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.”

his briefcase and took

the evidence of your attempts to trick Mr. Alston. The truth is that Miss Ellen Clayton and Mr. Alston never had any contact before. You misled him on purpose to make him think that Ellen Clayton was Big Eyes. In the

“What?”

was scared out

frozen

eyes were flickering wildly too, and

exposed just like that? How did it get exposed?

each other, but they

Elyse snatched the so-called evidence and

foot inside Leo’s room during his time at

impossible! This evidence is false!” Elyse shrieked. “My sister kept a diary which contains a clear record of every single detail of their interactions! Leo confirmed the contents

That’s right!” Michael

and never spoke to Mr. Alston, then how do you explain the diary? If you people look down on Elie because

part of an indignant man demanding justice.

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

an aggrieved look on her face. Her eyes were reddened as tears

I’m his Big Eyes. He likes me so much. We made a promise! How could he…” Ellen’s

pitiful that other people’s hearts would ache

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. Also, our investigations have proven that although Miss Ellen Clayton never spoke to Mr. Alston, she was constantly hiding in the dark and spying on him.

“What…”

irrefutable. Michael and Elyse

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

contracts. If I get taken to court over this

her situation would be unsalvageable if she admitted to

I want to continue my life of

diary was so detailed. I really thought… Thank goodness you brought the

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

contents of the diary weren’t true.” Elyse cupped her

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 personality, he won’t

lawyer nodded and