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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some fractures but was not in serious condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she brought Bria home with her and hired a doctor

investigations. One day, he and Julia visited Amelie with the results of their investigation. “Someone purposely

the answer, but

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 caught

temper, but he also understood that she suffered from guilt for failing to

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 found the people behind the accident, but something odd happened to

got into an accident two days ago and lost both arms. The

troubles as well, to the point that the Kirkford villagers thought there must be

breaths, for they knew that ghosts were merely superstitions. Someone was behind the rogue justice, leaving them wondering about the identity

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

Julia finished her sentence.

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

Leo avenging me? Amelie

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

heart sank.

“But one thing

mastermind must be very powerful to get help from two different groups.” Samuel’s remark led to more

guess.” Amelie finally spoke after a long silence. “Just list out the people who hold grudges against me, and we’ll get

have we not thought of that? My kind Elie, you

the answer. Elyse Clayton, Melissa Richards, and