Elyse heard a movement behind her. Turning around, she saw that Leo had woken up and swung himself out of the car by holding onto the door hinge. His eyes looked alert, unlike someone who had just woken up from a nap.

She looked at the phone in her hand, picturing his eyes on her when she secretly took out her phone just now. That sent a shiver down her spine.

Meanwhile, Michael was fuming because he almost got into a car crash, and he marched up to kick the wheel of the car blocking the way. However, Leo’s sudden appearance by the car door forced Michael to frantically scurry back to his car to leave.

At the entrance to the alley, a few bodyguards dressed in black closed in under Eugene Cornelius’ lead.

Elyse saw the scene unfold in Leo’s car. It finally dawned on her that Leo had been waiting to ambush them—he wanted to expose her and Michael!

We’re done for.

Michael, with his egglike head and tiny eyes, crossed his arms on his chest and bent down a little in a defensive position. Given his stocky build, he probably could not take down even one bodyguard.

After weighing it up, he put down his hands, turned around, and chuckled. “Mr. Alston, what is this? Why did you send these men to stand guard at my house? I thought they were robbers!”

Then, he scratched his head. A pathological liar like him could lie with a straight face.

Leo stood there in silence. Half of his figure was shrouded in the night, giving him a cold and distant appearance.

By now, Elyse’s face was as pale as a ghost. Her hands and legs went limp, and she lost all strength to get out of the car.

Eugene took a few huge steps forward. “Michael Clayton, how bold of you and your daughter! How could you cheat Mr. Alston over and over? Do you think he’d always turn a blind eye to what you did?”

He waved, and the bodyguards in black produced two huge black sacks, which they unrolled in front of Michael. The sacks were perfect for two.

Eugene walked over and flicked the sack. “Mr. Alston didn’t make a move on you not because he believed in your words. He just wanted you to find the person he needed. But you let him down.”

looked at Eugene and Leo quietly, and his gaze rested

Some of those guys were unlucky. They got their sacks right when they accidentally

person

mousy look on Michael’s round face. He lost his calm, and his

noticed the two black sacks as well. She covered her mouth in disbelief and shook her head furiously, refusing to

went up to the car, dragged her out, and flung her on top of Michael. The two were shaking. Elyse inched closer to Michael, who was

She had a long life ahead of her, and she had unrealized ambitions. Everything

flowed down

the law to rid evil is a service to the people.” Then, he waved his

tightly to quiet her.

she realized that she was done for. She and Michael were now fully in the sack. Without

the sack out of fear. As the sack was waterproof, she was

up. He turned around and saw a figure pushing open Michael’s

had long hair that was stuck to her face. She was smiling timidly at him by the car

but she called out to

dashed over and held her arm. “What did you call

skinny woman was clearly frightened. She cowered and dropped her head, covering her face with her hair. Soon, he heard her sobbing. “Snowy, you’re a bad guy. We promised not to be angry at each other. You said you wouldn’t yell at me. You’re

loosened his grip on her arm but did not back off. Staring at her in joy and surprise, he asked, “Are you… Big

bad guy. We made a pinky promise that you would never get angry at me. You said a pinky promise is childish.

tears welling up, and a drop of tear rolled down his cheek

never seen Leo acting in this way. Amid the shock, he came to a realization and hurriedly waved at the bodyguards. “Place

in front of them. He was a taciturn man, to begin with, and his silence at the moment was

at Leo, whose face was covered in flickering light and dancing shadows. Eugene could not tell his emotions from his expression. He hesitated before announcing, “The doctor performed a full checkup on Miss Ellen Clayton. She lost her left cornea and was blind. This is

Leo a file. Leo snapped back to reality and received it. He switched on the light and started flipping through the pages

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