A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 296 Elyse’s Comeuppance

“Listen up, Elyse, and your entire family too.” Leo’s voice was still and unemotional. “This is the last time I’ll answer a call from you. I won’t ask for the money you tricked me into giving you, but you will need to suffer the consequences of your actions. The lawyer will get in touch with you soon. You can get into the details with him.”

“Leo!” Elyse cried out once more as her face turned ghostly pale. She couldn’t resign herself to this.

All she got in reply was a dial tone.

He ended the call!

“What happened?” Michael quickly asked when he noticed Elyse standing there motionlessly with a strange expression on her face.

The phone slipped out of Elyse’s hand and clattered on the floor. Elyse looked defeated.

“What on earth is going on? Hurry up and tell me!” Michael urged when he realized that things weren’t going the way he had hoped.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Michael eyed Elyse for a moment before rushing over to get the door.

A stranger was standing outside.

Michael scrutinized the man with his beady eyes and asked, “Who are you? Did you come to the wrong address?”

“I’m Mr. Alston’s lawyer. I’m here to see Michael and Elyse Clayton,” the man answered. “You must be Michael Clayton.”

“L-Lawyer?” Michael instinctively took a step back when he heard that this man was a lawyer.

The lawyer walked into the house and saw a clueless Ellen and an ashen-faced Elyse.

He nodded and said, “I suppose Mr. Alston has told you why I’m here, Miss Clayton.”

and took out a stack of

truth is that Miss Ellen Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him on purpose to make

“What?”

was scared out of

frozen as he gaped in

wildly too, and

How did it get

and Michael stared at each other, but they

once, Elyse snatched the so-called evidence and flipped

investigation report which clearly stated that Ellen never stopped foot inside Leo’s room during his time

contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo

right!” Michael backed

the hospital in Quinn Town and never spoke to Mr. Alston, then how do you explain the diary? If you people look down on Elie because she’s mentally

every bit the part of an indignant man demanding justice. His beady

up, Ellen. Tell us whether or not you saw Leo.” Elyse shoved Ellen

her face.

was the one with Leo. I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s tears streamed down her

pitiful that other people’s hearts would

lawyer simply smirked when he saw this. He took out another set of documents. “This is the report from the mental hospital which confirms that Miss Ellen Clayton has a paranoid disorder. She took the interactions she saw between Mr. Alston and someone else and made them her own. She created a wonderful fairytale in her head with herself as the subject, and she recorded everything in her diary.

“What…”

lawyer’s evidence was irrefutable. Michael and Elyse were

because there’s something wrong with her and she misled us. We’re the victims too!” Fraud was a crime that

serious trouble because of the fraudulent contracts. If I get taken to

well that her situation would be unsalvageable if she

to continue

was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the evidence that proved it was all a lie,

that we were tricked too, so that’s why… Here, how’s this? I’ll take Elie to him and make her apologize in person, so

diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her hands and stared

put on a show for him, the lawyer cleared his throat perfunctorily and said, “If you wish to prove your innocence, why not do it in court? However, let me remind you that Mr. Alston doesn’t like being tricked. If you confess now, he might consider showing you leniency, but if you refuse to admit what you’ve done, then knowing his

lawyer nodded and