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.

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

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

her.” At Elena’s command, the Allen family maids blocked Emelie’s path,

turned to face her with a stoic

want to hear it, I want to tell you. The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel. I’m telling you, Mr. Middleton is

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

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

ended up in there, how would you have fallen into utter despair? How could william have played

her

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

the helplessness she felt upon receiving the photos and the anxiety of being summoned to

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

so badly that day, and she had writhed in pain on the detention center’s cot,

her away. She clung to him tightly because he showed up at that very moment

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255