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?”

was the reason you came to Dukethorn? Did Smith Co. and the Eagle Gang have irreconcilable differences

replying, he simply

herself didn’t know why she was suddenly so interested in his business, either, but with no way to take back what she just said, she could only wait silently for

was nothing strange about it. Wasn’t it worth her time to get to the bottom of anything

to be Kenneth Bailey and not

and softly. “You were attacked by the people from that gang. I was afraid someone would come after

Thud thud thud…

like that, Elise felt her heart begin to

all ability to speak or express herself. There wasn’t anything she

she muttered, “Don’t humor yourself by doing these things. I already have people I

spun on her heel and walked

she could get too far, Kenneth followed after her and

Elise’s heart jolted like she had been electrocuted, and she shrugged him off in terror.

in surrender. “I have no ill intentions. I only wanted to say that your bet with Ziggy doesn’t

implying?” Her breathing was still

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

when she

after breathing out deeply and readjusting her state of mind could she say as

“I’m worried—”

 

before continuing, “I don’t care who you worry about, but I don’t need you to worry about me. Moreover, I never do anything that

“I don’t need that.”

whether you want it or not!” she snapped forcefully. “It’s the only thing I can give you, nothing else apart

never tolerate or accept having

Kenneth with this sentence, she left the lounge and went to find

of stone. After getting them registered, the duo left to have

as they exited the venue, Tina could be heard hurriedly chasing after them. “Hold on a minute, Miss Sinclair…” She came up to Elise right as the latter stopped in her tracks and turned back. “I

away, only for her gaze to fall on Tom. In an instant, her smile became somewhat unnatural, and her hand that was clutching the strap

“We can find a quiet restaurant with

reached the restaurant, Tina went up to the host station to get a table number with Tom and Elise trailing

him, “You’re old acquaintances. Be

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