Chapter 790

Layla became even more upset after that.

Elliot was not at all surprised.

Everything would make sense if Layla was the one who took the box; it explained why they couldn’t seem to find out who stole the box because no one would suspect a four-year-old child.

Layla was very dependent at the time, and who would suspect a child who couldn’t take care of herself?

Apart from that, it also explained why the content inside the box was never publicized or used to blackmail Elliot after it was taken.

“Layla, what kind of clothes did that woman wear?” Elliot sat her down on a chair, before wiping her tears away with tissue. When her sobbing had ceased, he continued, was she a gray coat?” 

you know?” Layla looked at him, red–eyed.

while, before he decided to tell her the truth. “No, that lady who lied to you had died in

something really important...” Layla snuffled and lowered her lashes. “I‘m sorry. I shouldn‘t have taken your

took what belonged to him, leading to such an

was the

to what she was thinking at the time, he

find it.” Layla pouted regretfully. “If

tell your mom about this.” Elliot didn‘t want Avery to worry, and judging from how scared Layla appeared to be, she must have kept

it went missing at the beginning; Avery would have told him if she knew anything about

at him. “What

if you don‘t want to.” Elliot looked at her gently BNSIAS<f said, “just pretend that nothing happened today. It‘s going to

down and felt an indescribable warmth spreading from her chest to throughout her

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