Beyond the Divorce

I boldly voiced my speculation. "Don't tell me you guys orchestrated Melanie's escape?"

Atlas immediately shook his head. "No, but we did leverage the relationship between Liora and Felix, that's for sure."

I stared at Atlas, dumbfounded. He was overly modest if this was not their deal.

"How did you pull it off?" I asked, incredulous, while munching on food.

A hint of tenderness glinted in Atlas's eyes as he smiled.

"I had Liora and Felix's relationship thoroughly investigated by Grayson long ago. It wasn't part of our arrangement, but we used their connection." Suddenly, I remembered Grayson mentioning it to me.

"Grayson told me that he had checked in on Felix and Liora. Was it because of Melanie's confession? I said I'd have a good chat with Grayson tonight."

"I had investigated Melanie's confession because Liora always acted like she had insider information. I looked into it, and sure enough, information came from inside."

behavior back then?" I was truly amazed at Atlas's

my admiration for him was growing more

table lazily, gazing at my face with satisfaction. Such a sight made him even

in economic crimes.

woman. Her thought process is definitely on a different

doing. She indeed had unique advantages and handled them. skillfully," Atlas added, emphasizing how Melanie was completely

surprise that Liora wanted to

background was incomparable to others, and she

veteran

continued, taking my astonishment seriously. "During Melanie's time inside, she suffered a lot, all thanks to Liora. So whatever Liora told her to

was shocked, cautiously asking, "Are you saying Melanie was physically

abused is an understatement. It was

I couldn't fathom the

time, Liora lost her composure. Why?"