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.

she was also

that he did this to

gaze

cold glance at Maurice. “Using handcuffs so quickly,

he stammered, “Mr. Nicholls, they are both

his eyes,

“Y–Yes, Mr. Nicholls.”

Maurice commanded his subordinates to fetch the keys.

red marks on Sheena’s wrist were faint and soon disappeared. Given

also voiding eye contact with Nathaniel. There was a complex emotion in her eyes,

through the case files. After a

chuckled.

the evidence you’ve gathered so far, it’s insufficient to accuse these two. You actually considered locking them up in the detention room. Are you trying

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

was here to assist Sheena. With him around, she speculated that not even the

of the Special Investigation

police station in front of Mr. Nicholls? As long

Melania’s expression soured.

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