m not eating, nor talking with you!”

sour. Meanwhile, Howard could not help but

had always been straightforward and

eyes with Elijah, but his words were directed at Sheena. “Nana, it’s getting dark.

intense gaze between the two men once

inwardly, ‘Here they

them away and

said, “No need

she quickly got into her small Volkswagen Santana

in the car park

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