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.

guy forget that she was also handcuffed

was clear that he did

remained silent, her gaze piercingly

situation, Nathaniel cast a cold glance at Maurice. “Using handcuffs

paled, and he stammered, “Mr. Nicholls, they

eyes,

“Y–Yes, Mr. Nicholls.”

a forced tone, Maurice commanded his subordinates to fetch the

Sheena’s hand and gently massaged her wrist. Nonetheless, the red marks on Sheena’s wrist were faint and soon disappeared. Given Elijah’s recent self–inflicted drama, she withdrew her hand without a trace of sympathy.

voiding eye contact with Nathaniel. There was a complex emotion in her eyes, and no one knew what

took Maurice’s interrogation seat, scanning through the case files. After a while, he

chuckled.

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 to lose your

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

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

Melania complained, “I’ve heard of you, Mr. Nicholls, but it seems this case doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Special Investigation Department. If you’re here to observe, fine, but intervening in Captain Maurice’s decision seems

Maurice cursed, “You know nothing! What’s the Farlem police station in front of Mr. Nicholls? As

Melania’s expression soured.

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