Chapter 300

Moreover, she seemed to be very close to Nathaniel.

With his thin, pale lower lip bearing the marks of his biting, Elijah remained silent,

suppressing his emotions. Watching Nathaniel approach Sheena with a tender gaze, raising his hand to touch her face, Elijah was surprised she did not evade.

Elijah acted almost instinctively, grabbing Sheena’s arm and redirecting her attention to himself.

“What’s wrong?” Sheena asked.

Elijah’s eyes welled up with tears, and his face pale as he said between coughs, “Sheena, I’m not doing too well… It hurts a lot…”

Only now did Sheena notice the deep red mark on his lower lip. Moreover, he appeared weak, not looking like he was acting.

Sheena asked, “Where does it hurt?”

Elijah hesitated but raised his bruised wrists. “My hands…”

Underneath the handcuffs, his wrists displayed deep red marks, swollen, and shocking to behold. Yet, instead of sympathy, Sheena’s expression turned cold.

this guy forget that she was also handcuffed like him?

he did this to himself!

her gaze piercingly focused

“Using handcuffs so quickly, Captain Maurice? Who taught you these

“Mr. Nicholls, they are both

eyes, emphasizing, “Release them.”

“Y–Yes, Mr. Nicholls.”

tone, Maurice commanded his subordinates to fetch the keys. One minute later, the

wrist were faint and soon disappeared. Given Elijah’s

with Nathaniel. There was a complex emotion in her eyes,

seat, scanning through the case files. After a while, he

chuckled.

You actually considered locking them up

between obeying orders from his superiors and Nathaniel’s crushing remarks, Maurice found himself in a dilemma. He promptly betrayed his superior, saying, “Mr. Nicholls, it’s not my decision. I wanted to release them, but Madam Carver and my superior disagreed. With my lower rank, I had to follow orders. But now that you’re here,

With him around, she speculated that not even the detention room would be

of the Special Investigation Department. If you’re here to observe, fine,

the Farlem police station in front of Mr. Nicholls?

Melania’s expression soured.

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