A Matter of Wife and Love

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.

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condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she

not slow down on their investigations. One day, he and Julia visited Amelie with the results of their investigation. “Someone purposely

the answer, but the truth still crushed

hold back her anger and resentment. “Have we found the criminals behind this? They’d better not get caught because I

gave her a look. He could not deal with her temper, but he also understood that she suffered from guilt for failing to protect Bria in the accident. He reached out to

slightly better at keeping her emotions in check, but as Bria’s mother, she was anxious to know the outcome of the investigation. Samuel read their expression and stared at Amelie with a knowing look. “I

lost both arms. The couple who shoved Bria under the pillar was now buried in a collapsed mine. They are alive but are likely to be

that the Kirkford villagers thought there must be some paranormal activities around. They have been holding ceremonies for days to drive

superstitions. Someone was behind the rogue justice, leaving them wondering about the identity of this

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

Alston?” Julia finished her sentence. “Is

was behind the revenge,” Samuel added. Amelie’s expression crumbled as she struggled to comprehend. She knew that the perpetrators were seemingly after Bria, but they were really after

Leo avenging

the motive of the villagers in hurting Bria when they had nothing to do with us?” Julia asked a pointed question. Samuel’s expression changed when he heard that. After a pause, he explained, “This has been the focus of our investigation. But someone clearly destroyed the evidence by erasing

heart sank. “Who would do

his head. “But one thing is clear—two different

to get help from two different groups.”

Amelie finally spoke after a long silence. “Just list out the people who hold grudges against me,

we not

did not name the three people, but they knew the answer. Elyse Clayton, Melissa Richards, and Jodie