Chapter 501 I Wouldn’t Have Hurt if You’d Died

Soon after they left, the venue returned to order. In this race against time to get rich, the audience preferred to ignore the incident in favor of devoting themselves to the cause.

When she noticed Kenneth’s hand inadvertently holding his wound, Elise said before she could think too much about it, “Thank you.”

In response, he only looked at her affectionately without saying anything.

What she didn’t know was that he was absolutely entranced with the way she used his power to take Ziggy down a peg.

Surely it wouldn’t take long before she completely got used to it and relied on this identity of his.

The pain of Kenneth’s wound was nothing in comparison to the feeling of being relied upon by her.

It wasn’t until Elise realized something was strange and looked up at him that he quickly averted his gaze. Clearing his throat, he changed the topic and asked, “How did you know I came to exterminate the Eagle Gang?”

Stunned, she pulled back.

No… She’d only been blathering nonsense. It couldn’t be true.

“You really exterminated the entire gang?” Elise murmured tentatively.

Hearing that, Kenneth frowned.

From her question, it seemed she hadn’t known about this matter, and yet…

Seeing through his thoughts, she offered up an explanation. “I only said all of that to scare Ziggy and to let him know that there were others better than him and not to be so brazen. I didn’t know Eagle Gang was truly gone… Is this why you got so badly injured yesterday?”

Kenneth hummed in response. Having already let things slip, he had no choice but to confirm her suspicions.

After a moment of thought, she continued, “Did you do it single-handedly?”

“How else?”

to Dukethorn? Did Smith Co. and the

immediately replying, he

in his business, either, but with no way to take back what she just said, she could

about it. Wasn’t it worth her time to get to the bottom of anything

only because he happened to be Kenneth Bailey and not because he

softly. “You were attacked by the people from that gang. I was afraid

Thud thud thud…

that, Elise felt her heart begin

she suddenly found that she had lost all ability to speak or express herself. There wasn’t anything she could say or any way

did Elise take a deep breath to calm down. Her tone icy, she muttered, “Don’t humor yourself by doing these things. I already have people I would give up my life for. If you’d died at the Eagle Gang’s haunt yesterday, I wouldn’t

spun on her heel and walked

get too far, Kenneth followed

jolted like she had been electrocuted, and she shrugged

though he didn’t know what was happening to her, he lifted his hands in surrender. “I have no ill intentions. I only wanted to say that your bet with Ziggy doesn’t have to continue. It can

Her breathing was still somewhat

Eagle Gang gone, the Carnegie Family has no crutch to lean on. They can’t cause any fuss and they wouldn’t

was when she

of mind could she say as calmly as possible. “You underestimate me. Do you think I can’t

“I’m worried—”

 

I never do anything that I have no confidence in, so just you wait and see.

“I don’t need that.”

you want it or not!” she snapped forcefully. “It’s the only thing I can

accept having feelings

she left

now, Tom had chosen two pieces of stone. After getting

minute, Miss Sinclair…” She came up to Elise right as the latter stopped in her tracks and turned back. “I said I would thank

for her gaze to fall on Tom. In an instant, her smile became

was quick to decide as she murmured, “We can find a quiet restaurant with relatively few people in

the restaurant, Tina went up to the host station to get

his arm to remind him, “You’re old acquaintances. Be proactive. Don’t miss

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