Chapter 489 Pulling the Strings

Elena watched from the sidelines, glancing at Wesley and then at Emelie.

She wasn’t stupid. On the contrary, she was quite clever. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to make Emelie misunderstand that William would listen to her every word.

Hence, she had already figured everything out.

She leaned back in her chair with a sickly expression, she let out a strange, abrupt laugh. “So my scheme wasn’t a total failure after all. It actually helped Mr. Middleton won over your heart.

“You came to my house to hear the truth, didn’t you? Now that I’m ready to tell you, you refuse to listen. How ironic, Ms. Hoven.

“Oh, I get it. You’ve probably guessed the truth, but you’re too scared to face it, right? After all, you’re already wearing his ring. How will you cope when you find out now that you’ve trusted the wrong person?”

Elena noticed the Eros ring on Emelle’s ring finger but felt no jealousy this time. Instead, she found it laughable in the sense that they were both in the same boat.

Wesley frowned, displeased by Elena’s mocking tone, but he didn’t interrupt her. He wanted Emelie to understand just how naïve she was for still believing William was innocent.

extremely tense. However, she refused to admit she was scared.

did she need to stay and listen to Elena’s sarcastic taunts? She refused to heat any of it and turned to leave

maids blocked Emelie’s path, preventing her

her with

wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. I’m telling you, Mr. Middleton is the

got up from her chair, casually placing a blooming rose from its bush. She circled around Emelie while she tore off petals and tossed them to

caught by William long ago. Why did he wait three days to hand them over to the police? Because he needed

thugs were behind it, but now I realize it was William’s plan. Without sending them to you, how could the evidence be linked to you? How else could the police have a reason to lock

could william have played the hero and rescued you, making you cling to

held her breath

months ago, She had nearly forgotten the details but they’ve resurfaced vividly in her mind with

the photos and the anxiety of being summoned to the

from the police flooded her mind. She remembered signing documents before being thrown into

she had writhed in pain on the detention center’s cot,

away. She clung to him tightly because he showed up

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