Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

The next morning, Jack and Edith were having breakfast in the dining hall while the driver sent Aiden to school.

Amanda had to head to the law firm to check on the renovation progress, for she wanted to start working sooner. It felt terrible staying at home all the time. Moreover, she wasn’t someone who could stay idle. When she entered the dining hall and saw her parents, she said, “Good morning, Mom and Dad.”

Jack replied with a smile, “Did you go to bed late last night? I heard that Elias stayed over. Where is he?”

“Oh, he went to work early in the morning. He’ll be quite busy today,” Amanda explained and sat down. beside Edith.

Just then, Crispin and Stephanie stepped into the dining hall as well. He instantly turned from a violent husband into a humble son-in-law. “Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. Allegra. Steph and I will be heading to the airport after breakfast, so we’d like to bid you farewell first.”

“Sure, just forget about everything else and have fun on your honeymoon trip. You must take good care of my daughter, Crispin,” Edith said with a smile.

Crispin nodded with a smile and pulled out a chair for Stephanie to sit on.

When Amanda saw how hypocritical the man was, she said to her father nonchalantly, “Any update on Steph’s case, Dad? I heard that Raymond committed suicide in prison. Something fishy seems to be going

on.”

Crispin’s expression changed when he leard that. He was resentful of Amanda for being sharp-tongued and always targeting him.

“I’m still looking into the matter, but I haven’t found any clues yet.” Jack frowned at the mention of this

matter.

Stephanie looked at Amanda, her gaze seemingly asking for help.

Amanda certainly understood her intentions, so she glanced at her sister and asked, “Are you sure you want to go on a honeymoon trip. Steph? That will be boring, and you must be exhausted from dealing with the wedding. Why don’t you get more rest instead?”

Stephanie, who was ready to agree with her sister, replied, “I-”

Before she could finish her words, Crispin cut her off. “Amanda, honeymoon is every woman’s dream after a wedding, so I don’t want to let Steph regret not having the trip in the future.”

think my sister is a mute or something? Why do

Crispin was startled for a moment. He smiled in embarrassment and glanced at Stephanie with a gaze that seemed to act as a warning for her not

was hesitant to tell everyone the truth. A moment later, she said to Amanda, “I think

saying, “Crispin is part of our family now, Amanda. As such, you have to be gentler to him. I heard that

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with Mrs. Coyote was the last thing I wanted. However, she called me a

appeared astounded. “What? Did she call

flustered upon seeing the older man’s expression, so he hurriedly explained, “I’m sorry, Mr. Allegra. My mother is a village woman who can be brusque sometimes, so she may come across as rude to Amanda. I’ll

“Tell your mother not to come again. We want nothing to do with ill-mannered people. Also,

got to his feet

smile, saying, “Alright, just make sure it won’t happen again. Let’s have breakfast. You guys have to head

a smile, but a seed of resentment was planted in his heart. I have

saw that the renovation was almost complete. She just had to buy some office supplies and hire

received a call

Since she had no intention of

she

her return, most of her clients were from Cludan. She had also stopped contacting her friends and former colleagues

her surprise, she received a call from the same person again a

“Hello?”

“Are you Miss Bailey?”

startled for a moment before replying, “Yes. Who are

to a child

on

have to reply

if it’s

person we’re looking

about. What does he mean that I’m the one they’re looking for? “I don’t know what you’re talking about.