Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 833 Entangling Yourself With an Old Woman

When Elias saw that she was still sleeping soundly, he carefully slipped out of the room.

He pulled out his phone. When he saw that the caller was his secretary, he answered the call.

"Elijah, are you trying to forfeit your quarterly bonus?" Elias said.

"N-No, not at all!" Elijah stuttered.

Elias rubbed his throbbing temples and asked in a softer tone, "Then why are you calling me so early? Are you looking for trouble?"

Elijah was on the verge of tears. "But Mr. Undvike, Beathan was released on bail yesterday. Don't you want to know about this immediately?"

Elias' hand paused mid-rub. The fatigue disappeared from his face and his gaze became sharp in an instant. "What did you just say?"

"Beathan has been released from the detention center. He apparently has some kind of illness and applied for bail on medical grounds," Elijah explained.

Elias pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek. "This happened yesterday, and you're only telling me now? You really don't want that bonus, do you?"

received the news.... Mr. Undvike, what should we do?" Elijah

let you know." Elias ended the call and immediately dialed

up. What he didn't want for himself, he was all too happy to inflict on

She was still jet-lagged and had just managed to doze

her irritation and asked, "What is

dead yet?" Elias

he were that easy to kill, he wouldn't be

a hand reached out to take his phone. He turned around and saw that Ashley had gotten

at him, Ashley took the phone and spoke to Emelie. "If he can exploit legal loopholes to get out, I can use

learned of Beathan's fatal weakness from Natalia. But after hearing what Ashley said, she paused and swallowed her

would be best. Ashley, we're counting on you

her strength. For

and tossed Elias' phone back to

her. "Are you planning to

remained cold. "If he owes Emelie a blood debt, does he not owe me

looked ready to take on anything that came her way. This was