Chapter 290

Elijah cleared his dry throat and observed Sheena’s expression. Seeing no significant change, he continued speaking-

“At the gala, Bethany was just the executor. There’s someone orchestrating things in the background. This person is very cunning, calculating every move accurately. While Bethany claimed to ally with me, she secretly prepared for my refusal and attempted to silence me.”

His burning throat protested as he spoke too much, sending him into a coughing fit. Sheena casually handed him a cup, letting him pour water himself, and teased, “Aren’t you afraid I might suspect you of intentionally revealing the cooperation?”

“If you want the truth, I won’t hide it from you,” Elijah responded.

Whether she believed him or not was not something he could decide.

“Is that so?” Sheena smiled, propping her chin with one hand, and leaning on her knee. She looked at him with a mischievous grin and added, “Then I want to know what happened to Sawyer, the real story.”

After contemplating, Elijah confessed, “He offended me, so I had Lionel hurt him.”

Lionel?

Sheena furrowed her brow, sensing there might be more to the story. Nevertheless, given Elijah’s honesty, Sheena made a rough guess that it was probably related to Howard.

was the executor or the mastermind,

harmed my bodyguard, your people will have to handle my business. I’m going to make

eyes sparkled with a cold, arrogant

in her eyes, was momentarily stunned. By the time he regained his composure, Sheena had already grabbed the black coat from the rack, preparing to leave. He quickly followed suit, contacting Lionel, and gathering Logan and a few others to act as her temporary workforce for

quick glance and deemed

fought for their lives and are very skilled. Besides, just Lionel alone is enough to deal with the Carver mansion’s bunch of useless bodyguards.”

in a fight against 40 men with just three on her side a couple of days ago. She wanted

hospital. Meanwhile, John and Sawyer seemed to be injured. Hence, she

foundation in fighting. I’m about

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overheard and caught onto the mention of

force of 50 people. With Elijah’s men and herself included, they added up to 58. As they

presence.

was satisfied and ready to set out when she suddenly felt someone grabbing

her with a gloomy expression, asking,

pale cheek and chuckled. “Be good.

words deeply pricked Elijah’s

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