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

was clear that he did this

remained silent, her gaze piercingly focused on

Maurice. “Using

and he stammered, “Mr. Nicholls, they are both

his eyes, emphasizing, “Release them.”

“Y–Yes, Mr. Nicholls.”

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

the red marks on Sheena’s wrist were faint and soon disappeared. Given Elijah’s recent self–inflicted drama, she withdrew

complex emotion in her eyes, and no one knew what she

Maurice’s interrogation seat, scanning through the

chuckled.

considered locking them up in

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,

was here to assist Sheena. With him around, she speculated that not even the detention room would be an option, let

but it seems this case doesn’t fall under the jurisdiction of the Special Investigation Department. If you’re here to observe,

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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