Chapter 199

“Any recollection?” Leo’s expression remained unchanged, but Elyse could sense his hostility. The frostiness sent chills deep into her bones.

She finally looked up shakily with darting eyes. “Leo…”

“You can’t hide what you did forever. Calista from Kirkford Village is the daughter of the family who got Bria buried under the pillar. The other three are related to their family.”

She did not need further explanation to understand what he was getting at. Not only had he gotten to the bottom of the incident, but he also hurt everyone she worked with to take revenge on her, and he didn’t even bother to hide the truth. It was a clear attempt at taunting and humiliating her.

How ruthless!

Elyse sat tensely on the bed and realized belatedly that, before this, Leo had only shown her a tenth of the ruthlessness he was capable of.

“Get her the best medicine, doctor, and nurse,” Leo gave some instructions and left.

Eugene, who had been following Leo around, stole a glance at Elyse and looked at Leo with pursed lips. Leo took revenge on Elyse because of her wrongdoing, but he asked Eugene to take care of Elyse out of courtesy. It was Leo’s way of telling Elyse that Ellen’s kindness could only go so far as to spare Elyse’s life, and served as a warning that Elyse might end up in a worse situation if she dared to misbehave.

condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she brought Bria home with her and hired a

day, he and Julia visited Amelie with

the answer, but the truth still crushed

victims, Julia took the investigation personally. She could not hold back her anger and resentment. “Have we found the criminals behind this? They’d better not get

she suffered from guilt for failing to protect

was anxious to know the outcome of the investigation. Samuel read their expression and stared at Amelie with a knowing look. “I found the people behind the accident, but something odd happened to them. They

days ago and lost both arms. The couple who shoved Bria under the pillar was now buried in a collapsed mine. They are alive but are

the Kirkford villagers thought there must be some paranormal activities

deep breaths, for they knew that ghosts were merely superstitions. Someone was behind the

eyes fell on Samuel. Amelie whispered her guess, “Could that person be… Leo…” Leo’s figure popped

Julia finished her sentence. “Is that

could confirm that he was behind the revenge,” Samuel added. Amelie’s expression crumbled as she struggled to comprehend.

avenging me? Amelie

he heard that. After a pause, he explained, “This has been

Julia’s heart sank. “Who would do

“But one thing is clear—two different groups were

help from two

a long silence. “Just list out the people who

have we not thought of that? My kind Elie, you rarely make enemies. There are

they knew the answer. Elyse Clayton, Melissa Richards, and

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